Local man prepares for 60-mile trek in honor of the West explosion, fallen firefighters
Erin Heft
and last updated 2021-04-16 08:19:03-04
TEMPLE, TX â Making a 60-mile trek from Temple to West each April, one Temple area man, Danny McDonald, rides in honor of the 15 lives lost that fateful day.
Saturday, April 17 2021 marks the eighth anniversary of the tragic West Fertilizer Plant Explosion and the beginning of the mass recovery effort of Central Texas.
"For this, it's to honor and remember all of those that we lost that day, there were 15 lost that day and 12 of them were firefighters," said McDonald.