PUEBLO, Colo. (KOAA) — Early Thursday morning, hundreds of people gathered along the Riverwalk in Pueblo for the annual 9/11 Memorial Ceremony. It was organized by the Center for American Values.

During the ceremony, firefighters rang three tolls of a bell symbolizing the start or end of a firefighter's call for service.

“The bell is a significant tradition in the fire department. Before we had electronics, we had bells,” Pueblo Fire Chief Barbara Huber said.

The Chief of the Pueblo Fire Department, Barbara Huber, spoke about the firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty on 9/11.

“343 was the original number. We continue to lose people every day due to the contaminants that were in the air that day,” Huber said.

Captain Zane Owens said he remembers that day. He was on his

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