More than 100 firefighters from 18 states and three countries are competing in Akron through Saturday in the Northeast Regional TFT Firefighter Challenge Championship Series — and several local heroes are already making history.
The challenge, nicknamed “The Toughest Two Minutes in Sports,” sends competitors racing up five flights of stairs in full gear while carrying 42 pounds of hose. The course also includes hoisting 49 pounds of doughnut roll and rope and dragging a 165-pound dummy 106 feet to the finish line — all set up in downtown Akron.
Akron firefighter Nicholas Fleming completed the course in 2 minutes and 29 seconds.
“Extremely hard. I had to lay down for about 10 minutes before I could speak to anyone, and I’m just kind of recovering,” Fleming said…