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(bell rings)

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(soft music)

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(bell rings)

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(bell rings)
(car door slams)

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- This is an annual event,
our 9/11 stair climb.

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We began this in 2002.

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And every September,
during every September,

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UTA we'll come out, and we
do a memorial stair climb.

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9/11 always has a deep
impact on all firefighters.

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Just the loss of life and sacrifice

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that occurred on that day is unimaginable,

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and we do our absolute best
to try to remember those guys.

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- I was only five years
old when 9/11 happened,

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but there are a lot of people
in my unit who are older,

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and they experienced it either directly

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or they remember watching it on the news.

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And for me, I do it for them.

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A few of us are gonna
be carrying hose rolls,

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and a few of us will have
packs on carrying tools,

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just to mimic what the first
responders there had to do.

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Getting our mind in the right place,

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that's why I walk.

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I walk to remember.

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I honor them.

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(metal stairs clang)

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(soft music)