The National Hockey League is morning the death of 37-year-old Minnesota Wild reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children from a weekend house fire.

As day breaks on the 24th anniversary of 9/11, former first responder and founder of Buchanan non-profit Sirens & Salutes, Bill Price, spent the morning walking with members of the Buchanan Volunteer Fire Department.

Volunteers marked Labor Day by creating a poignant tribute to fallen 9/11 first responders at Beaver Dam Farm in Buchanan, planting 406 American flags and attaching 406 tags adorned with names and photos of those who made the ultimate sacrifice among the sunflowers at the farm.

Bill Price believes police officers and firefighters are not being recognized enough.

Sirens and Salutes is honoring fallen heroes with a tree at the Hotel Roanoke.

A local Navy veteran and retired firefighter showed solidarity for fallen heroes, by taking to the stairmaster in full gear at Planet Fitness in Roanoke.

Buchanan native Russell Smith served in the Army during World War II, where he was killed in combat. Decades later, the veteran received the headstone he deserved thanks to a local nonprofit.

Bill Price made a promise to his godfather, a New York Firefighter, that he would never forget the lives lost on 9/11.

While most Americans sat back to watch the Bengals and Rams duke it out at the Super Bowl, not all first responders had the day off.

Whether they served in the Spanish American War or in Desert Storm, 500 veterans buried in Buchanan are not forgotten this Christmas.

Events in Buchanan honoring the lives lost on 9/11 begin Friday with a screening of the movie “World Trade Center'' and continue Saturday morning with a remembrance walk.

When he moved to Buchanan last year, he decided to start a memorial walk down Main Street welcoming anyone who wanted to join him. To join the 2nd Annual Memorial Walk, meet at the Buchanan Fire Station on Main Street at 8 a.m. for opening remarks. Then the walk will begin promptly at 8:46 a.m., the same time the first plane (American Airlines Flight 11) crashed into a tower. Price’s godfather worked as a New York City Firefighter at the time of the attacks and was able to attend the first memorial walk last year. During the walk, Price carries a fire hose with the names of the firefighters killed.

BUCHANAN, Va. - At exactly 8:46 a.m. Wedesnday, members of the Buchanan Volunteer Fire Department and the community paid tribute to the first responders who were killed Sept. 11, 2001. The firefighters wore full turnout gear, carrying a special flag and a hose with the names of all 343 firefighters who died trying to save others. And the weight of their sacrifices weighed on volunteer fireman Bill Price's mind. "For us firefighters, it's honoring our brother firefighters who died that day," Price said. Daniel Garrett and his wife Amy, who are both veterans, carried flags and wore name tags honoring the victims.