 All this month, get up to $50 off any Android smartphone from Appalachian Wireless, any Android you desire. All $50 off with two-year agreement, better service, bigger savings, that's today's Appalachian Wireless and East Kentucky Network Company. Today, Patriot Day ceremonies were held at all three campuses of Big Sandy Community and Technical College beginning with a 10 a.m. ceremony in Prestonburg. I mean, what a great combination of honoring the first responders and talking about the meaning of the day, 9-11, and then also the Constitution and its importance and blending all those together into a Patriot Day. First responders from all across Floyd County gathered, along with students and faculty, to remember the tragic events that took place on September 11th, 16 years ago. And everyone there took the time to say thank you to the men and women who run to a disaster when everyone else runs away. We may not see a large-scale event here like that, like what happened in 9-11, but any event that takes lives is large-scale to the first responder, whether you're paid or volunteering, it's irrelevant. When the rescue has to happen, that goes out the window because a life is a life. There were seasoned first responders on hand today who were nearing retirement as well as those just getting started, like 17-year-old Mackenzie Wireman, who is the youngest certified swift water technician on the Floyd County Rescue Squad. But no matter their age, they all have one thing in common. All of our first responders, you have to have a heart and heart to see death after death and then just keep going. You really have to love what you do and you really have to have a love for people. A lot of people think, well, they're a fireman, they're trying to do this or trying to do that, but let me tell you, we all have the same mind and we all have the same kind of hearts. Similar ceremonies were held today at the Pikeville campus and at the Mayo campus in Paintsville. In Prestonsburg, I'm Shannon Deskins for EKB News.