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World Burn Congress
Once again firefighters appeared as if from nowhere to help us install the exhibit; and today another seven materialized to help us put it back in its crates. Thank you thank you thank you. WORLD BURN CONGRESS, presented annually by … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, better angels, Dawn Siebel, FDNY, firefighter, firefighters, NFFF, Phoenix Society, survivors, World Burn Congress
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World Burn Congress
Tomorrow we’ll be heading to CINCINNATI install Better Angels at the World Burn Congress where it will be on exhibit through Saturday. Better Angels is CONFIRMED for a special exhibit open to the public in the Rayburn Office Building in … Continue reading
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Tagged 343, 9/11, better angels, Dawn Siebel, FDNY, firefighters, NFFF, paintings, Phoenix Society, World Burn Congress, World Trade Center, WTC
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Individual Memorials
While the official (and beautiful) 9/11 Memorial opened in New York City last Sunday, there are literally thousands of memorials around the country: in fire houses and town squares, and probably everything in between. From the beginning, I know that … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, better angels, Dawn Siebel, FDNY, firefighter, firefighters, LODD, NFFF, paintings
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The Tenth Anniversary
Remembrances and memorials happened around the world today. Here at home, I listened to the names being read for hours.
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Video Recommendations
A friend just sent me a link to this moving 11 minute video about how a half-million people were rescued from Lower Manhattan on 9/11 by a spontaneous flotilla of boats- the largest rescue of its kind in history. [media … Continue reading
9/11, The Anniversary
They say close only counts in horseshoes. That may be true. We came really really really close to presenting the paintings in a very public place that everyone knows for TWO full weeks in the middle of Manhattan, BUT, while … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, better angels, Dawn Siebel, FDNY, firefighters, LODD, NFFF, paintings
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Rhett’s Fire Critic Blog Post
http://firecritic.com/2011/09/05/fri-wrapup-better-angels-the-firefighters-of-911/ Better Angels got a post in “The Fire Critic,” Rhett Fleitz’s “unadulterated view of the fire service.” Rhett is a firefighter I met first in Baltimore, then again in Atlanta. I will let him tell the story himself, through … Continue reading
Posted in Atlanta IAFC Fire-Rescue Intl 8/11
Tagged 9/11, Atlanta, better angels, FDNY, Fire Critic, Fire-Rescue, firefighters, LODD
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Better Angels, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and I traveled to Atlanta last week for Fire-Rescue Int’l (FRI) presented by the IAFC (Int’l Assn of Fire Chiefs). Better Angels was in row 3200 of an e-n-o-r-m-o-u-s convention hall. I stood … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Dawn Siebel, firefighters, Hurricane Irene, Irene, NFFF
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Atlanta Fire-Rescue International
Just arrived. Setting up the exhibit in the morning. This time we will be surrounded by fire trucks and rescue vehicles. More to come…
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Better Angels Audience Response, Baltimore MD July 2011
Thanks to Dave Statter and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation for this very moving short video of audience reaction to the Better Angels: The Firefighters of 9/11 exhibit @ Firehouse Expo, Baltimore MD in July 2011. [media url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oj91rJfkgo]
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Tagged 9/11, Dawn Siebel, FDNY, firefighter, firefighters, Firehouse Expo, NFFF, paintings
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