A thousand people walked up the 104 floors of the skyscraper this Sunday One World Trade Center from New York in a traditional charity race that remembers the sacrifice of the emergency workers who died in the Twin Towers in the attacks of September 11, 2001 (11S).
Since 2015, this race raises funds for the Tunnel to Towers Foundationcreated in memory of a firefighter who died in the rescue mission in the Twin Towers and who helps with the payment of their mortgages to relatives of workers injured or deceased on the front line of service.
According to local media, Some thousand participants from around the world today climbed the more than 2,200 steps that lead to the top of the observatory to simulate the one-way climb of workers who came to save lives on 9/11.
“The people who went up realized that they were going up the same stairs and it was emotional”former fire chief Salvatore Cassano told Fox channel, who also claimed that society should not forget the 11S and recover the American “patriotic” feeling that united the country after the attacks.
The winner of the race was the Malaysian Wai Ching, who also won last year and today he told CBS that he climbs “300 or 400 floors” every day as part of his training routine.
2023-06-04 15:46:00
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