{"id":27009,"date":"2013-04-26T09:10:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T14:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=27009"},"modified":"2013-11-15T13:53:08","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:53:08","slug":"remembering-the-fallen-of-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2013\/04\/26\/remembering-the-fallen-of-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the Fallen of West"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_27017\"  class=\"wp-caption module image center\" style=\"max-width: 620px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2013\/04\/26\/remembering-the-fallen-of-west\/8682515560_d0c00c42d8_c\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27017\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27017\" title=\"8682515560_d0c00c42d8_c\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2013\/04\/8682515560_d0c00c42d8_c-620x413.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2013\/04\/8682515560_d0c00c42d8_c-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2013\/04\/8682515560_d0c00c42d8_c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2013\/04\/8682515560_d0c00c42d8_c.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Photo by Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon\/KUT<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A helmet is carried in remembrance of a firefighter from the Abbott Volunteer Fire Department killed in a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas last week.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Firefighters, public officials and thousands of Texans gathered in Waco Yesterday at Baylor University for a memorial service to remember twelve firefighters and first responders that died in the line of duty while responding to a <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/topic\/west-fertilizer\/\">fire at a fertilizer plant i<\/a>n the small town of West last week.\u00a0While fighting the fire, the plant exploded, killing 15 and destroying nearly 150 homes.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can listen to the radio story above, and see images from the memorial service in the slideshow below by KUT photographer Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"600\" height=\"450\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fkutaustin%2Fsets%2F72157633338281841%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fkutaustin%2Fsets%2F72157633338281841%2F&amp;set_id=72157633338281841&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=124984\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"600\" height=\"450\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=124984\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fkutaustin%2Fsets%2F72157633338281841%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fkutaustin%2Fsets%2F72157633338281841%2F&amp;set_id=72157633338281841&amp;jump_to=\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<h4>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2013\/04\/22\/after-west-fertilizer-explosion-concerns-over-safety-regulation-and-zoning\/\">After West Fertilizer Explosion, Concerns Over Safety, Regulation and Zoning<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters, public officials and thousands of Texans gathered in Waco Yesterday at Baylor University for a memorial service to remember twelve firefighters and first responders that died in the line of duty while responding to a fire at a fertilizer plant in the small town of West last week.\u00a0While fighting the fire, the 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