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Texas school named after fallen firefighter

Anne Sullivan and three other firefighters were killed while battling a motel blaze in 2013

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Anne Sullivan.

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FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — A new elementary school has been named after a firefighter who was killed in one of the deadliest fires the Houston Fire Department has handled.

Anne Sullivan and three other firefighters were killed May 31, 2013 while battling a blaze at an old Southwest Inn.

The school, located in an area where Sullivan grew up, also put up a mural of the fallen firefighter, reported KHOU.

Sullivan’s mother, Mary Sullivan, pushed to have her daughter’s memory honored by writing a four-page letter and request to the county school district.

“It was like the first time I could breathe since Anne died,” Sullivan said. “It was my responsibility, I feel, to make sure that her legacy is carried on.”

The school will open Fall of 2016.

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