One of the sponsors of the "Guns 'N Hoses" boxing benefit for Backstoppers said he can't remember the last time they honored 9 officers and firefighters killed in a single year. The number is just too high. I'm hoping that they NEVER have to honor that many again. I hope this is the last time that the number will be that high.
I was looking through the names of those that died in the line of duty. The list included not only the officers and firefighters but their survivors. Wives, children, parents who have lost a loved one. When the list of survivors has the phrase "young children" your heart breaks. I think of the children growing up with precious few memories of their father or mother. Jim Hubbard with Grey Eagle Distributors, one of the sponsors, says "Nine is almost incomprehensible."

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