Submitted photo. West Swain Volunteer Fire Department fights flames rising from a tractor trailer in the Nantahala Gorge Nov. 1, 2024.
Submitted photo. Cain Arch (front, left to right), Chuck Taylor, Donna Taylor, Jeremy Shuler, Cindy Cody, Jason Kosinizak, Daniel Cochran, Tyler Taylor, Justin Cline, Phillip Carson Jr, Michael Colcord; Charles Bryson (back, left to right), Jeff Gasaway, Kevin Bryson, James Crisp and Jimmy Collins outside Bryson City Fire Department in summer 2025.
Submitted photo. Kenny Ball (front, left to right), David Sawyer, Connor O’Donoghue, Camella Gibson, Melissa Ledford, Vida Cody, Daniel Bowers; Steven Howell (back, left to right), Josh Anthony, Kenny Gibson, Cameron Wiggins, Scott Cody and Derrick Ledford at Alarka Volunteer Fire Department in December 2024.
On Sept. 11, 2001, 343 firefighters from the New York City Fire Department and Fire Patrol who ran toward burning buildings gave their lives answering the call to duty.
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