As usual Dad was the MC at the 9/11 Commemoration down at the Fire Fighter Reserve. If you have been to Christchurch then I will probably have dragged you by the memorial statue made from Twin Towers steel and told you all about how it came to be here. it is in front of Central Fire Station on Kilmore Street (however, watch this space, in The Rebuild the fire station is going to be over by the brewery on Moorehouse Ave I think). In any case, we attend every year. Out of respect for fire fighters all over the world, and also for those whose lives have been lost in the line of duty. This year I had to get the kids out of school, as you can see. They had announced hail and rain for late in the morning so we were all prepared to be wet and miserable by the end of it, but the weather held out thankfully.
And we all thought of Patricia Thornton and all she had contributed over the years...
The two Murray's before school.
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