Firefighter

Lafayette Parish ladder trucks were used to display a huge American flag over Ambassador Caffery in anticipation of a Broussard firefighter's funeral procession.

26-year-old Alex Bourque, a firefighter with the Lafayette and Broussard Fire Departments, died after a bone cancer battle.

It's rare that a simple image, paired with a simple commentary on that image, can bring the "feeling" of sacrifice home for me, but this one did it.