NAPLES, Fla. - We will never forget. That's the message from a group in Naples setting out on a journey to remember the nine fire fighters who died in a furniture store fire in Charleston, South Carolina last year.

"Fire fighters felt that tragedy just like we felt 9-11, just like we felt the Worchester tragedy. Anytime there's a large loss of life to fire fighters, we feel the tragedy," Jeff Morse, North Naples fire fighter and head of the group, Brotherhood Ride, said.

The Charleston fire was the deadliest single disaster for firefighters since 9-11. The fire fighters were killed when the roof of a burning furniture store collapsed while they were inside.

"A year later, we want to show that we didn't forget about them. We always say we don't forget," Morse said.

That's why he and a dozen other local emergency responders will ride 600 miles from Naples to Charleston on their bikes.

"We'll do whatever we have to get out there and be heard and raise some money," Rob Boisselle, a participating fire fighter, said.

"My little brother is a fire fighter in Cincinnati and knowing the risk and what these families must be going through, I just thought, anything that we could do to show support to them and also to the fallen fire fighters, I was willing to do that," Dan McDonald, a Collier County Sheriff Deputy and vice president of Brotherhood Ride, said.

They're willing to do it for strangers they call brothers. Nine days, for nine heroes, so no one will forget.

"it feels pretty good and i think it's going to be great when we get into the town and hand the checks to those families that really need it," Jeff Vannortwick, another fire fighter, said.

The ride starts May 24, and ends nine days later in South Carolina. The group is accepting one-time donations for the families of the fallen fire fighters in Charleston.

Find out how you can help by going to http://www.brotherhoodride.com