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Airmen assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing pose for a group photo with Hillsborough County Firefighters after completing a 9/11 Memorial Climb at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Sep. 11, 2025. Participants climbed nine flights of stairs 411 times to honor the 411 first responders who lost their lives during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

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Service members and Hillsborough County firefighters place the names of first responders whose lives were lost during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on a dedicated board during a 9/11 Memorial Climb at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 11, 2025. Participants climbed nine flights of stairs 411 times to honor the 411 first responders who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

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Hillsborough County firefighters ascend the Air Traffic Control Tower stairs during a 9/11 Memorial Climb at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 11, 2025. Firefighters and Airmen carried the names of fallen first responders up nine flights of stairs 411 times, once for each name, placing each on a dedicated board on the 9th floor as a tribute to their bravery and sacrifice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

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Airmen assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing ascend the Air Traffic Control Tower stairs during a 9/11 Memorial Climb at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 11, 2025. Participants climbed nine flights of stairs 411 times to honor the 411 first responders who lost their lives during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

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A volunteer prepares names of fallen first responders for participants of the 9/11 Memorial Climb at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 11, 2025. MacDill service members, alongside Hillsborough County firefighters, climbed nine flights of stairs 411 times to honor the 411 first responders who lost their lives during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

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A U.S. flag is draped over the 6th Air Refueling Wing Air Traffic Control Tower during a 9/11 Memorial climb at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 11, 2025. Participants climbed nine flights of stairs 411 times to honor the sacrifice first responders made during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

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U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Ottenwess, 6th Air Refueling Wing command chief, gives opening remarks about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks during a 9/11 Memorial Climb at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 11, 2025. Service members and Hillsborough County firefighters climbed nine flights of stairs 411 times to honor the 411 first responders who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

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6th ARW honors 9/11 first responders: B-Roll

MacDill service members participate in a 9/11 Memorial Climb alongside Hillsborough firefighters at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 11, 2025. Participants climbed nine flights of stairs 411 times to honor the 411 first responders who lost their lives during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

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6th ARW honors 9/11 first responders

Published Sept. 18, 2025
By A1C Monique Stober
6th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Airmen assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing pose for a group photo with Hillsborough County Firefighters after completing a 9/11 Memorial Climb at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Sep. 11, 2025. Participants climbed nine flights of stairs 411 times to honor the 411 first responders who lost their lives during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monique Stober)

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6th ARW honors 9/11 first responders: B-Roll