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Greg Hess, retired Indianapolis Fire Department firefighter and paramedic, delivers remarks about his time at Ground Zero, his subsequent cancer struggles resulting from his time there, and his 22-month effort to establish the Indiana 9/11 Memorial as IFD firefighters from Station 13 listen during a commemoration ceremony at the memorial in Indianapolis Sept. 11, 2025. In 2001, Hess was a member of Indiana Task Force 1, which spent eight days in New York assisting the local agencies in the rescue and recovery efforts. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)
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INDIANAPOLIS - Greg Hess, retired Indianapolis Fire Department firefighter and paramedic, delivers remarks about his time at Ground Zero, his subsequent cancer struggles resulting from his time there, and his 22-month effort to establish the Indiana 9/11 Memorial as IFD firefighters from Station 13 listen during a commemoration ceremony at the memorial in Indianapolis Sept. 11, 2025. In 2001, Hess was a member of Indiana Task Force 1, which spent eight days in New York assisting the local agencies in the rescue and recovery efforts. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)


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