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Contributed photo _ ERFD firefighters, from left, Drew Andrews, Randy Albright and Thomas Finch display a commemorative flag during the 2021 Chattanooga 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb, Sunday at AT&T Field.
A handful of members of the East Ridge Fire Department and East Ridge Police Department participated in the seventh annual Chattanooga 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at AT&T Field on Sunday morning.
The event commemorates the heroic actions of New York City first responders climbing 110-stories of stairs at the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in an attempt to save people trapped in the high-rise building after terrorists flew planes into them.
A 3.43-mile walk was offered as an alternative, in honor of the 343 firefighters who perished while responding to the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Contributed photo _ The whole crew (left to right) Arthur Richards, Randy Albright, Thomas Finch, Tim Spires, Eric Massengale, Drew Andrews, Scott Darwin.