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- [Narrator] The Kanto Plains Fire Fighters Association

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held it's fifth annual 9/11 Tower Run on Yakota Air Base.

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Events like this one help honor the memory

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of the firefighters that sacrificed their lives.

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- Today was a great event put on by our firefighters

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in commemoration of the events

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that happened on September 11th, 2001.

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And what we do is we put on some of the equipment

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that firefighters put on when they have to race up buildings

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to rescue those who might be in need.

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So this is an opportunity for a few of us

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to appreciate the effort it takes by our firefighters

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to put their lives on the line for others.

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So this is in remembrance of those who climbed 70 stories

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with all the equipment on, to risk their lives

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in the hopes of saving others.

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- [Narrator] The 9/11 Tower Run is one of the many ways

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Yakota continues to remember the lives

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of those firefighters 16 years later.

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Petty Officer, Don Patton, Yakota Air Base, Japan.