3rd Annual Fallen Firefighters Candlelight Remembrance Vigil
Photos from the 3rd Annual Fallen Firefighters Candlelight Remembrance Vigil held in Poelker Park on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011.
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A St. Louis firefighter sits on the end of a ladder as he prepares to raise an oversized American flag before the start of the 3rd Annual Fallen Firefighters Candlelight Remembrance Vigil in St. Louis on Sept. 8, 2011. The solemn ceremony kicks off a weekend of activities for St. Louis firefighters.
Photo by UPI/Bill Greenblatt

A St. Louis firefighter orders adjustments during the raising of an oversized American flag in front of City Hall before the start of the 3rd Annual Fallen Firefighters Candlelight Remembrance Vigil in St. Louis on Sept. 8.
Photo by UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Laura Morrison (c), whose late husband was a St. Louis firefighter killed in a fire in May of 2002, looks at the program during the reading of nearly 200 names of St. Louis area firefighters that have died in the line of duty.
Photo by UPI/Bill Greenblatt

St. Louis firefighters hold candles during the reading of nearly 200 names of St. Louis area firefighters that have died in the line of duty.
Photo by UPI/Bill Greenblatt
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