By Lulu

First responders choose to dedicate their lives to us! We can hope and pray every day that we won’t need them, but any moment of the day we might. They train to do things that most of us would flee from. Whether it is a police officer answering a domestic violence call, a fireman running into a burning building, a paramedic using jaws of life to extract a victim from an accident, these heroes see and do things the rest of don’t in the daily course of our lives. They wake up knowing their endorphins will be tested each day. Most will claim they aren’t heroes even after they carry out someone who was trapped in a house on fire. “It’s just my job” I have heard my nephew say who is a fireman in Louisville. “I am safer on the SWAT team than a beat cop” another nephew claims. NOPE they are heroes waking up each morning and tackling another day of whatever the news of the day brings them.

Rue & Ziffra, PA have started a movement to honor these men and women that put their lives on the line for us. With so much disrespect shown on TV to officers and all first responders I am very proud of this bike run they initiated. This year it started at the Flagler County Government Building in Bunnell and was a 31-mile police escorted ride to OB’s in Deland where lunch was served. A special thank you to Moto-Tow, Inc for being there in case someone ran into a bike problem. HOG Radio was on site promoting the event and I believe the two-county ride is planned for next May.

I hope our readers won’t need a HERO or a lawyer, but we are lucky there are people in the world who care more about helping others than their own personal safety. I also love that Rue & Ziffra, PA have long been supporters of Thunder Roads Florida Magazine and the biking community. As their tag line professes: “In Your Community On Your Side”, they are involved in all types of community charities and events in the Volusia and Flagler county area and this one should be one we ALL support in the future!

A thank you to the sponsors, OB’s, Tropical Tattoo, JP Cycles, Paws of War, Tijuana Flats, Flagler County, and the Blue Knights.