Wolf Pack airmen climb to commemorate 9/11

The fire fighters, medics and security forces folks here on Kunsan climbed 110 flights of steps to honor those fire fighters, medics and cops that gave the ultimate sacrifice on 9-11-2001. This was just one of many activities the base participated in to commemorate the 15th anniversary on the attacks in the USA. Never forgotten!

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Members of the 8th Fighter Wing came together to pay a special tribute to the victims and the sacrifices of emergency responders involved with the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Airmen from the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, 8th Medical Group and Security Forces Squadron joined to honor New York Fire Department firefighters by climbing the equivalent of 110 flights of stairs; equal to the number of flights in the World Trade Center.

Their individual tribute not only remembers the 343 FDNY firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice on 9/11, but symbolically represents their heroic journey to save others.

Participants of the stair climb walked with a piece of paper containing the name of a firefighter, cop or medic who died that day. It served as an important gesture to never forget the brave men and women who gave their lives to protect others. COL Mikel J. Burroughs COL Lee Flemming LTC Stephen F. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col (Join to see) Maj Marty Hogan SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL MSG Chris Allen SFC Mark Merino TSgt Craig Crews SSG Derrick L. Lewis MBA, C-HRM SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SGT (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SSgt (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright SPC Neal Grilley SPC Margaret Higgins