SMFD honors 9/11 first responders with inaugural stair climb

Where you were, who you were with and what you were doing. These are things often remembered when many describe how they got the news about the attacks carried out against the United States on Sept. 1, 2001. 

On the 20th anniversary of the events that changed the nation and its people forever, the San Marcos Fire Department hosted the inaugural 9/11 Stair Climb event in remembrance of the first responders that sacrificed their lives to save others during the attacks. 

“My idea was to, you know, throw a stair climb and try to bring all the guys in this area closer together, and what better way to do it than honor our fallen brothers and sisters,”  San Marcos firefighter Jacob Hanks said.