Upper Arlington firefighters host stair climb to honor victims of 9/11

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio (WCMH) -- Upper Arlington residents joined in on the many central Ohio events memorializing the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks 24 years ago.

The city's fire division hosted its first-ever 9/11 stair climb to honor the courage and sacrifices first responders made on that day in 2001. Participants climbed 2,200 steps to match those first responders that climbed the World Trade Center towers to save lives.

The Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 resulted in 2,977 people losing their lives.

"It means a lot. You know, it's it's tough for us to to do this and for them to come walk with us and see how hard it is and what those firefighters had to go through on 9/11 is it's hard to put into words," said UA firefighter CJ Maisenbacher.

While participation was free, donations were collected to give to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the families of fallen firefighters.