Firefighters run cross-country to remember 9/11 victims

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News of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks reached Paul Ritchie at a pub in Australia. The veteran firefighter soon was back at the firehouse, watching the happenings in Washington and New York with his mates.

Nearly nine years later, Ritchie is event director for Tour of Duty, a coast-to-coast run honoring fellow emergency service workers who died in those attacks as they were trying save the lives of others.

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