Honoring Fathers, Daughters For Bravery Headlines Black history Month Celebration In Philadelphia

Natasha Brown reports.

GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT.YES.HE HAS A MOVIE ROLE.GOOD IDEA.HONORING FATHERS ANDDAUGHTERS FOR THEIR BRAVERYWAS PART OF THE BLACK HISTORYMONTH CELEBRATION INPHILADELPHIA TODAY.YES, BEAUTIFUL SERVICES,COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTED THEIRDEDICATION TO PROTECTING ANDSERVING THE CITY.♪♪IT IS A SPECIAL DAY ATFIREMEN'S HALL MUSEUM INPHILADELPHIA HONORINGFATHER/DAUGHTER DUO WHO SERVEDAS FIRE FIGHTERS ORPARAMEDICS.FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH THEMUSEUM IS CELEBRATING FATHERAND DAUGHTERS ON THE JOB.CRYSTAL YATES AND HER DADARE ONE OF THE SEVERALAFRICAN-AMERICAN TEAMS BEINGHONORED.MY DAD WAS ON THE JOB, IN1974, I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, IVISITED THE FIRE STATION ALLTHE TIME BUT NEVER SAW ANYWOMAN.I DIDN'T SEE THIS AS A CAREERPOSSIBILITY.REPORTER: CRYSTAL BROKEBARRIERS JUST LIKE HER FATSHORE WAS ONE OF THE ONLY FEWBLACK FIRE FIGHTERS ON THE JOBWHEN HE STARTED IN THE EARLY70'S.I CAME ON THE JOB IN 1998,WE SPENT A GOOD HOW MANYYEARS, FIVE YEARS, ON THE JOBTOGETHER.IT WAS DIFFERENT BUT ALIEUTENANT OF FUN.I GOT A CHANCE TO TEACH HER ALOT OF THINGS.REPORTER: ONE BY ONE WEHEARD PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF HOWEACH OF THESE DAUGHTERSPROUDLY FOLLOWED IN THEIRFATHER'S FOOTSTEPS.♪♪ THERE'S A HERO ♪♪REPORTER: A MOVING TRIBUTEFROM THE LIVES OF EACH FAMILY.DO IT IN HER OWN WORDS.HAVING HIM TO TALK TO INTHE ACADEMY.REPORTER: TORIES TRY MAKINGMOMENT FOR JEFFERY STOWE ANDHIS DAUGHTER DENISE STOWEFIRST FATHER AND DAUGHTERCURRENTLY TO SERVE TOGETHER ASFIRE FIGHTERS.♪♪ A HERO COMES LONG ♪♪IT IS AN HONOR, FOR ME, FORMY DAUGHTER, TO BE IN THEDEPARTMENT, SERVING AT THESAME TIME.REPORTER: THESE HEROES LEFTA PIECE OF THEIR HISTORY FORFIREMAN'S HALL MUSEUM SPOTNECK COVERED HELMETS TOPERSONAL PLAQUES A BIT OFHISTORY TO CARRY ON THEIRLEGACY.VERY PROUD, VERY PROUD DAD.YOU KNOW IN, ALL THERE ARENEARLY 3,000 WITH MEN AND MENWHO MAKE UP THE DIVERSEPHILADELPHIA FIRE DEPARTMENT,TODAY, SEVEN FATHER/DAUGHTERTEAMS WERE HONORED TODAY INCELEBRATION OF THE BLACKHISTORY MONTH.