BY CORIE LYNN<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Feature image courtesy of FHSU Tiger Fitness Center<\/em> Each year, there are activities across the country to memorialize the losses that occurred on Sep. 11, 2001. One memorial the Director of the FHSU Tiger Fitness Center Drew Gannon is bringing to Hays is the stair climb event. \u201cJust with the beginning of the school year and how fast September 11 has come, it\u2019s never happened, and this year, we just decided to pull the trigger,\u201d he said. According to Gannon, the stair climb serves as a reminder of the physical sacrifice of that day. \u201cWhen we look at what the firefighters did that day climbing 110 flights of stairs,\u201d Gannon said. \u201cThey\u2019ve said it\u2019s just over the equivalent of two miles in distance, so we\u2019re offering the stair climb.\u201d The Hays stair climb will take place at Lewis Field Stadium, where participants will climb stairs, walk around the track or any combination of the two. Whichever they choose, it will equal the 110 flights or two miles climbed by first responders that day. Gannon asks that people come out even just to support those who are participating in the stair climb because the goal of the event is not only to climb stairs but also to bring a sense of unity in a time marked by division. \u201cI think that it\u2019s very, very important for, especially when we look at everything that\u2019s going on in our world right now and uncertainty at times and some division,\u201d Gannon said. \u201cBut I believe that on 9\/11 and 9\/12 of 2001, our country was probably more together and more united.\u201d With so many students even at Fort Hays State who weren\u2019t alive or too young to remember the event, Gannon also hopes to bring back a piece of history. \u2018I think it\u2019s super important for us, those of us that we\u2019 alive, to maybe bring a touch of history and let those students experience it and see this was the type of sacrifice that was made that day,\u201d he said. The stair climb is a free event taking place on Sep. 11. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. at Lewis Field Stadium. A moment of silence and the climb to follow at 7:46, which is the time the first plane struck the towers. Though this is the first year the memorial stair climb has taken place in Hays, Gannon is hoping it will not be the last. \u201cIt is the twentieth anniversary, and so that is kind of the importance of really and truly trying to kick it off this year,\u201d he said. 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