09/11/2026
9/11 tribute:
Several members of Midway Fire Rescue participated in a remembrance walk to honor those perished in the 9/11 attacks. The walk began at 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane hit in 2001, and lasted 102 minutes, which is the amount of time that lapsed before the last plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field. On that morning in 2001, 2,976 people from 93 nations lost their lives in New York, at the Pentagon and on Fight 93. 343 firefighters died in the response, more than 111 from linked illnesses, and more than 7,000 members of the Fire Department of New York continue to feel the physical and mental effects of the event.
More than 10 firefighters walked a circuit around the station, the school and the library near Willbrook Blvd. They walked for 102 minutes, approximately 5 miles.
The steel beam from Ground Zero was a gift to Midway and was turned into a memorial for the 10th anniversary as an Eagle Scout project. Landscaping was added last year as a donation and the site continues to evolve.
May we always remember and never forget.