Worcester Mass.
Firefighting Tragedy

Images from the Memorial

A selection of images from tributes and the memorial service for six firefighters in Worcester, Mass. who were killed during search and rescue operations at a warehouse fire on Friday, Dec. 3, 1999.


AP World Wide Photos/Bob Child

Firefighters line up on the platform at the Worcester, Mass., train station Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999 as they wait for their train home after attending a memorial service in Worcester for six firefighters killed in a warehouse fire on Friday, Dec. 9, 1999. A special Amtrak train transported more than 1,000 firefighters western Massachusetts and Connecticut to and from the service.

For more about the special train, click here to read the story



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