MIDDLETOWN CRUNCH FITNESS TO TALK WITH SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS. 110 FLOORS. THAT’S HOW MANY FLOORS ARE IN THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. TWIN TOWERS. AND ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001, AMERICA WAS CHANGED FOREVER. NOW, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OUT IN LOUISVILLE ARE COMING OUT TO THEIR LOCAL CRUNCH FITNESS TO DO THE NINE OVER 11 STAIR CLIMB CHALLENGE TO HONOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE BY WALKING THOSE 110 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS. JUST TO SHOW THAT WE CARE, EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS PAST, WE STILL WANT TO SHOW ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HOW MUCH THAT DAY MEANT TO NOT JUST US, BUT EVERYBODY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO WE WANT TO DO IT ANY WAY WE CAN JUST TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT. IT’S A CHALLENGE. CRUNCH FITNESS HOSTS TO HELP HONOR, BUT ALSO A CHALLENGE IN AN EFFORT TO HELP REMEMBER FIRST RESPONDERS ON 9/11 WHO CLIMBED THE STAIRS AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. THE TOTAL CLIMB IS 2220 STEPS. YOU REALIZE I COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT. I LITERALLY COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT. SO FOR THAT, IT’S LIKE, OKAY, I HAVE SO MUCH MORE RESPECT FOR THESE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT SAVED LIVES. TRAINER, STAFF MEMBERS AND GYM MEMBERS ALL PARTICIPATED IN THE CHALLENGE. SOME, LIKE NEIL RAO, WHO COMPLETED THE CHALLENGE AS A WAY TO PUSH THEMSELVES AND HONOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THAT DAY. THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT ME GOING WAS LIKE THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING THIS WITH LIKE 100 POUNDS OF GEAR ON THEIR BACK, COMPLETELY SWEATY, LIKE IN A DISASTER ZONE, LIKE RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES AND FOR OTHER PEOPLE’S LIVES. FOR OTHERS, LIKE GREGORY WILLETT, IT’S MORE PERSONAL. I DID THE STAIR CLIMB CHALLENGE BECAUSE TO HONOR A NINE OVER 11 VICTIM WHO PASSED AWAY, BILLY MINORITY, WHO DID FINANCE WORK IN NEW YORK CITY. I KNOW HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER, AND ALTHOUGH THE CHALLENGE ITSELF IS NOT AN EASY FEAT, IT ALLOWS THOSE TO HONOR THE SACRIFICES THAT WERE MADE 23 YEAR
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Crunch Fitness 9/11 stair climb in Louisville honors fallen first responders
Crunch Fitness hosted their annual ‘9/11 Stair Climb Challenge,’ which honors fallen first responders and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice that day.
Updated: 6:53 PM EDT Sep 11, 2024
Crunch Fitness hosted its annual “9/11 Stair Climb Challenge” Wednesday, which honors fallen first responders and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice that day.The challenge required participants to climb 110 flights of stairs, which is how many floors were in the World Trade Center Twin Towers. Trainers, employees and gym members all took to the stairs to climb 2,220 stairs in total.”It’s just to show that we care. Even after all these years, we still want to show all of our first responders how much that day meant to not just us, but everybody across the country. So we want to do any way we can just to show our support,” said Brennan Storm, the general manager of Crunch Fitness in Middletown.Many participants explained that although the task is daunting, it gives them a chance to put themselves in the first responders’ shoes. “The only thing that kept me going was like, there are people that were doing this with like a 100 pounds of gear on their back, completely sweaty, in a disaster zone, running for their lives and for other people’s lives,” said Nail Rao, a participant in the challenge. Hundreds of people attended the climb at each of the four locations in Louisville. Each one allowed anyone to honor and remember the events and sacrifices that happened 23 years ago. People who participated on Wednesday received a free one-week membership to Crunch Fitness.
Crunch Fitness hosted its annual “9/11 Stair Climb Challenge” Wednesday, which honors fallen first responders and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice that day.
The challenge required participants to climb 110 flights of stairs, which is how many floors were in the World Trade Center Twin Towers. Trainers, employees and gym members all took to the stairs to climb 2,220 stairs in total.
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“It’s just to show that we care. Even after all these years, we still want to show all of our first responders how much that day meant to not just us, but everybody across the country. So we want to do any way we can just to show our support,” said Brennan Storm, the general manager of Crunch Fitness in Middletown.
Many participants explained that although the task is daunting, it gives them a chance to put themselves in the first responders’ shoes.
“The only thing that kept me going was like, there are people that were doing this with like a 100 pounds of gear on their back, completely sweaty, in a disaster zone, running for their lives and for other people’s lives,” said Nail Rao, a participant in the challenge.
Hundreds of people attended the climb at each of the four locations in Louisville. Each one allowed anyone to honor and remember the events and sacrifices that happened 23 years ago.
People who participated on Wednesday received a free one-week membership to Crunch Fitness.