SACRAMENTO – Remembrances of the 9/11 attacks took place across the Sacramento region with firefighters honoring the first responders who lost their lives with the annual stair climb.
With a bagpipe escort, firefighters entered the Esquire Tower across from the Sacramento Convention Center for their annual Stair Climb.
They climbed 110 flights of stairs just like the 343 firefighters who died during the World Trade Center attack.
“They each are carrying a name plate of a member who perished that day. They come up here, put that nameplate in the lockers and then they go over here and ring the bell,” Sacramento Fire Department Public Information Officer Justin Sylvia said.
The weight of what happened that day heavy on their hearts and their mind.
“I was on duty on 9/11 so I remember that day very vividly and we promised to never forget,” said Tony Martinez with Cal Fire.
Martinez has done the stair climbs for five years.