The La Mesa Fire Department had a heck of a party on June 10.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s an event they throw once a year for La Mesa residents and anyone who has an appetite.<\/p>\n
The annual Pancake Breakfast served up well over 1,000 pancake and sausage plate breakfasts for a dirt-cheap price, in order to fund their Explorer program and any other needs that develop. It once helped out a firefighter whose wife had some serious medical problems.<\/p>\n \u201cWe get a big kick out of doing this every year. People always show up in big numbers and seem to have a really good time. For us, it\u2019s not work at all,\u201d says Heartland\/La Mesa Fire Chief Colin Stowell.<\/p>\n With kids climbing all over the fire trucks, ringing bells and laughing, a good time was had by all.<\/p>\n But there was a somber element here as well.<\/p>\n North County Realtor Wendy Moldow brought along her life project, a stark and touching painting that brings up memories that no American will ever forget, and should always remember: The attack on New York City, now known as 9\/11 \u2014 the destruction of the World Trade Center by terrorists flying airliners into both towers, bringing them down.<\/p>\n Hundreds of New York first responders died in that attack, and the painting quickly reminds those who know about it, and shows those maybe too young to remember, what it was all about.<\/p>\n Moldow acquired the painting from a restauranteur who bought it and hung it in his establishment, only to hear people complain how depressing it was.<\/p>\n![\"Community](\"https:\/\/lamesacourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Pancake1.jpg\")
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