(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Thousands of firefighters from across the country are in Colorado Springs this weekend to honor their fallen comrades by engraving their names into the Wall of Honor at Memorial Park.
The ceremony commemorated 311 firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice in 2025, with each name read aloud followed by the echoing ring of a bell.
“It’s really a dangerous job that they do, a community service,” said Lisa Wells, the wife of a fallen firefighter.
“This epitomizes everything that we do is to fight for those who gave their ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty,” said Frank Lima, General Secretary and Treasurer of the International Association of Firefighters…