This was an unplanned stop for the tour, and we decided to make it a surprise stop for the station, just to make sure they had no chance to do anything formal on us.
The purpose for this particular stop was to pay respects from a soldier/firefighter to the station that sent him the shirt off their backs. Aaron Leming ... one of our all time favorite guys! ... took some great pictures for us while he was deployed, He posed in the shirt he received from FDNY L-24, in classic Aaron form ... you can always see his heart and spirit behind that great smile.
Anyway, happily, he came home safe, and is now doing great things in the civilian sector.
Knowing we were heading to NYC, Aaron gave us the shirt he received. You can still vaguely make out the original message, but Aaron added his response on the same shirt and asked us to send it back home to them with his message.
And so we showed up unannounced at the bay of L-24 to bring this shirt from Hero ... to Hero.
They were great, and even had one of their own reaccomplish the original photo for us.
In addition, they sent back some special things for Aaron. We haven't hooked up with him yet, but hear from his mom (Tacoma Firefighter/HG Cmdr, Karen Leming) that he will be local again soon. We will make sure that he gets his gifts.
Thank you Aaron, and the members of L-23 for making this all go full circle. hope one day Aaron makes it out to meet all of you ... you will love him!
lj & the road crew
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