Honoring Our Fallen 9/11 Heroes

Honoring Our Fallen 9/11 Heroes

5 men showed up to start their Saturday morning off right. I found Tuck over by the familiarly shaped fountains, even though the website says Starbucks. I think he should change the location description to what he shared with me. He can explain if you want to know. Circle up for a little COP.

20 x SSH
20 x Low Slow Squat
20 x Merkins

Mosey over to the stairs over by the BR. We stopped at the bottom of the set of stairs. I reminded the Pax that 2,977 people lost their lives on 9/11 15 years ago tomorrow, including 343 firefighters and 60 police officers. In honor of their sacrifice, we set off to run up 110 flights of stairs, the same number in the World Trade Center. The firefighters had 50 lbs of gear as the ascended the stairs, so we couldn’t replica their heroism. We did run up and down 110 flights, so running down 110 certainly added to the pain. We had some inspiring Lee Greenwood, Survivor, Rage and Metallica to motivate us while we climbed.

Mosey back to the start for name-o-rama.

Moleskin:
Thank you Triple 7 and Bevo for your service to this country. I was super impressed with the effort, especially since Bevo shattered his femur while in the service. I’m not sure how he was able to ascend the stairs, but incredible. First time we had met, and I thought his name was Debo from “Friday”. My bad. It was funny to see him jump a little when he heard the Audi racing by his head when we were warming up. And thanks for the takeout. Very inspiring. Nice to see Triple 7 double down again. Not sure how he does it. He even came knowing we were running 110 flights. I think Bunky wanted to do 220 flights, but time ran out. And Tuck was coming back from IR and made it the whole way through, with little complaining.

Thanks Triple 7 and Tuck for letting me lead. I know the workout wasn’t too exciting, but I figured it was the least we could do to honor those that lose their lives.