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On Sunday, Oct. 12, the Kansas City firefighter community reflected on the 10th anniversary of a fire that killed Kansas City, Missouri, firefighters Larry Leggio and John Mesh, and injured two others so badly they were forced to retire from fighting fires.

The impact on KCFD of losing two men in one night was profound. The men and women who served in the department in 2015 still remember the tragedy.

But the department has also changed the way it fights fires in the last decade, including how to make sure firefighters stay as safe as possible while carrying out life-threatening work.

"It's everyone's worst nightmare to get the knock on the door, and that happened twice that night, KCFD Chief Ross Grundyson told me.

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