Local heroes climb stairs at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park

The Durham Bulls Athletic Park hosts local first responders for a stair climb to remember the lives lost and the brave men and women who responded to the Sept. 11 attacks.
Posted 9/11/2025, 1:14:00 PM Updated 9/11/2025, 9:11:58 PM

>> WORKERS COMP CLAIM DAN DIED.

>> TODAY MARCH 24 YEARS SINCE

NEARLY 3,000 PEOPLE DIED

SEPTEMBER 11TH 2001 WHEN

TERRORISTS HIJACKED 4

COMMERCIAL AIRLINES AIRLINERS

REMEMBRANCE AND CEREMONIES AND

OBSERVANCES ARE BEING HELD

ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY IN

DURHAM, LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS

CLIMBED THE STAIRS OF THE

DURHAM BULLS, ATHLETIC PARK,

FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS

AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS

GEARING UP FOR THIS MORNING'S

CLIMB. THEY DID IT TO REMEMBER

THE NEARLY 350 FIREFIGHTERS

FROM MORE THAN 70 OFFICERS WHO

DIED THAT FATEFUL DAY.

>> AND IT WAS IT'S HORRIBLE

THAT SUCH A TRAGIC THING MADE

OUR COUNTRY COME TOGETHER.

BUT IT DID. AND SO IF I COULD,

AGAIN, BRING ANYTHING BACK IS

BRING BACK OUR RESPONSE AND OUR

HOW AMERICA JELLED TOGETHER AND

PEOPLE WERE NEIGHBORLY AND

FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL AND IT WAS

A TEAM RESPOND.

>> AND THE CHIEF THERE

PARTICIPATING IN THE STAIR

CLIMB TODAY AS WELL WEARING

A BRIGHT YELLOW HELMET. IT'S

THE HELMET THAT HE WORE THAT

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