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Forsyth County 9/11 memorial serves as a reminder of firefighters lost even 19 years later
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The piece of steel beam from one of the towers of the World Trade Center in New York salvaged after the Sept. 11 attacks sits just inside of the Public Safety Headquarters in Forsyth County in front of a framed photo, which states, "We remember September 11, 2001." - photo by Sabrina Kerns
Forsyth County Fire Department Division Chief Jason Shivers recalled that he was on duty on Sept. 11, 2001. He and the rest of his crew had just gotten back to Fire Station 1 in downtown Cumming when they got a call from someone at another station.