By Alberto Suris
On Sunday, February 10, 2019, Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera swore in ten new firefighters for the City of Lawrence. At the same time, three members of the department were promoted to lieutenants and two are now captains.
This is always an emotional event, not just for them but for their families seeing their loved ones advance at a profession as honorable as dangerous.
The firefighters always choose a family member to pin the badge that will make it official. It was especially significant for us that many of them are descendants of Latino families.
