Watsonville Fire Battalion Chief Almita Schaefer tells students at Moreland Notre Dame School about the risks and rewards of being a firefighter Wednesday on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Students and staff at the campus each year have welcomed law and fire first responders to a remembrance ceremony in their courtyard.
Around 300 firefighters plus other emergency officials and thousands of citizens died during the attacks and another 7,000-plus have died since then from hazardous exposure in the recovery efforts.
