COLONA, Ill. — On the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a firefighter in Illinois stood for one minute for every firefighter who lost their life that day. That's 5 hours and 43 minutes.
According to WQAD, Joe Parillo started at 8:59 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, the moment when the first plane hit the towers.
A Moline photographer, Austin Drake, took photos and posted them on his Facebook page with the following: