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PHOTOS: Firefighters climb Stone Mountain to honor lives lost in 9/11
Hundreds of firefighters and other first responders make the one-mile trek, equivalent to climbing 160 flights of stairs, in full turnout gear in tribute to the 343 firefighters who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks 25 years ago.
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Credit: Hyosub Shin/AJC
Firefighters reach the top of the mountain during the annual 9/11 Stone Mountain Memorial Climb at Stone Mountain Park on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Stone Mountain. Hundreds of firefighters and other first responders hiked one mile up Stone Mountain, equivalent to climbing 160 flights of stairs, in memory of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
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