Sept. 11 stair climb at UNC's Kenan Stadium
BUILDING AND ON FLIGHT. 77.
>> A SYMBOLIC STAIR CLIMB AT
UNC KENAN STADIUM TOOK PLACE
THIS MORNING TO HONOR THE LIVES
LOST ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
WRAL'S MACFARLANE WAS THERE
AND EXPLAINS THE DEEPER MEANING
BEHIND THIS EVENT.
>> HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AT UNC
GATHERED AT KENAN STADIUM THIS
MORNING TO CLIMB THESE
BLEACHERS TO REMEMBER THE
HUNDREDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS
WHO LOST THEIR LIFE TRYING TO
SAVE INNOCENT PEOPLE ON THE
SEPTEMBER 11TH TERROR ATTACKS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO AND
YOU CAN SEE HUNDREDS OF
STUDENTS HERE CLIMBING THE
STAIRS AT KENAN STADIUM TO
SIMULATE THE 110 FLIGHTS OF
STAIRS AT THOSE FIRST
RESPONDERS IN NEW YORK CITY HAD
TO CLIMB TO TRY TO SAVE AS MANY
PEOPLE AS THEY COULD IN THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER. THIS IS
THE 11TH ANNUAL STAIR CLIMB
HERE AT KENAN STADIUM. AND OF
COURSE, WE KNOW THOUSANDS OF
AMERICANS DIED AND HUNDREDS OF
FIRST RESPONDERS DIED TRYING
TO SAVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS THEY
COULD. WE ACTUALLY SPOKE TO
A FIREFIGHTER WHO WORKED IN THE
NEW YORK AREA DURING THE
TERRORIST ATTACKS. THIS IS WHAT
HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT DAY
AND THE EVENT THAT HAPPENED
HERE EARLIER, 23 YEARS AGO FELT
LIKE YESTERDAY TO MYSELF, YOU
KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT WE WERE AT
ON THE SLEEVES ARE CERTAIN
NEVER FORGET THIS. SO IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NEVER FORGET.
>> THE SACRIFICES THE MEN AND
WOMEN IN UNIFORM HAVE MAINS
HELPING AND TRY TO SAVE LIVES
OF OTHER PEOPLE. HE ALSO SAID
HE WAS VERY TOUCHED BY HOW MANY
PEOPLE CAME OUT TO SHOW THEIR
SUPPORT AND REMEMBER SUCH A
HORRIBLE DAY FOR OUR COUNTRY.
HE HOPES THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE
TO NEVER FORGET WHAT HAPPENED.