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Brotherhood Ride 2011: Firefighters pedal from Naples to NYC for 9/11

Jesus Padilla Jr., 8, left, stands by as his father Jesus Padilla, center, and Jim Squittieri, foreground right, join hands as they and fellow participants in the Brotherhood Ride arrive at the Elks Lodge in the Staten Island borough of New York, Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. (Tina Fineberg for the Naples News)

Jesus Padilla Jr., 8, left, stands by as his father Jesus Padilla, center, and Jim Squittieri, foreground right, join hands as they and fellow participants in the Brotherhood Ride arrive at the Elks Lodge in the Staten Island borough of New York, Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. (Tina Fineberg for the Naples News)

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  • Scott Brewer looks outs as the boat he and fellow Brotherhood Ride participants are on approaches Manhattan after leaving from the Staten Island borough of New York Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. Brewer is a firefighter with the Golden Gate Fire Department in Naples, Florida. (Tina Fineberg for the Naples News)
  • Robert Salvaggio, right, waves goodbye to firefighters on the Staten Island of New York as he and fellow participants in the Brotherhood Ride leave the island on a boat enroute to Manhattan Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. Salvaggio is with the Naples Fire Code Officials Office in Florida. (Tina Fineberg for the Naples News)
  • David Borawski looks out at the Statue of Liberty as he travels with other Brotherhood Ride participants from the Staten Island borough of New York to Manhattan Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. Borawski is a firefighter with Florida's Haines City Fire Department. (Tina Fineberg for the Naples News)
  • The Manhattan skyline is seen in the distance as participants in the Brotherhood Ride take a boat from the Staten Island borough of New York to Manhattan Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. (Tina Fineberg for the Naples News)
  • John Cole, of Charleston, South Carolina, right, and fellow participants in the Brotherhood Ride lower their heads during a prayer at the Elks Lodge in the Staten Island borough of New York, Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. Cole is with the City of Charleston fire department. (Tina Fineberg for the Naples News)
  • Jesus Padilla Jr., 8, left, stands by as his father Jesus Padilla, center, and Jim Squittieri, foreground right, join hands as they and fellow participants in the Brotherhood Ride arrive at the Elks Lodge in the Staten Island borough of New York, Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. (Tina Fineberg for the Naples News)
  • Luciano Deandrade, foreground right, and Pat Browne embrace as Deandrade and other participants in the Brotherhood Ride arrive at the Elks Lodge in the Staten Island borough of New York, Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. Both Deandrade and Browne are with the North Naples Fire Department. (Tina Fineberg for the Naples News)
  • Participants in the Brotherhood Ride including, Jeff Morse, from the North Naples Fire Department, second from left, Bob Branch, second from right, and Michael Cruz, right, share a moment after releasing the ashes of James 'Rob' Moorhead in the water by Lower Manhattan before arriving in Manhattan from the Staten Island borough of New York Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. Moorhead, who was a paramedic from Louisiana, was killed during a cycling accident while training to be part of the Brotherhood Ride. Branch and Cruz are from the Houston Fire Department in Texas. (Tina Fineberg for the Naples News)
  • On a boat making its way to Manhattan from the Staten Island borough of New York, participants in the Brotherhood Ride, and others involved with the ride, reach out to touch a bottle containing the ashes of James 'Rob' Moorhead before they are released into the water in Lower Manhattan Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. Moorhead, who was a paramedic from Louisiana, was killed during a cycling accident while training to be part of the Brotherhood Ride. (Tina Fineberg for the Naples News)
  • Participants in the Brotherhood Ride carry their bikes as they board a boat from the Staten Island borough of New York going to Manhattan Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. (Tina Fineberg for the Naples News)
  • Eden Heilman, of New Orleans, Louisiana, second from right, and others record the arrival of participants in the Brotherhood Ride at the Elks Lodge in the Staten Island borough of New York, Saturday Sept. 10, 2011. Heilman's brother, David Heilman, is with the Winter Haven Fire Department in Winter Haven, Florida. (Tina Fineberg for the Naples News)

Firefighters and law enforcement officers from across the nation will pedal from Naples to New York City in honor of the 411 emergency service workers who died on 9/11 in the line of duty at the World Trade Center. The Brotherhood Ride, now in its fourth year, was founded by North Naples Firefighter Jeffrey Morse to honor firefighters and police officers who are killed in the line of duty.

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