Remembering 9/11 Part 1: Cottage Grove firefighter recalls thank yous at ground zero

It’s odd, the things that stick out in a person’s mind about an event through the lens of a decade passed. For Al Beasley, the deputy fire chief with the Cottage Grove Fire Department who, along with three other department volunteers, rushed to New York City following the attacks of Sept. 11, it is this: the thank yous.