Brotherhood Ride Honors Fallen Texas Fire Fighters

March 2, 2010 – Approximately 30 fire fighters, EMS personnel and police officers will ride their bicycles from Tallahassee, Florida, to Houston, Texas, to honor fallen Houston, TX Local 341 fire fighters James Harlow and Damion Hobbs. The 10-day 3rd Annual Brotherhood Ride begins April 1.

Harlow and Hobbs were among the first on the scene of a southeast Houston house fire. The two went inside to look for possible trapped victims, but didn’t make it out.

Brotherhood Ride cyclists are scheduled to arrive in Houston April 10, two days before the one-year anniversary of the deaths of Harlow and Hobbs. “We do this because we want to emphasize to the families that their fallen loved ones will not be forgotten,” says North Naples, FL Local 2297 member Jeff Morse, the event’s organizer.

Morse organized the first ride after nine Charleston, South Carolina, fire fighters died in the Sofa Super Store fire on June 18, 2007. “We rode 600 miles from Naples, Florida, to Charleston because we felt it was the right thing to do,” says Morse.

This year, the riders will receive a police and fire escort for the entire 800-plus miles and will be stay in Elk lodges each night.

Donations the riders receive directly benefit the Harlow and Hobbs families. For more information, click here.