Honoring 9/11: Local first responders to join City Center Tower Climb

Honoring 9/11: Local first responders to join City Center Tower Climb

Published on September 11, 2024

Today, we honor the lives lost and the bravery shown on Sept. 11, 2001. Flags are at half-staff in the City of Fort Worth to remember the victims and first responders who sacrificed so much on that tragic day.

This day is also referred to as Patriot Day, a joint resolution approved in December 2001 by the U.S. Congress. Sept. 11 is also annually recognized as National Day of Service and Remembrance.

On Saturday, the 2024 City Center Tower Climb is taking place in Fort Worth to honor and remember the ultimate sacrifice made by fallen first responders on Sept. 11. The City encourages all first responders to register to join alongside Fort Worth Police Department Chief Neil Noakes in the tower climb.

We invite all professional staff to attend the event in support of the FWPD family and to honor the 9/11 fallen.

Tower Climb details

The 2024 tower climb will be held on Saturday, Sept 14.

The event is not a timed race, but a way for first responders and the community to honor and remember the ultimate sacrifice made by the fallen first responders.

The World Trade Center Towers each consisted of 110 floors and 2,071 steps. During the City Center climb, participants this year will climb 36 floors three times, which is nearly the 110 floors of the World Trade Center. There will be various tributes to memorialize the fallen first responders, including a local Pipe and Drum Band starting off the opening ceremony and playing Amazing Grace, a dedicated moment of silence recognizing the timeline that unfolded on Sept. 11, 2001, and each of today's heroes - our local first responders - will carry a name and photo of a hero who responded to the World Trade Centers.

The bells will continue to toll at marked times throughout the event and hold a moment of silence for the strike of each tower, the Pentagon, the crash of flight 93 and collapse of both towers, as time permits.

Timeline of events:

• 7 a.m.: Registration opens
• 8:25 a.m.: Opening ceremony
• 8:46 a.m.: Moment of silence
• 8:47 a.m.: Climb begins (North Tower Hit by Flight 11)

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