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Student in full GBFD gear walks across purple bleachers
Retired NYFD Firefighter Visits Franklin

Franklin Middle School welcomed Ron Parker, a retired NYFD firefighter who worked the 9/11 rescue, to Franklin on September 10, 2025.

Mr. Parker shared about his experience as a firefighter leading up to and following the 9/11 terror attacks.

After Mr. Parker's presentation, students in gym class participated in Franklin's annual stair climb with the Green Bay Metro Fire Department.

Some students tried on the fire department's equipment for their stair climb.

Click on the images below to see larger photos.

Audience of Franklin students attentively watching a presentation in an auditorium.
Audience of Franklin students attentively watching a presentation in an auditorium.
Audience members clapping during an event, including a child and an adult in the foreground.
Mr. Parker stands at the end of the stage and speaks to the students in the audience.
Mr. Parker in a firefighter uniform speaking at a podium with a large image of a fire projected on a screen behind them.
Audience of Franklin students attentively watching a presentation in an auditorium.
Mr. Parker in a firefighter uniform speaking at a podium with a large image of a fire projected on a screen behind them.
Audience of Franklin students attentively watching a presentation in an auditorium.
Retired firefighter in FDNY dress uniform with medals, standing solemnly at a podium.
Students and staff members stand and clap for Mr. Parker.
Group of children and three adults smiling in a hallway.
Five firefighters standing with folded arms in a gymnasium, observing a group, wearing uniforms with badges visible.
A student in red walks at the bottom of purple bleachers with other students following behind.
Students walk up and down purple bleachers.
A student in a white top and jeans walks down the bleachers with students following behind.
Students walking up and down the bleachers in a gymnasium with the American flag displayed on the wall.
Students walking up and down the bleachers in a gymnasium with the American flag displayed on the wall.
A GB Metro firefighter watches as a student tries on a firefighters equipment.
A child participates in a fire safety demonstration, assisted by firefighters in a gymnasium. The child is trying on firefighter gear while surrounded by attentive firefighters.
Students smile and walk down the purple bleachers
A student gets assistance from GB Metro firefighter to wear the equipment.
Two individuals examining firefighting helmets held out to them by a firefighter from Green Bay Fire Department in a gymnasium.
A firefighter helps a student put on a helmet.
A student walks away from the camera in a GBFD jacket.
A student in full GBFD gear walks down the purple and silver bleachers.
Students and a firefighter in gear walking down the bleachers in a school gymnasium.
Two students in helmets walk down the bleachers.
A student in GBFD gear walks across the purple bleachers
A student gets help from a firefighter to try on a GBFD jacket.
A student in full GBFD gear talks to a media member.
The US and Franklin flags hang on a pole with the firetruck in the background.