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"Gov. Mark Sanford said questions may always linger about a higher purpose behind the deaths, but that the men proved their courage Monday night. He said, “Who we are crucially depends on what we’re willing to stand up for in life. In short, are we willing to walk the walk? They walked their walk right into the company of angels and to heaven’s gate.” Before the service, a procession of about 100 fire trucks wound through the Charleston streets lined with mourners in the firefighters’ honor." --The Associated Press, June 2007