Memorial
service to air by livestreaming on the internet
When
as many as 4,000 firefighters stream into Baylor University's Ferrell
Center to honor fallen comrades who lost their lives trying to
prevent the explosion at West, people will be able to watch live on
their computers.
By
accessing the website of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
at http://firehero.org/westtexas/
viewers will be able to hear and see President Obama's message, and
as the solemn occasion happens, beginning at 2 pm. Parking for the
public is available in lots C and D at the Ferrell Center, and
seating for the public is available on a first come, first served
basis beginning at 11 a.m., once all firefighters are seated.
Overflow
seating will be provided at the Julie and Jim Turner Riverfront
Athletic Park, 1612 S. University Parks Dr., where the event will be
broadcast.
Key
roads and streets leading to the sports arena will be blocked off at
10:30 a.m. amid heightened security in anticipation of the
presidential visit. No sharp objects, umbrellas, signs, knives, guns,
or liquids will be allowed inside the building, but cameras are.
BATFE
and the Texas Fire Marshal released the first photographs of the
actual blast site at the West Fertilizer Co., where arson
investigators continue to fork, turn and inspect the rubble as it
landed following the massive explosion of an estimated 270 tons of
ammonium nitrate fertilizer.
According
to the latest preliminary reports, the tanks that contained the
anyhdrous ammonia never ruptured, the ignition point for the fire,
and the cause for the explosion remains under investigation.
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