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La Grange Fire Departments own Firefighter/Paramedic James Baum was the keynote speaker. James Baum, is a military veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom I & II (2003-2004) and in South Korea as a member of the 8th Army United Nations Command Honor Guard (2005-2006). After completing his service he then studied to become a firefighter

Paramedic. James served previously with Sugar Grove and Wheaton Fire Departments before joining the La Grange Fire Department in 2010.

Firefighter/Paramedic Baum was just finishing an overnight shift at a fish market in lower Manhattan that Tuesday morning. He was at the time, a 21-year-old Staten Island native. He looked up and saw a plane hit one of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. "Debris,

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