Associated Press - April 28, 2011 9:55 AM ET

 

NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City firehouse is celebrating Take Our Children to Work Day by opening its doors to four boys who lost a parent on the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

 

The boys, ages 9 to 11, will learn how to use firefighting equipment and will get a tour of Engine Company 162 in Queens.  Then they will join the firefighters in preparing lunch and eating it.

 

The tour Thursday is organized by Tuesday's Children, a nonprofit organization that provides services to people who lost a loved one in the terror attacks.

 

Terry Sears, the executive director of Tuesday's Children, said that almost 30 other New York-based businesses also will welcome children of Sept. 11 victims to mark Take Our Children to Work Day.