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‘It was so very quiet’: Clark Cowlitz fire chief remembers watching Sept. 11 attacks unfold

John Nohr reflects on how 9/11 changed job for all first responders

By Jessica Prokop, Columbian Local News Editor
Published: September 12, 2021, 6:05am
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Clark-Cowlitz Fire and Rescue Chief John Nohr reflects on his experience as a firefighter during and after the 9/11 attacks in an interview on Aug. 31 at Fire Station 21 in Ridgefield. Nohr was a fire captain in Portland and working on the morning of the terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, including more than 400 first responders.
Clark-Cowlitz Fire and Rescue Chief John Nohr reflects on his experience as a firefighter during and after the 9/11 attacks in an interview on Aug. 31 at Fire Station 21 in Ridgefield. Nohr was a fire captain in Portland and working on the morning of the terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, including more than 400 first responders. (Joshua Hart/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

A familiar and melancholic feeling struck Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue Chief John Nohr on the night of July 23 — when Clark County sheriff’s Detective Jeremy Brown was killed in the line of duty.

It was the same feeling he had in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City, in which hundreds of emergency workers lost their lives.

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