CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Local firefighters paid tribute to their fallen colleagues by climbing the stairs of the Duke Energy Center Saturday in uptown Charlotte.
In the sixth annual 9/11 memorial stair climb, firefighters went up 110 floors, the number equal to the height of each World Trade Center tower, in their equipment that weighs about 60 pounds.
Firefighters and police officers from all over stair climb honoring the men and women who lost their lives on 9/11. This event is happening at the Duke Energy Building at 550 N Tryon St in N Charlotte NC.
Posted by Garry Stanley on Saturday, August 13, 2016
Firefighters paid tribute to 343 firefighters, 60 law enforcement personnel and 10 EMS personnel killed during the 9/11 attacks as well as the fallen Pineville firefighter Richard Sheltra.
Sheltra died in April while trying to put out a fire at a shopping center on Highway 51.
Autopsy results showed he likely died from poor air supply in his equipment.
Thousands came out to watch firefighters and police officers 6th annual stair climb in honor of 9/11 n N Charlotte. pic.twitter.com/HRW6R0y7DE
— Garry Stanley (@garryWSOC9) August 13, 2016
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