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Thousands of FRI attendees visited the exhibit Better Angels: the Firefighters of 9/11 at Fire-Rescue International in Atlanta. The exhibit—a partnership between the artist, Dawn Howkinson Siebel, and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation—honors the 343 FDNY firefighters who died on September 11, 2001. The large display features individual monochromatic oil portraits of the fallen firefighters on 6" x 4" charred blocks of wood.

In this interview, FireRescue Editor-in-Chief Tim Sendelbach talks with the NFFF's executive director, Ron Siarnicki, about the NFFF's "Better Angels"' project, which features hand-painted portraits of each of the 343.