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Authorities commemorate 9/11 with stair climb

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — On Saturday morning, dozens of firefighters, police officers and first responders climbed the bleachers of Fifth Third Ballpark in memory of those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

They say it’s a small way to walk a mile or two in the boots of those that went before them.

Lance Korhorn, a firefighter in Cascade Township, created the Grand Rapids Memorial Stair Climb seven years ago. He says 18 years after the attack, the emotions still run deep.

“Every year it’s a memory and it kind of brings you right back to that time,” Korhorn said. “It’s been 18 years and there are people joining today that weren’t alive at that time. So, we have to keep that memory alive for future generations.”

Passing down the tradition and memory is part of what brought father and son, Tom and Chase Ungrey, who serve the Grand Rapids Police Department and Algoma Township Fire Department, to the ballpark Saturday.

“Words just don’t accurately express the meaning to this as father and son,” Tom Ungrey said. “We need to keep the memory alive and do events like this so that the people that were my son’s age at the time know what it meant to the country.”

Read more at 24 hour news 8.


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