Programs

9/11 Memorial Climb events are a tribute to the 343 firefighters who gave their lives during the tragic events at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Members of the community are invited to climb the equivalent of 110 stories - the height of the fallen World Trade Center towers – on the path at Wyman Woods or the Grandview Avenue Hill. Each climber is given a badge with the name and photograph of one of the fallen firefighters to symbolically complete the climb with one of the fallen. Badges are distributed at random during registration/check-in. Each participant will wear the honor badge during the climb and call out the fallen firefighter's name when they ring the bell. If there's a specific firefighter you'd like to climb for, please send the name request in advance

At the equivalent of the 78th floor of the World Trade Center towers, which is the highest floor firefighters reached on 9/11, each climber rings the fire bell in honor of the fallen firefighter on their badge. The stair climb is not a timed race and participants can climb to any desired level. An adult or guardian must accompany minors who participate.