Firefighters Will Climb 110 Stories to Honor 9/11 First-Responders

Tomorrow, more than 50 Montgomery County firefighters will in North Bethesda to commemorate the first-responders who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

Starting at 9 a.m., the firefighters will scale North Bethesda Market — the tallest building in Montgomery County — four times. Many of the participating firefighters will don their full protective gear before making the climb.

Potomac firefighter T.J. Monahan organized the event.

"I'd heard of other stair climbs around the country that other firefighters do, and I thought it fitting to do something locally to honor the 343 firefighter lives lost in New York on 9/11, almost a decade ago," Monahan said in a news release.

The event is also a fundraiser for the International Association of Fire Fighters' Burn Foundation, which will accept donations Saturday.