CSU stair climb and local fire departments reinforce the message: “We will never forget”
Law enforcement agencies and fire departments across Northern Colorado are once again pausing to honor the lives lost on September 11, 2001. Now 24 years later, many of the firefighters and officers serving today were not yet born when the attacks occurred — but through training, remembrance, and community events, they are learning the weight of the promise: we will never forget.
The Berthoud Fire Protection District shared a message reminding the community of the importance of passing on that history. “We said that we would never forget — so now we teach our children and talk about how the world was ‘before 9/11,’” their statement reads. Firefighters know the number 343 — the number of New York City firefighters who perished that day. But as Berthoud Fire explains, those firefighters were thinking not of themselves but of the 2,192 civilians who would soon perish as they rushed into the burning towers…