IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial
The mission of the IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial, located in the shadow of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is to honor the sacrifice made by IAFF members as professional fire fighters and emergency medical personnel who have given their lives in the line of duty. Their names are etched on this Wall of Honor and tribute is paid each year to those who died between June 1 and May 31.
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—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Man, became man through work, who stepped out of the animal kingdom as transformer of the natural into the artificial, who became therefore the magician, man the creator of social reality, will always stay the great magician, will always be Prometheus bringing fire from heaven to earth, will always be Orpheus enthralling nature with his music. Not until humanity itself dies will art die.”
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Photograph of what seems to be girls lounging around
An old fighter bomber, circa 1942 vintage.”
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