2010 Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial

I had the great honor of being asked to photograph the 2010 Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial by the International Association of Fire Fighters with Tom Sluder on September 11, 2010. I was so overcome with emotion during the ceremony that I could not keep myself from sharing tears with the families of this year's fallen heroes.
Fire fighters and their families traveled here to Colorado Springs from all over the United States and Canada in a unified expression of love and sorrow.
I will be forever changed for this experience. I encourage everyone to attend this memorial if they have the chance.
I've created a slide show of some of the images to share with you. I hope you are touched and moved like I was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Qmptl6ChA

Deanna Gomes
Colorado Springs Photographer
2010 Colorado Photographer of the Year