343 firefighters lost their lives on 9/11 and today Fort Rucker honored them in a special way - with a stair climb.
Firefighters, members of the armed forces, and those who serve every day to protect us came to honor those who lost their lives after the twin tower attacks. And this 9/11 stair climb was a way to experience what rescuers faced that day
"So we don't forget, it's so easy in today's environment, whether its the pace we all live at to forget the guys who made the ultimate sacrifice. To remind everybody here that were going to be here whatever that call is were going to answer it," Bradley Taylor, a firefighter at Fort Rucker said.
More than 40 Fort Rucker firefighters volunteered to participate in the stair climb - climbing 110 flights of stairs to symbolize what New York firefighters did during 9/11.
"I chose to participate because since I was in middle school when the towers were attacked I felt it was my opportunity to do something good for the country. I enlisted 2005, I've been loving it ever since," fire team chief at Fort Rucker, Christopher Pickering said.