The 2024 Colorado 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb came about at Purple Rocks Park and Amphitheatre in Morrison on Sept. 11, 2024.
“From newborns to — I believe our oldest climber ever was in his late 80s — there are a whole lot of firefighters, a whole lot of law enforcement officials, the navy and in addition simply lots of people from the neighborhood that need to come spend the day with us,” mentioned organizer and West Metro firefighter Shawn Duncan.
The Colorado 9/11 Stair Climb is in its fifteenth yr. 1000’s of members gathered to do 9 laps across the amphitheatre, which equates to 110 flooring, for the variety of flooring on every of the dual towers of the World Commerce Heart that had been attacked in New York Metropolis on Sept. 11, 2001.
Earlier than the members start their stroll across the venue, members observe a second of silence at 8:46 a.m. and mark the tolling of an Honor Bell to open the ceremony.
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