Tag: Memorial
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Firefighters, families and first responders climb Red Rocks stairs in annual 9/11 stair climb event
Around 2,200 participants ascended Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s challenging stairs for the 17th annual Colorado 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, many donning full fire protective garb on a warm September day in Morrison, Colo. This year’s event was the largest in the country and raised around $110,000 for two charities—FDNY Counseling Services Unit and the National Fallen…
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Denver Sheriff Department honors fallen deputies in annual ceremony
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 21-gun salute echoed into the sky near the Denver County Jail on Tuesday, honoring the seven Denver Sheriff Department (DSD) deputies who have passed away while employed by the office. “The awful cost of freedom,” Armando Saldate III, Denver’s director of public safety, said…
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LYNN MURRAY | Former photo editor was ‘most hardworking, most selfless, most beautiful’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Boulder resident Lynn Murray couldn’t have known when she left her home for King Soopers on Table Mesa Drive on Monday that she wouldn’t return. Murray, who worked as a shopper for Instacart, was one of 10 killed at the store when a lone gunman…
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Online COVID memorial site created by Cherry Creek students and her mother
Last June, Cherry Creek High School student Samantha Shoflick and her mother Megan were strolling around Greenwood Village and reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic that struck the world. The Shoflick’s like many others began reading and hearing about stories of those who died after contracting the virus. But despite the number of cases in Colorado…
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Artist Reed Bmore honors Elijah McClain with hanging Denver memorial
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Baltimore artist Reed Bmore unveiled a memorial for Elijah McClain near the Colorado State Capitol over Thanksgiving weekend, showing McClain hang above the city while playing the violin with a cat by his side. The wire piece, called “The Violinist” by Bmore on Instagram, hangs…
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Colorado remembers Sept. 11 with virtual stair climb
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save COVID-19 shut down many annual Sept. 11 remembrance events this year; however, Colorado’s firefighters did not let the pandemic stop them from honoring the fallen. Friday morning, people from all over the state gathered virtually…