Across the country, people are honoring the victims and heroes of 9/11 with a memorial stair climb. A total of 343 firefighters from 13 states and 49 departments came to Denver to climb the Guard and Grace building, located at 1801 California Street, on Thursday.
This is a climb these firefighters have done since 2005, when it was just Denver and Castle Rock firefighters. The climb was expanded to include all firefighters in 2008.
Firefighters traveled from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming for this climb. It started with a live audio of the newscast that was playing on the day of 9/11. Firefighters then had a moment of silence for the victims and heroes…