Today, the Eagle Fire Company #2, the Hanover Fire Department along with hundreds of firefighters, friends and family members celebrated the life of 43 year volunteer firefighter Earl Shoemaker, who died in the line of duty March 12, 2016 while responding to a working house fire in West Manheim Township. Both the Eagle Fire Company and Hanover Fire Department thank everyone for their help in honoring our firefighter, our friend and our brother.
Firefighter Parks represented the Penn Twp Fire Dept and IAFF Local #2045 serving as a family escort for Ashmar family Samir “Sam Ashmar Died while serving at the Upper Macungie Twp Bureau of Fire in Allentown Pennsylvania. Photos complimentary of The Hanover Evening Sun
National Fallen Firefighter Roll Of Honor for firefighter Ashmar
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14 years after the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11, 2011, 46/49 fire and EMS crews as well as command staff took time to pause and remember those responders who gave their lives. On that fateful day in New York City, 343 FDNY firefighters, 23 NYPD officers, 37 PAPD officers, two FDNY paramedics, nine NY state private paramedics and EMT’s, and one New York Fire Patrol firefighter gave their lives in the line of duty. To this day, emergency responders and members of the public continue to perish due to related illnesses from the NYC incident. The physical and emotional impact of the events that day live long past the actual events themselves. We also remember those civilians/military personnel that were killed in New York City, Shanksville, PA, and the Pentagon. A big “thank you” goes out to Reverend Scott Sager who offered a poem and prayer reading.
“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children.” – President George W. Bush
