A firefighter with 49 years of service wanted a way to honor and remember not only the 343 firefighters, but each of the 2,977 victims that were lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
That became a reality for Kirkwood Community College instructor John Conyn, who, along with the help of Zac Hornung, recreation coordinator for Mount Trashmore Trails and Overlook, put together “The 7 Climbs for 9/11” on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
According to Conyn and Hornung, climbing Mount Trashmore seven times is the equivalent to the distance first responders climbed to the top of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11. …