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Air Force fire service honors Americans who lost their lives in 9/11 with ‘last alarm’

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LOS ANGELES - Firefighters at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam paid tribute on Friday to the Americans who tragically lost their lives on Sept.

11, 2001.Anderson AFB marked the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a ceremony called “the last alarm,” or the “striking of the four fives.”The “last alarm” is a fire service tradition used since the 1800s to let a firehouse know when a firefighter died in the line of duty.SHARED: Trump, Biden commemorate 9/11 at Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, PennsylvaniaThe footage, posted on Anderson AFB’s Facebook page Friday, showed the striking of four rounds of five strikes on a bell.

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