The Cy-Fair Fire Department will commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 this Saturday with a ceremony at Station 11, located at 18132 West Road, Cypress.
This anniversary is a special one for Denise Corliss, who has served with the fire department and as a member of Texas A&M Task Force 1 for more than 20 years. Corliss helped search for missing individuals in New York following the 9/11 attacks alongside her dog Bretagne.
“Having an opportunity for Bretagne and I to go and search for survivors was something I felt very blessed to be able to do,” Corliss said.
Corliss adopted Bretagne at about 8 weeks old and said she had hopes of her becoming a disaster dog to help with search and rescue. Corliss and Bretagne had a tight bond, and she describes her as a “once-in-a-lifetime dog.”
