MONDAY IS A DAY OF HEAVY LIFTING FOR SOME MEMBERS OF THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY’RE HONORING THOSE FIREFIGHTERS WHO DIED ON 9-11…16 YEARS AGO…BY CLIMBING THE 22 STORIES OF U-S EAGLE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE FIVE TIMES.
EVENT FOUNDER AND ORGANIZER, CHARLES COGBURN, TELLS US IT’S NO EASY TASK. HE SAYS THE FIREFIGHTERS CARRY THEIR FULL GEAR, WHICH IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 50 OR 60 POUNDS … AND COULD WEIGH IN EXCESS OF 75 TO 100 POUNDS.
THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE ACTUALLY DISPATCHED TO THE BUILDING AT 8:46AM, THE SAME TIME THE FIRST AIRPLANE HIT THE 110 STORY WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK.
THREE-HUNDRED-FORTY-THREE N-Y-F-D FIREFIGHTERS DIED THAT DAY RESPONDING TO THE ATTACK.
