NEW YORK, N.Y. - Amid a sea of humanity converging upon Ground Zero in lower Manhattan on Saturday, Gary Strike, dressed in a red-and-white Canada fleece, stood out like a beacon on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
With decided determination, the town councillor from Carleton Place, Ont., made his way through the throngs gathered in front of the famous Ladder 10 firehouse, directly across the street from the onetime site of the World Trade Center before it was reduced to mammoth piles of twisted steel and smoky dust on that dreadful day a decade ago.
Strike had a mission -- he wanted to present the firefighters of so-called Ten House, a building almost crushed into oblivion on 9-11 when the twin towers collapsed, with a Canadian flag made up of the signatures of more than 2,000 well-wishers from north of the border.
With about 150 wounded U.S. veterans outside the firehouse posing for a massive group photo, it was no simple task. But Strike purposefully marched through the group, past a fire truck, into the firehouse and politely insisted, and before long two firefighters emerged to gratefully accept the flag.
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Amid a sea of humanity converging upon Ground Zero in lower Manhattan on Saturday, Gary Strike, dressed in a red-and-white Canada fleece, stood out like a beacon on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.With decided determination, the town councillor from Carleton Place, Ont., made his way through the throngs gathered in front of the famous Ladder 10 firehouse, directly across the street from the onetime site of the World Trade Center before it was reduced to mammoth piles of twisted steel and smoky dust on that dreadful day a decade ago.Strike had a mission -- he wanted to present the firefighters of so-called Ten House, a building almost crushed into oblivion on 9-11 when the twin towers collapsed, with a Canadian flag made up of the signatures of more than 2,000 well-wishers from north of the border.With about 150 wounded U.S. veterans outside the firehouse posing for a massive group photo, it was no simple task. But Strike purposefully marched through the group, past a fire truck, into the firehouse and politely insisted, and before long two firefighters emerged to gratefully accept the flag.
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