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Georgians marked 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with charity events, assemblies and memorials to remember the nearly 3,000 people killed in New York City, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and in Shanksville, Pa.
Both the Mercedes-Benz Stadium and Truist Park in Atlanta hosted stair-climbing activities to honor first responders.
At the stadium, Atlanta Fire and Rescue Dept. Chief Roderick Smith, Atlanta Police Foundation President and CEO Dave Wilkinson and Atlanta Police Dept. Assistant Chief Carven Tyus spoke at the event where participants climbed 110 stories into the stands (2,071 steps), “symbolizing the height of the Twin Towers, in memory of the 2,977 lives lost and the thousands injured in the 9/11 terrorist attacks,” a release from its sponsor, Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, said…