Participating firemen from Manchester L-R Joey Baumstien. Drive/Operator Jeremy Woods, Chief George DeShields, Eli Kidder and Lt. Mark Reed
The 5th Annual Nashville 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb was held Sunday at the William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower in Downtown, Nashville, Tennessee. 343 Firefighters climbed in remembrance of the 343 New York Firefighters that died 13 years ago at the Twin Towers on 9/11/01.
Manchester, Hillsboro, Tullahoma, Summitville, AEDC and others firefighters from the state participated in the event. Partisipating firemen from Manchester were Eli Kidder and Joey Baumstien. Drive/Operator Jeremy Woods, Lt. Mark Reed and Chief George DeShields. This was Kidder and Baumstien’s first time, Woods’ third time, Reed’s second time and Chief DeShields’ 5th!!
The 343 Firefighters participating wore full gear (from 60 to 80 pounds) and climbed for someone specifically. Each climber was given a badge to wear with the name and photograph of one of the FDNY firefighters killed on 9/11/01.
Each firefighter that climbed went up 110 floors to match what FDNY did on 9/11/01.
