Columbia County firefighters honor 9/11 heroes with 2nd annual stair climb

EVANS, Ga (WJBF)- Today, we remember the nearly three thousand people who died during the terror attacks on September 11, 2001. Later this morning, the Columbia County Fire Rescue will hold a remembrance Ceremony and Memorial stair climb to honor those first responders who died that day.

When the World Trade Centers were hit by those place 23 years ago today, New York City police and fire rescue climbed 80 flights of stairs to put out the fires and rescue those trapped inside.

So many did not make it out alive and died heroes.

Captain Steven Parish with Columbia County Fire Rescue told NewsChannel 6 that it is important to remember the men and women who answered the call for help and lost their lives on 9/11.

During the Memorial stair climb- participants will climb 110 flights, the number of floors in the World Trade Centers, to honor them.

Captain Parish said doing the stair climb really drives home what they went through.

“It starts off…the spirits are pretty high with everybody, you know, because you’re excited to do it. But then, as the event goes on, when you start to get tired, you really start to…the mood kind of goes down a little bit because now you’re really starting to understand what they went through. As the stair climb goes on, it gets really quiet and guys are just to themselves trying to finish and really thinking about what went on.”

The Remembrance ceremony will begin at 8:15 a.m., followed by the memorial stair climb at The Plaza Parking Deck by the Columbia COunty Performing Arts Theater..

Everyone is invited to attend and participate in the stair climb if they want to.

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