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Vol. 32 No. 49
DECEMBER 2 - 8, 2021
‘Barrymore Show’ swings by LBFD “The fire service isn’t just a brotherhood now,” Pinto said. “It’s more like a brotherhood Actress and talk show host and sisterhood now.” Drew Barrymore welcomed the The department, he said, Long Beach Fire Department to never prevented women from the “Drew Barryjoining, but Lewis more Show” last “scored exceptionalmonth. Barrymore ly well and did great recognized the on the physical,” setentire department, ting her apart. highlighting fireAlong with recogfighter Catherine nizing Lewis, BarryLewis. more also redecoratLewis, who is ed the lounge at known as Cat to her department headfellow firefighters, quarters during the was sworn in as the segment “Designed first paid female fire- CathERiNE by Drew.” She collabfighter in the departo r at e d w i t h t h e ment’s 111-year his- (Cat) lEwiS show’s interior t o r y i n M a r c h , Long Beach d e s i g n e r, M i k e l which Barrymore firefighter Welch, to reimagine noted. the area. “It was a really “We really wantcool experience,” Lewis said of ed to have an awesome recreappearing on the show. “It was ational space,” Welch said while really nice to have all of us rec- unveiling the renovation during ognized, not just myself.” the show, “a space where you The segment also featured could just chill and relax.” other Long Beach firefighters The redesign included new speaking about Lewis. Sam chairs, couches, a dining area, a Pinto, who is also a paramedic coffee bar with an air fryer from and school board trustee, said Barrymore’s appliance line and that having Lewis in the depart- a wall to display firefighters’ helment makes it more like a family, mets. Barrymore said she wantand that she helps move the ed to “incorporate the helmets in department forward. Continued on page 16
By BRENDaN CaRpENtER bcarpenter@liherald.com
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luiS REMaChE, hiS wife, Cynthia, and their children, Katherine, 5, and Benjamin, 2 months. The couple met while Luis was recovering in the hospital from injuries sustained in combat, including the loss of both of his legs. The Long Beach Waterfront Warriors are now honoring them.
A Marine family’s love story to be retold in Long Beach By JaMES BERNStEiN jbernstein@liherald.com
In the summer of 2011, with the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan growing, Luis Remache was a young Marine whose unit came under attack in the war-torn country. When several improvised explosive devices were tossed over a wall, Remache lost both his legs above the knee, two fingers on his right hand and one on his left, and suffered lacerations to his chest.
He was immediately shipped to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., where he was in a coma. Remache, now 36, not only survived, but also met the woman he would marry two years later. Then also a Marine, the now Cynthia Remache was serving in an administrative capacity at the hospital. The Remaches and their two children, Katherine, 5, and Benjamin, 2 months, will
be among 38 people — 12 of them wounded veterans — who will be hosted this weekend by the Long Beach Waterfront Warriors, Jerry Snell, the organization’s president, said. They are to arrive Thursday and be taken to the Allegria Hotel. At 11 a.m. Friday, the veterans and their families will receive a Long Beach police and fire department escort to the Long Continued on page 14
t was really nice to have all of us recognized, not just myself.