A fire department in rural Prince Edward Island is set to host its inaugural 9/11 memorial stair climb event.
The Kinkora Fire Department will hold the event at the Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown on Wednesday – the 23nd anniversary of the terror attacks.
Firefighters from across the island are invited to climb the equivalent of 110 flights of stairs in their full gear to honour New York City firefighters and first responders who died at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Firefighter Chris Richard is among those who will take on the challenge. He says the Kinkora Fire Department decided to host the event after seeing other departments organize similar ones.
“It’s popular in the United States to do the memorial walk, and there was always a few people who did that on their own being, so we thought, what a great opportunity to get firefighters all around the island to come together and show we do remember the fallen ones that …