Firefighters across the U.S., many in full gear, climbed 110 flights of stairs Tuesday to pay tribute to the hundreds of emergency responders who were killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The 110 flights of stairs symbolize the building’s 110 floors. Many of these climbs are held as annual events to keep the memory of the fallen heroes alive. A photograph of firefighter Alexander Liczesky and recruit Timothy Solder of the Houston County Fire Department in Georgia went viral after it was shared by Chelsea Renee Farmer on Tuesday. Liczesky, Solder and McKayla Conner, another recruit firefighter who wasn’t photographed, started their 110 flights of stairs at the Planet Fitness gym in Warner Robins, Georgia, at 8:46 a.m., a Houston County fire official confirmed with HuffPost.

Source: Huffington Post September 12, 2018 05:03 UTC