Runners begin 34.3 mile journey honoring the 343 fallen FDNY members of 9/11
Dozens of firefighters and their loved ones ran from Long Island to Ground Zero Wednesday to honor their 343 FDNY brothers lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
NYC Council bill to force release of Sept. 11 air toxin reports, launch investigation into info city withheld from public The runners weaved through Rockaway and the entire length of Brooklyn before crossing the Manhattan Bridge and landing at the 9/11 Memorial to gather with hundreds of others for the annual ceremony.They stopped several times at firehouses along the way — including for five moments of silence to honor major milestones in the national tragedy: for the Flight 175, 77 and 93 crashes and for the collapse of both the North and South Towers.
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