Fallen Firefighters Memorial (Wu)

Fallen Firefighters Memorial
Artist	Hai Ying Wu
Year	1998[1]
Type	Bronze
Location	Seattle
Owner	City of Seattle

Fallen Firefighters Memorial is a bronze sculpture group by Hai Ying Wu.[2]

It is located in Occidental Park, Seattle, near the intersection of Occidental Avenue and Main Street.[3] It was inspired by the deaths of four Seattle firefighters who died January 5, 1995[4] fighting a fire in the Mary Pang warehouse in Seattle's International District.[5]

References

Brown, Charles E. (1998-06-04). "New Memorial A Tribute To Fallen Firefighters". The Seattle Times.
"Fire Station Tours". Seattle.gov. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
"Fallen Firefighters' Memorial - Pioneer Square / SoDo - Landmarks - NFT". Not For Tourists. 2011-12-30. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
"Seattle Fallen Firefighters Memorial - Firefighter Memorials on". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
Casey McNerthney, Wednesday marks anniversary of deadly Seattle fire, Seattle 911 — A Police and Crime Blog, seattlepi.com, 5 January 2011. Accessed 5 January 2011.

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[1] Brown, Charles E. (1998-06-04). "New Memorial A Tribute To Fallen Firefighters". The Seattle Times.

[2] "Fire Station Tours". Seattle.gov. Retrieved 2012-01-22.

[3] "Fallen Firefighters' Memorial - Pioneer Square / SoDo - Landmarks - NFT". Not For Tourists. 2011-12-30. Retrieved 2012-01-22.

[4] "Seattle Fallen Firefighters Memorial - Firefighter Memorials on". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2012-01-22.

[5] Casey McNerthney, Wednesday marks anniversary of deadly Seattle fire, Seattle 911 — A Police and Crime Blog, seattlepi.com, 5 January 2011. Accessed 5 January 2011.