"They are unstoppable", is how some are describing a group of determined firefighters, including members of the Los Angeles Fire Department, as they cycle through intense heat, pouring rain and even hail on a 3,308 mile trek from Los Angeles to New York, in honor of lives lost on September 11, 2001.

This Ride for 9-11 is currently in Oklahoma City, and will depart August 15th continuing on a journey that will end at the FDNY Firefighters Memorial on September 9th. You can follow their progress on this amazing journey and show your support online as well as via Facebook and Twitter.


Please also save the date for our local "Remembrance Ceremony", in memory of the lives lost on September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on airline flights 11, 77, 93, and 175.


                       Sunday, September 11, 2011

Ceremony: 9:00 am - 10:00 am 

Reception: Immediately following

Location: Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center

1700 Stadium Way, Los Angeles, CA  90012

All are invited and warmly welcomed to attend.

Submitted by Erik Scott, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department

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Four Los Angeles Firefighters will join Firefighters from various departments to bike over 3,300 miles across the country, from Downtown Los Angeles to New York City. This intense tour is called "Ride for 9-11" and is in honor of those that lost their lives on September 11th, 2001.

Sunday, July 24th 2011 in Hollywood commences this 45-day journey, and it will end on Friday, September 9th, 2011 in New York City at the FDNY Firefighters Memorial, on the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. The goals of this event are to honor the Public Servants that lost their loves on that horrific day and raise money for two charities: The Leary Firefighters Foundation and the Wounded Warrior Project.

This Saturday, April 23rd, there will be a pancake breakfast fundraiser for this event held at Fire Station 69 (15045 Sunset boulevard, Pacific Palisades 90272). Please come out and support our members and learn more about this ride. All are welcome from 8AM to 11AM.

Click HERE to see how Council Member Tom LaBonge showed his support.

Watch for other upcoming "Ride for 9-11" events:

May 21st - Bar Night at the Westwood Brewing Company. Raffle   prizes, drinks, etc.

June 12- Volleyball Tournament, Hermosa Beach

June 30- Comedy Magic Club, Hermosa Beach

July 6- Golf Tournament, Black Gold Golf Course, Yorba Linda


Submitted by Erik Scott, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department

READ MORE - Pacific Palisades Pancake Breakfast for "Ride for 9-11"

The men and women of the Los Angeles Fire Department ask you to stand with them in memory of the lives lost on September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on airline flights 11, 77, 93, and 175.

We welcome your attendence, and hope that you will encourage the members of your organization, as well as your friends and family, to join us for this important event.

Submitted by Erik Scott, Spokesman Los Angeles Fire Department

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