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A firefighter with Cherry Point Fire and Emergency Services, marks his progress at the top of a training tower while participating in a 9/11 remembrance event at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Sept. 11, 2020. Participants of this event climbed a total of 1,980 steps equaling 110 flights of stairs, the same number of floors of the north tower of the World Trade Center, in honor of the 343 firefighters who lost their lives Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram

9/11 remembrance climb

11 Sep 2020 | Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point

A firefighter with Cherry Point Fire and Emergency Services, marks his progress at the top of a training tower while participating in a 9/11 remembrance event at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Sept. 11, 2020. Participants of this event climbed a total of 1,980 steps equaling 110 flights of stairs, the same number of floors of the north tower of the World Trade Center, in honor of the 343 firefighters who lost their lives Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Bertram)


Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point