This was the annual "Tunnels to Tower Run"-- which is held in memory of Stephen Siller, a firefighter who died on September 11th, 2001.
The run basically recreates every step that Stephen took that day, when he ran all the way to Manhattan to help out the victims. And the proceeds from the event benefits orphaned children (Stephen Siller was also an orphan) and fire departments.
Interestingly, we actually ran into people from the London Fire Department today-- who came all the way from England, just to participate in this!! Can you believe that?? There were 80 of them (men and women)!! And they were really nice too!
There weren't any female police officers (at least not from what I saw), but many male officers held banners for each of the nearly 400 men in uniform killed that day. They high-fived us as we ran through the tunnels.
I'm not sure what my time was (it'll be posted sometime soon), but my sister tells me that she might've seen me on TV passing the finish line-- which is really cool!! And I know that I dashed past this huge group of guys from the army towards the end-- and they were a super-quick team!
Here's a pic of the two kids from Penn with whom we ran, next to my skydiving buddy and ME (I get the orange tag, since I paid an extra $5 for a timing chip)-- at the FINISH line:
Props to the London Fire Department for supporting their firefighter brothers in the United States of America. And thanks to Mayor Guiliani, who (along with his many contributions to New York City) also came to make a speech at this event!!
I think I'm going to go back to sleep now. I haven't been getting enough rest lately!!
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