Fire Department union leaders believe a recent departmental advisory that members of the service "forego participating in 9/11 gatherings" due to the coronavirus does not preclude attendance at the annual 9/11 memorial service held at the Firemen's Monument on Riverside Drive.
Created by rank-and-file Firefighters and fire officers as an alternative to the speech-making that dominates the official commemoration at the World Trade Center site, the Riverside Drive ceremony marks the department's loss of 343 members with simplicity and a reading of their names.
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