Firefighters climb 110 flights in Wichita to honor 343 heroes of 9-11

Sunday was the 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb in Wichita. 25 different agencies from Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri all came together to climb 110 flights of stairs in memory of the 343 firefighters lost 24 years ago.

The first step is each firefighter or civilian participating grabbing a lanyard that memorializes a firefighter lost on 9-11. Then they begin the climb.

Pictures of the firefighters lost. Also, decorate each stairwell, fueling the climb. There are no 110 floor buildings in Wichita, so instead, they essentially go up as high as they can, take the elevator back down, and repeat…

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