Watch the launching of FDNY’s Three Forty Three. Video from Panama City, Florida.

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Above and below are scenes from the ceremony in Panama City, Florida on Friday celebrating the launching of FDNY’s newest ship, Three Forty Three.

You can read more about the event and the vessel built in honor of the FDNY members who gave their lives on September 11, 2001 here, here and here.

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