Sept .
11 ,
2001
Flags in front of the Amherst Municipal Building pay tribute to the lives lost in the worst terrorist attack on American soil . Students placed the flags as part of an annual tradition .
PHOTO CREDIT : David F . Sherman
The Firefighter
Serving Western New York Fall 2021 Edition
22-hour fight
Fire in an Amherst industrial park on July 20 resulted in a 22-hour operation with assistance from approximately 40 different fire companies and 10 government agencies to extinguish the blaze and keep civilians and first responders safe .
PHOTO CREDIT : David F . Sherman
Ray Pauley
Ray Pauley is remembered as the top responder in the Grand Island Fire Department .
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Antique apparatus
A gleaming 1941 GMC pumper formerly owned by the West Brighton Fire Department ( Monroe County ) was a feature of the Toy Town
Car Show in East Aurora . See page 2
South Line
Pioneering Cheektowaga fire department celebrates 75th anniversary .
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