Photos: Texas honors first responders killed in fertilizer plant explosion
April 25, 2013
Members of the Patriot Guard line the road for a procession prior to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco, Texas. President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Gov. Rick Perry are set to speak at Thursday's memorial at Baylor University's Ferrell Center in Waco. Firefighters and other first responders were among those killed when a fire at the plant erupted in an explosion last week. Hundreds of people were injured. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Obama Plant Explosion )
Members of the West volunteer fire department carry the helmets of fallen fireman to a memorial service for the first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco, Texas. President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Gov. Rick Perry are set to speak at Thursday's memorial at Baylor University's Ferrell Center in Waco. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte) ( Obama Plant Explosion )
Gulf war veteran Celso Castro, right carries an flag while heading to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte) ( Obama Plant Explosion )
A firefighter salutes as fire trucks take part in a procession prior to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Obama Plant Explosion )
The damage from the fertilizer plant explosion is seen from helicopters in accompanying President Barack Obama in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, en route to Baylor University in Waco,Texas, where the president was to speak at a memorial service. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Obama Plant Explosion Memorial )
Crowds line the street in front of the Ferrell Center to watch a procession of fire trucks and emergency vehicles before a memorial service for the victims of the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion last week, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Richard Rodriguez ( USA-EXPLOSION/TEXAS )
Members of the Corvell City and Osage Volunteer Fire Department watch as fire departments from around Texas pay their respects during a parade for the West Memorial Service on April 25, 2013 in Waco, Texas. (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images) ( 167500878 )
Bagpipers from across the country march in a procession to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte) ( Obama Plant Explosion )
Heather Heim holds up her three year-old son, Grady, while members of the Patriot Guard march in a processional to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte) ( Obama Plant Explosion )
An honor guards stand next to twelve caskets at the West Memorial Service on April 25, 2013 in Waco, Texas. The memorial service honored the volunteer firefighters that lost their lives at the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas last week. (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images) ( 167500868 )
People stand in front of American flags as fire departments from around Texas pay their respects during a parade for the West Memorial Service on April 25, 2013 in Waco, Texas. (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images) ( 167500879 )
An honor guards stand next to caskets at the West Memorial Service on April 25, 2013 in Waco, Texas. The memorial service honored the volunteer firefighters that lost their lives at the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas last week. (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images) ( 167500871 )
A U.S. flag frames firefighters from Bellmead Fire Department waiting for a procession of fire trucks and emergency vehicles before a memorial service for the victims of the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion last week, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Richard Rodriguez ( USA-EXPLOSION/TEXAS )
An honor guards stand next to twelve caskets at the West Memorial Service on April 25, 2013 in Waco, Texas. (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images) ( 167500876 )
Fire departments from around Texas pay their respects as they parade in to the West Memorial Service on April 25, 2013 in Waco, Texas. (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images) ( 167500887 )
The line forms outside the Ferrell Center for a memorial service for the victims of the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion last week, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Richard Rodriguez ( USA-EXPLOSION/TEXAS )
Firefighters salute as a procession of fire trucks and emergency vehicles pass under a flag before a memorial service for the victims of the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion last week, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Richard Rodriguez ( USA-EXPLOSION/TEXAS )
An honor guard of firefighters stand before the coffins of fallen firefighters before a memorial service for the victims of the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion last week, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Richard Rodriguez ( USA-EXPLOSION/TEXAS )
Coffins containing the remains of victims from the fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas, are pictured in an auditorium at a memorial for those victims at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed ( USA-EXPLOSION/TEXAS )
Coffins containing the remains of victims from the fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, Texas, are pictured in an auditorium at a memorial for those victims at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed ( USA-EXPLOSION/TEXAS )
Honor guard stand in front of caskets prior to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Plant Explosion Obama )
Honor guard salute as they change shift prior to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Obama Plant Explosion )
Fire trucks take part in a procession prior to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Obama Plant Explosion )
Mark Turner holds a Texas flag as he wait for a procession to pass prior to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Obama Plant Explosion )
Fire trucks take part in a procession prior to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Obama Plant Explosion )
Members of the Patriot Guard line the road for a procession prior to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Obama Plant Explosion )
Honor guard stand in front of caskets prior to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Plant Explosion Obama )
The damage from the fertilizer plant explosion is seen from helicopters in accompanying President Barack Obama in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, en route to Baylor University in Waco,Texas, where the president was to speak at a memorial service. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Obama Plant Explosion Memorial )
This undated photo provided by Aderhold Funeral Home, Inc., show Douglas James Snokhous. Snokhous was killed in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion. (AP Photo/Aderhold Funeral Home, Inc.) ( Plant Explosion Victims )
This undated photo provided by Aderhold Funeral Home, Inc., show Perry Wayne Calvin. Calvin was killed in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion. (AP Photo/Aderhold Funeral Home, Inc.) ( Plant Explosion Victims )
This undated photo provided by Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors, shows Jerry Dane Chapman. Chapman was killed in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion. (AP Photo/Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors) ( Plant Explosion Victims )
This undated photo provided by Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors, shows Cyrus Adam Reed. Reed was killed in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion. (AP Photo/Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors) ( Plant Explosion Victims )
This undated photo provided by Aderhold Funeral Home, Inc., show Robert Snokhous. Snokhous was killed in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion. (AP Photo/Aderhold Funeral Home, Inc.) ( Plant Explosion Victims )
This undated photo provided by Aderhold Funeral Home, Inc., show Joseph F. Pustejovsky Jr. Pustejovsky was killed in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion. (AP Photo/Aderhold Funeral Home, Inc.) ( Plant Explosion Victims )
This undated photo provided by Aderhold Funeral Home, Inc., show Kenneth "Luckey" Harris Jr. Harris was killed in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion. (AP Photo/Aderhold Funeral Home, Inc.) ( Plant Explosion Victims )
This 2012 photo provided by the Uptmor family shows Buck Uptmor. Uptmor was killed in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion. (AP Photo/Uptmor Family) ( Plant Explosion Victims )
President Barack Obama speaks at the memorial for firefighters killed at the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Obama Plant Explosion Memorial )
A block of residences is pictured near the site of a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, pictured from the air as U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama (not pictured) assess the damage from Marine One April 25, 2013, on their way to a memorial service for the victims who died, at Baylor University in Waco. REUTERS/Jason Reed ( USA-EXPLOSION/TEXAS )
Caskets and pictures of firefighters are seen as US President Barack Obama (C-back) speaks during a memorial service at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, on April 25, 2013 for the firefighters who were killed in a huge blast at a Texas fertilizer plant last week. . AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images ( 519227987 )
People break into tears during a memorial service at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, on April 25, 2013 for the firefighters who were killed in a huge blast at a Texas fertilizer plant last week. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images ( 519228198 )
People break into tears during a memorial service at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, on April 25, 2013 for the firefighters who were killed in a huge blast at a Texas fertilizer plant last week. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images ( 519228212 )
US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend a memorial service at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, on April 25, 2013 for the firefighters who were killed in a huge blast at a Texas fertilizer plant last week. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images ( 519228231 )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama bow their heads behind a photo of volunteer firefighter Capt. Cyrus Adam Reed, who was killed, as they attend the memorial for victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Baylor University in Waco,Texas. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Obama Plant Explosion Memorial )
President Barack Obama attends the memorial for firefighters killed at the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Obama Plant Explosion Memorial )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend the memorial for firefighters killed at the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Obama Plant Explosion Memorial )
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