Nation Mourns Lost Firefighters in Charleston ; Nine Died During Blaze in Furniture Store.

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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - Fire Capt. Ken Dammand stood sharply in his dress uniform, his eyes reddening, as the families of nine dead firefighters filed past him and into a packed coliseum for their memorial service yesterday.

"These people are dealing with a mountain of grief," said Dammand, who worked his shift in Everett, Wash., and went 40 hours without sleep to make it to South Carolina for the ceremony. "If we can take on some of that, that's why we're here."

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Nation Mourns Lost Firefighters in Charleston ; Nine Died During Blaze in Furniture Store.

Dammand and a colleague from his city north of Seattle were among thousands of firefighters who traveled from across the...

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