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Old 09-11-2011, 01:22 PM   #1
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Default Fellow Super Stock Racer - 9/11 Hero

Our very own Dave Leclaire 10 years ago as the towers fell......and today is back at it again......down in lower manhattan on the job.
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Old 09-11-2011, 01:28 PM   #2
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Truly a Hero.
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Old 09-11-2011, 02:00 PM   #3
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Truly a Hero.
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I never knew Dave worked out of lower Manhattan.

He lined me up on the friday qualifier, now I feel honored....
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Great post Joe..........Thank you Dave!!
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It does'nt really matter (a hero is a hero and it looks like any of those three quailify) but, was he FDNY, NYPD, PORT AUTHORITY or civilian and which fella was he? I was on duty the next day with Fairfax County Virginia Fire and Rescue. We were on the Pentagon call in a support roll on Truck Company 411. Four members of my shift everyday were among the folks that placed the huge American Flag over the wall of the Pentagon, one of them lost his brother in Canter-Fitzgerald from the first plane.
I had a buddy from Fairfax Fire that quit, and went to FDNY. His name is Bill (bubba) Butler and he was one of the six from FDNY Ladder 6 that carried Ms. Josephine. They stopped in the stairwell from exhaustion by her request....the building came down and somehow, where they were at was the only part not destroyed. 343 Firefighters died that day. Bill and his crew were 344,345,346,347,348,349....but their ticket was not punched on this day!

This is Bill (Bubba) Butler

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was he FDNY, NYPD, PORT AUTHORITY or civilian and which fella was he?
Dave is Port Authority. He is on the right in the picture.

Dave races an Original RO 67 GTX with a street hemi in SS/DA. Beautiful car and a great guy!
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Nice post joe, yes our friend is a good man he is always there to lend a helping hand as he was 10 years ago for the people he led out of the basement of tower 2 after the first tower fell i remember wondering how he was doing and when i did not hear from him for about 4 days i feared the worst so when the phone rang i was glad to see that it was him
THANKS DAVE
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Nice post joe, yes our friend is a good man he is always there to lend a helping hand as he was 10 years ago for the people he led out of the basement of tower 2 after the first tower fell i remember wondering how he was doing and when i did not hear from him for about 4 days i feared the worst so when the phone rang i was glad to see that it was him
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It does'nt really matter (a hero is a hero and it looks like any of those three quailify) but, was he FDNY, NYPD, PORT AUTHORITY or civilian and which fella was he? I was on duty the next day with Fairfax County Virginia Fire and Rescue. We were on the Pentagon call in a support roll on Truck Company 411. Four members of my shift everyday were among the folks that placed the huge American Flag over the wall of the Pentagon, one of them lost his brother in Canter-Fitzgerald from the first plane.
I had a buddy from Fairfax Fire that quit, and went to FDNY. His name is Bill (bubba) Butler and he was one of the six from FDNY Ladder 6 that carried Ms. Josephine. They stopped in the stairwell from exhaustion by her request....the building came down and somehow, where they were at was the only part not destroyed. 343 Firefighters died that day. Bill and his crew were 344,345,346,347,348,349....but their ticket was not punched on this day!

This is Bill (Bubba) Butler

Wade...I too lost a family member that worked for Canter-Fitzgerald...I feel your pain....many heroes..!!!
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