09/11/2026
🇺🇸 NEVER FORGET — SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 🇺🇸
Today, on the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, the Professional Firefighters of Kokomo, IAFF Local 396, pause to remember one of the darkest days in our nation’s history.
Twenty-five years have passed, but we have not forgotten.
We remember the 343 FDNY firefighters who answered the call that morning and never returned home.
They climbed while others were coming down.
They carried their equipment up stairwell after stairwell, knowing the danger ahead of them. They went because people needed help. They went because their brothers were going. They went because that is what firefighters do.
343 firefighters. 343 families forever changed.
We remember every innocent life lost on September 11, 2001, and we honor the firefighters, police officers, EMS personnel, military members, dispatchers, and countless others who responded that day and in the difficult days, months, and years that followed.
We also remember those who have since lost their lives from illnesses related to their service at Ground Zero.
To the members of Professional Firefighters of Kokomo Local 396, thank you for continuing to answer the call and carrying forward the traditions of service, courage, sacrifice, and brotherhood that define the fire service.
And to our Local 396 families — thank you.
Thank you for every missed holiday, every interrupted meal, every sleepless night, and every time you watch your firefighter leave home knowing that you cannot control what the next alarm may bring. Your sacrifice is part of our service, too.
September 11 reminds us why the words brotherhood, service, duty, and sacrifice can never become just words.
May we continue to tell their stories.
May future generations understand what happened that morning.
May we always honor those who answered their final alarm.
25 YEARS LATER — WE STILL REMEMBER.
🇺🇸 343 — NEVER FORGOTTEN.
🇺🇸 SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 — NEVER FORGET.
Professional Firefighters of Kokomo
IAFF Local 396
Pride • Dedication • Loyalty • Determination
