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Hero Profiles’ Reporter Julie Peterson profiles the Crofton, Gambrills, Edgewater and Davidsonville’s brightest and bravest firefighters from Arundel and Woodland Beach Volunteer Fire Departments.Like many Americans, emotions from the events of September 11 are diverse among the fire fighters at the Arundel Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD). Chuck Gross of the AVFD remembers fearing for his brother, an American Airlines pilot. “My brother was waiting to take off from Newark airport that morning and witnessed the attack on the towers from his position on the runway. It was frightening for us because one of the planes taken over by the terrorists had taken off from Newark airport and we didn't know for several hours that it wasn't his airplane.” Gross said he watched the remembrances …
