by Chase Rogers
While Americans commemorated the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks Friday, Sept. 11, and amid a nation fractured by the novel coronavirus, six Hays County firefighters began a two-day drive to face another looming crisis in progress – catastrophic wildfires laying waste to large areas of the West Coast.
The six firefighters come from two of the county’s six fire departments: Captain Brandon Kitchens, Lieutenant Aaron Crain and Firefighter Kyle Guerra from Kyle’s fire department and Assistant Chief Chas Humphrey and firefighters Corby Kokemoor and Michael Wyche from North Hays County Fire Rescue in Dripping Springs.