by Chase Rogers

While Americans commemorated the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks Friday, Sept. 11, and amid a nation fractured by the novel coronavirus, six Hays County firefighters began a two-day drive to face another looming crisis in progress – catastrophic wildfires laying waste to large areas of the West Coast.

The six firefighters come from two of the county’s six fire departments: Captain Brandon Kitchens, Lieutenant Aaron Crain and Firefighter Kyle Guerra from K...