About Springfield Area Memorial Stairclimb - 2026
Ordinary men and women doing Extraordinary feats!
How will you remember the fallen? How will we honor their memory?
We will Never forget, we will climb because they climbed.
Why we climb?
The 9-11 Memorial Stair Climbs are not timed race events, but a way for firefighters and the community to honor and remember the FDNY firefighters who selflessly gave their lives so that others might live. Each participant pays tribute to a FDNY firefighter by climbing or walking the equivalent of the 110 stories of the World Trade Center. Your individual tribute not only remembers the sacrifice of an FDNY brother, but symbolically completes their heroic journey to save others. Through firefighter and community participation we can ensure that each of the 343 firefighters is honored and that the world knows that we will never forget. The proceeds of these events help the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation create and maintain programs that support fire service survivors. Your support of the 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb events provides assistance to the surviving families and co-workers of the 343 firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice on September 11, 2001.
Date
Starts at: September 12, 2026 8:00 AM
Ends at: September 12, 2026 1:00 PM
Location
Hammons Field - Home of the Springfield Cardinals
955 East Trafficway Street
Springfield,MO 65802 USA
Contact
James Ludden
james_ludden@hotmail.com
Why Participate?
History of the Stairclimb:
The first stair climb held to support the mission of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation was held on September 11, 2005. when five Colorado firefighters convened at a high-rise building in downtown Denver to climb 110 flights of stairs in memory of their FDNY brothers who were killed in the terrorist attacks of 9-11. The following year, twelve firefighters participated, representing four fire departments from the metro Denver area. Each subsequent years, attendance grew, until it was capped at 343 participants in 2008.
Since its beginning, the Denver 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb has evolved into a much anticipated annual event, and generated interest from individuals across the country who hoped to adapt the format and host an event in their cities. In 2010, the original Denver team partnered with the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to create a template that would enable coordinators to successfully replicate a 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb anywhere in the United States.
How Your Support Makes a Difference
How you are helping
By supporting the Springfield Area Memorial Stairclimb, you are honoring the lives lost on 9/11/2001 and fulfilling our Nation's promise, to Never Forget.
Funds raised through this campaign will help assist several local, regional, and national non profit charities that support the families of fallen public safety officers. Benefactors include the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, Supporting Heroes, and the Sunshine Brotherhood- giving them needed funding to support their respective mission's.