Firefighters climb Seattle鈥檚 tallest building for cancer research
Mar 13, 2023, 8:47 AM
(Photo from 成人X站 7)
(Photo from 成人X站 7)
With 788 vertical feet of elevation across 69 floors, the Columbia Tower is the tallest building in Seattle, and around 2,000 firefighters climbed to the top Sunday to raise funds for blood cancer research and patient services.
The event is called the聽, and in it’s 32 years of operation they have raised has raised over $24 million for cancer research.
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The firefighter stair climb is the organization鈥檚 third-largest annual fundraiser. Keith Johnson, an ambassador for the LLS Firefighter Stairclimb from Snohomish County spoke with 成人X站 7 about the fundraiser and it’s importance to the firefighting community.
鈥淚t鈥檚 pretty common knowledge that in the fire industry, cancer is something that we鈥檙e trying to protect our members from,鈥� said Johnson. 鈥淭his isn鈥檛 just a noble cause. It鈥檚 a personal cause to just about every single firefighter here.鈥�
The event included firefighters from across 37 states, Canada and also France, with participants climbing聽a total of 1,356 steps to reach the top of the observatory.
Some of the fastest climbers can climb to the top of the tower in only 12 to 14 minutes, but the average participant takes 18 to 24 minutes to reach the top, and the fastest time this year was a.
While Sunday鈥檚 event was only open to career or volunteer firefighters, members of the general public will have a chance to complete the climb and raise funds for the LLS during the聽聽on March 26.
