VIDEO: Union County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Castrogiovanni, a former NYPD officer, was at the scene of 9/11. “I had been looking at those buildings my whole life so to see what happened was just, it’s so surreal,” Castrogiovanni said. Castrogiovanni worked in and around Ground Zero for about seven weeks and then again during the holiday season that year.
- PUB DATE: 12/31/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSOC-TV ABC 9 Charlotte

PHOTOS: North Beach Volunteer Fire Department (NBVFD) is pleased to announce the arrival of an iconic piece of the department’s history. In 1947, the department took delivery of an FMC John Bean high pressure pumper built on a KB International chassis. The truck served the Twin Beaches communities for a number of years before being sold and lost track of.
- PUB DATE: 12/31/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Southern Maryland News Net

The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office is investigating a burglary that occurred at a fire station in Woodland. The burglary at a Cowlitz Fire District #1 station on Woodland Heights Road was reported to the sheriff's office on Monday. The sheriff's office said all medical equipment was stolen from vehicles that were parked inside the station.
- PUB DATE: 12/31/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Beaverton

Hospitals across western Washington are hoping to vaccinate more than 4,000 first responders by the end of the year. Departments have seen impacts to their forces and have had to adapt as first responders have been faced with coronavirus exposures and quarantines. Woodinville Deputy Fire Chief Doug McDonald said departments across the region respond to 18 coronavirus-related calls per day.
- PUB DATE: 12/31/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

A car smashed through one of the main front entrances of Factoria Mall in Bellevue Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened just before 10:30 after the driver suffered a medical event, Bellevue Police said. The car went through the glass doors at the MarketPlace entrance and made it about 20 yards inside out front of the Panera Bread entrance.
- PUB DATE: 12/31/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle