Credit: Austin Drake Photography
COLONA, Illinois — One firefighter wanted to remember the attacks on 9/11 in a unique way. Colona firefighter Joe Parillo stood outside in full gear one minute for every firefighter that died during the attacks in New York, which is 5 hours and 43 minutes.
WQAD reports he started at 8:59 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, the moment when the first plane hit the towers.
A Moline photographer, Austin Drake, took photos and posted them to his Facebook page with the following: