Two thousand and seventy-one.
That’s the number of stairs each of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers had, and that’s how many concrete stairs hundreds of people climbed in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Thursday morning to honor the lives lost during the Sept.11, 2001, terrorist attacks when the towers fell.
The climbers included first responders and community members from across North Central Florida, along with UF students, fraternities and organizations who helped organize the event with Alachua County Fire Rescue (ACFR)…