Entering the performance area of the Hero Thrill Show® on October 1, 2016 at the Wells Fargo Center. We were blessed with rain free weather and an overwhelming crowd who came out to support the families of Philadelphia Police Officers and Firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty.
Jimmy Binns arriving at the 2016 Hero Thrill Show®
62nd Annual Hero Thrill Show® Video
Hero Thrill Show® Celebrates A Banner Day On Saturday
Annual day of entertainment, tradition, tribute & fundraising provides for the education of families of police & fire heroes who lost their lives in the line of duty.
PHILADELPHIA, PA – (Monday, October 3, 2016) – It was a show of stellar support at the 62nd annual Hero Thrill Show®, on Saturday, October 1st at the Wells Fargo Center parking lot in South Philadelphia. For the first time in the Hero Thrill Show’s glorious history, multiple Grand Marshals – all of whom were severely injured in the line of the duty – participated in this special day of tribute and tradition. Nearly 15,000 enthusiastically attended the daylong festivities, despite overcast skies.
PHILADELPHIA, PA – (Monday, October 3, 2016) – It was a show of stellar support at the 62nd annual Hero Thrill Show®, on Saturday, October 1st at the Wells Fargo Center parking lot in South Philadelphia. For the first time in the Hero Thrill Show’s glorious history, multiple Grand Marshals – all of whom were severely injured in the line of the duty – participated in this special day of tribute and tradition. Nearly 15,000 enthusiastically attended the daylong festivities, despite overcast skies.
Hero Thrill Show® Attempts To Build Community Trust
"Events like this show that even with all that's smoldering, there is good."
Tony Webb
The heroes in the show are Philadelphia officers and firefighters.
Lee and his son are black. And Lee is well aware of the racial tension between police and African Americans in several communities nationwide. "These situations are truly egregious, but you must have common sense, good judgment, and see each situation on a case-by-case basis," he said of the shootings of unarmed black men by police. "There's no blanket statement to be had for every situation."
Tony Webb
The heroes in the show are Philadelphia officers and firefighters.
Lee and his son are black. And Lee is well aware of the racial tension between police and African Americans in several communities nationwide. "These situations are truly egregious, but you must have common sense, good judgment, and see each situation on a case-by-case basis," he said of the shootings of unarmed black men by police. "There's no blanket statement to be had for every situation."
Weightwatchers donated $10,000.00 to the Hero Thrill Show® on behalf of the Philadelphia Police Department, winners of the Battle of The Badges. Pictured here are Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel, Hero Thrill Show® CEO James Binns, Weightwatchers CEO John Birnhak and Police Commissioner Richard Ross.
PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENT WINS THE 30 TH ANNUAL WEIGHT
WATCHERS® BATTLE OF THE BADGES™WEIGHT-LOSS COMPETITION AGAINST
THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE DEPARTMENT
WATCHERS® BATTLE OF THE BADGES™WEIGHT-LOSS COMPETITION AGAINST
THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE DEPARTMENT
