On May 3rd as 88,000 of us fled our homes we all saw the same thing…our first responders. As we drove south down the highway out of town we were met by groups of firefighters and police from other cities racing to Fort McMurray to help.
The only reason that the majority of Fort McMurray is standing today is those people who stayed behind who fought the Beast and saved our city.
How do you thank a group of people who ran toward the fire as we fled to safety. How do you thank a group of people who said goodbye to their families as they left town to safety. How do you thank a group of people who have worked endless hours to save our homes, many of them losing their own.
Today residents are returning home to the same sight…our first responders welcoming us home to our city that they worked so heroically to save. None of them will say they are heroes, so we will say it for them.
To all of the first responders who came to help our city and to those who call Fort McMurray home…thank you.