On Sept. 11, firefighters from across the metro area gathered in Civic Plaza for an annual memorial climb to honor the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York City. The firefighters climbed 110 flights of the Washington Federal building downtown in full gear as a testament to the first responders who helped during the attacks, climbing flights of stairs in the World Trade Center to save people trying to escape.The event began with the playing of bagpipes as an American flag waved between two fire trucks, before the firefighters began their climb at 8:46 a.m., the time when the first plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center…