Former Vice President Kamala Harris praised firefighters during a visit to a Los Angeles County Fire Department station in Altadena today shortly after returning to Southern California from the presidential inauguration in Washington. “As I said to these courageous and extraordinary firefighters, moments of crisis really do reveal the heroes among us,” Harris said.
“We went and visited World Central Kitchen. The volunteers who were there, some of them who lost their own homes, are there doing the work of taking care of perfect strangers. Who in the face of that stranger, they see a neighbor.” Harris also said firefighters and volunteers understand the importance and validity of communal assistance.
“We’re all in this together,” Harris said. “Los Angeles is going to continue to be what Los Angeles is — a place that is strong and knows how to rebuild. I have, over the last two weeks, been a part of a lot of the work that has been about ensuring that Los Angeles will receive the federal support that it so rightly deserves.”