THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: For a few minutes, basketball gave way to a much-deserved love of community
JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRAPHY First responders from Coeur d'Alene Fire and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue were honored at the Fight for the Fish spirit basketball games Jan. 9 at Lake City High by Lake City principal Bryan Kelly and Coeur d'Alene High principal Victoria Beecher, at right.
JASON DUCHOW PHOTOGRAPHY First responders from Coeur d'Alene Fire and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue receive hugs from members of the Lake City High boys basketball team at halftime of the boys Fight for the Fish spirit basketball game Jan. 9 at Lake City High.
Courtesy photo First responders from Coeur d'Alene Fire and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue speak to members of the Lake City boys basketball program in October in the Lake City High auditorium.
After two first responders were killed and a third injured in an ambush attack on Canfield Mountain this past summer, Lake City High boys basketball players decided to wear a patch on their warmups this season honoring Coeur d'Alene Fire and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue personnel.
The hugs were not scripted.
But they were quite real.
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