After witnessing the attacks of September 11, 2001, I will forever hold a special place in my heart for firefighters and all the men and women out there who put their lives at risk everyday to save others. One day I happened to be walking by the Hoboken Fire Station when two huge fire trucks and about a dozen or so firefighters were returning from presumably fighting a fire. I wanted to capture the red and silver glistening truck as it maneuvered its way back into the garage, but just couldn't seem to find the right angle, the right moment, nor the right way to capture what I was looking for. Ready to give up entirely, I snapped this image at the last moment just before they shut the garage door, when the firefighter jumped up and hung off the front of the truck for just a second. I imagined it his way to relieve the tension and stress of his job or of what he may have witnessed prior to returning to the station, and I wanted to honor that sense of "letting go" and closure, just as the doors to the garage closed again.
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