Flags will also be at half-staff at the Fire Fighters Memorial in Kingdom City, and at government buildings in Cass, Clay, Jackson and Platte counties.
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The two veteran firefighters died in the line of duty Monday evening.
That’s not uncommon for fires this size, and Ham thinks would have happened even if firefighters Larry Leggio and John Mesh hadn’t been killed battling the blaze.
When customers shop at HY-VEE, they can make a $1, $5, or $10 tax-deductible donation when they check-out.
Both left many family members behind, including their wives and children.
“They literally have to think about every footstep because they’re basically on the roof of a three-story building that is down below them”, Ham says. The Sprint Center has room for about 13,000 people to honor the two men. “We want to do everything in our power to educate ourselves and be able to educate the fire service on that collapse”. Whether you’re in the same service or branch, you still have that same comradery and brotherhood.
This two-week “Support Our Fire Families” fundraiser begins Friday, October 16 and runs through Friday, October 30 at the 20 Kansas City-Metro Hy-Vee stores.
One of the firefighters was treated and released from a hospital Monday night and the other could be released Tuesday, he said.
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Fire inspectors and structural engineers from across the country are sorting through the rubble to determine how and where the fire started.
