9-11 Memorial Stair Climbs
Tomorrow, most of us will pause and reflect at some point on where we were ten years ago, what it means and think of those who were lost. For firefighters it will be a time to honor the 343 from FDNY who died trying to save others when our country was attacked. Paying tribute to those firefighters is the goal behind the 9-11 Memorial Stair Climbs we've been telling you about for quite some time.
We've shared with you the climbs that have occurred this year at FDIC, CFSI, Firehouse Expo (in the video below) and FRI. Tomorrow there will be climbs like this in dozens of locations across the country (and one in Canada). Firefighters, and in some cases the public, will be climbing the equivalent of 110 flights to represent the climb of the firefighters at the World Trade Center towers. There are still some climbs where the registration is open. Check out one near you and join in this experience. Or, just show up to support your fellow firefighters. The proceeds benefit the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
Also on STATter911 …
- Video from Indy’s 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb & a firefighter explains why you should climb. Sign up for Wednesday’s climb in DC (even if you can’t be there). – April 23, 2012
- Why we climb: Brian Brush explains why you should participate in today’s 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb at Lucas Oil Stadium. – April 20, 2012
- A TV salute to firefighters from Mike Brooks. HLN’s Brooks will be shooting Friday’s 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb. – April 18, 2012
- Two places I’d really like to see you in Indy: Stair climb & Stop, Drop, Rock & Roll. – April 16, 2012
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Excerpt from full review at pipenozzle.com of Unmeasured Strength, a 9/11 survivor story.
"The story worth reading, and make no mistake about it, is that Lauren Manning is a survivor. She is one tough mother. Instinctively she threw an arm up to protect her face when she was enveloped in flame at the elevator. Intelligently, she ran from the World Trade Center to a nearby lawn and stopped, dropped, and rolled, and with the help of a stranger, put the fire out. Aggressively, she took charge of her own care to get out of the Greenwich Village hospital where she was first taken with an ambulance full of other wounded, because she quickly determined that the hospital was ill equipped for burn care. The real story, then, was in Lauren’s physical and psychological struggle, her fight to become a survivor, even after she was moved to a burn unit in another hospital."