FIREFIGHTERS who have campaigned for two months to boost funds for their New York colleagues have raised £113,000, it was announced yesterday.
North Yorkshire firefighters will close their campaign fund at the end of the year and have thanked local people who pledged their support following the terrorist attacks in America on September 11.
The county's chief fire officer, Eric Clark, said: "We intend to pass the money over to the New York firefighters by the end of January.
"Firefighters are held in high regard by the public, and I would like to think that the success of this appeal is a culmination of this, as well as the desire of the public to offer tangible support to the American people affected by this atrocity."
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