Fire departments in the twin cities invite you to their annual 9-11 stair climbs Tuesday morning.
Bryan firefighters will be downtown at the Varisco Building at 24th and Main at 8 a.m.
College Station firefighters will be in Northgate at the Aspire student housing complex on University between Church and Nagle at 8:30 a.m.
Other first responders will also participate in the climb, to remember to those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center.
Additional information from the city of Bryan:
On Tuesday, September 11, beginning at approximately 8 AM, first responders throughout our community (as well as the surrounding area) will participate in the 7th Annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at the Varisco Building in Downtown Bryan. The 110-story climb is to honor and remember the first responders that made the ultimate sacrifice on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
The public is invited to show their support for the firefighters, police officers, and other first responders who are climbing in memoriam of those lost that day. Participants will climb to the top floor of the Varisco Building fifteen times then go back up to the fifth floor to mirror the 110 stories first responders scaled on 9/11.
Those making the climb are doing so in an effort to carry on the memory of 343 New York City Firefighters lost; 37 Police Officers of the New York Port Authority and the New Jersey Police Department; 23 New York Police Officers; and 8 EMS responders. In addition, the New York Fire Department also lost their Department Chief, Deputy Commissioner, one Chaplain, and one Fire Marshal.
Additional information from the city of College Station:
The College Station Fire Department will commemorate 9/11 on Tuesday with free events at Aspire College Station and the War on Terror Memorial at Veterans Park and Athletic Complex.
The stair climb will be at 8:30 a.m. at the Aspire complex at 711 University Drive. The annual event honors the 343 firefighters who gave their lives in the aftermath of the attack on New York City’s World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
Participants pay tribute by climbing the equivalent of the 110 stories of the twin towers, symbolizing the firefighters’ journey to save others.
CSFD will also take part in the annual 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at the War on Terror Memorial site in the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial, which displays a steel relic from one of the towers. The ceremony begins at 7:44 a.m., the approximate time the attack began on Sept. 11, 2001.