Number 6 retired in honor of Cold Storage firefighters
WORCESTER (CBS)- The Worcester Red Sox are preparing a special tribute for the 20th anniversary of the tragic Cold Storage fire. The Red Sox Triple-A team will retire the uniform number 6 to commemorate the six firefighters who lost their lives.
“The reverberations of this tragedy ripple through the city to this day,” said club president Dr. Charles Steinberg, who made the announcement Tuesday.
The massive fire at a cold storage facility happened on December 3rd, 1999 and the city of Worcester wants the memory of those men to live on. MORE
