St. Florian - some people erroneously refer to the firefighter cross as the Maltese Cross. It is actually the cross of St. Florian, who commanded a firefighting squad in the Roman Legion before it was discovered that he was Christian.
And now we get to the family dynamic among firefighters. Because we all have a much closer relationship than most other coworkers, we all regard each other as brothers and sisters, related by blood, sweat, and tears, and only sometimes DNA. Not all of us regard St. Florian as a patron saint, but all acknowledge him as a part of our vast brotherhood, and so firefighters of all faiths might be seen wearing his cross.
These stories show how the events of September 11, 2001 personally impacted even a family from the middle of nowhere. This series brings together Valerie Finnigan (Tiger on the Storm, Korean War, Untold Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan) with frequent collaborator Richard O'Hara (Futurians Return, Second Dawn) and features guest artist Paty Cockrum, best known for her work on various X-Men titles from the first Nightcrawler solo series to X-Men: Die by the Sword and much more. Valerie will donate revenue from this miniseries to the Fraternal Order of Leatherheads Society, a non-profit dedicated to providing training opportunities for firefighters and to assisting their families.
Updates will be daily from now until mid-September, barring a couple of likely breaks for the Boise Comic Arts Festival August 25-26 and Salt Lake Comic Con September 6-8.
Comments are welcome, but as two of the three creators on this project are retired firefighters, we advise against posting 9-11 conspiracy theories. As two of the three creators are retired firefighters, they have years of experience rebutting conspiracy theories with fire science and common sense, and its gotten to the point that they find these conspiracy theories more than a little annoying, so it's best not to even go there.
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