LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Nearly a quarter century after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Louisville-area firefighters are finding new ways to honor the lives lost and the first responders who never made it home.
On Thursday morning, recruits from Anchorage Middletown Fire and EMS marched into Lynn Family Stadium in full uniform carrying the American flag. They then climbed 110 flights of stairs in full gear — the same number New York City firefighters faced inside the World Trade Center.
“In honor of 9/11 this morning, we went to Lynn Family Stadium and we walked 110 flights of stairs in full gear,” firefighter trainee Noah Nunez Steele said. “Some people were having a tough time. I was having a tough time. It was definitely one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, but we all stuck together and encouraged each other, and I think that’s exactly what happened on that day, too.”…