Stadium Stair Run Honors 9/11 Victims

Hundreds are expected to scale the steps of the University of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium Sept. 9 in memory of the victims of the 9/11 attacks.   

The second annual 9/11 Memorial Run event, organized by UC’s Veterans Programs & Services Office and Army and Air Force ROTC detachments, remembers the more than 400 first responders and nearly 3,000 civilians who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S.

“The day of Sept. 11, 2001, should never be forgotten,” said Terence Harrison, program manager of the Veterans Programs & Services Office and an Iraq War combat veteran. “We would like the region to know that our school will never take their sacrifice lightly.”

Participants are challenged to climb 2,071 steps in 56 minutes—symbolic of the 110 floors of each of the World Trade Center towers.  Registration for the event, which is free to participate in and open to the community, begins on-site at 5:30 a.m. The first 300 participants will receive a free commemorative T-shirt.

The stair climb begins at 6:46 a.m. and runs through 7:42 a.m. While the climb takes place earlier than the actual events the day of the attacks, the event is timed in recognition of specific moments from that day.  

Breaks will be observed throughout in observance of when key events transpired, such as when the second airplane struck the South Tower, the crashes of Flight 93 in Somerset, Pa. and Flight 77 into the Pentagon, and concluding with the moment when the FAA grounded all flights over the continental U.S.

More than 250 people participated in last year’s inaugural event.  UC has more than 2,400 military-affiliated students, including veterans; those serving on active duty, in the Reserve or the National Guard; and their dependents.

For more information, go to

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or call the UC Veterans Programs and Services office at 513-556-6811, the UC Army ROTC office at 513-556-3660 or the UC Air Force ROTC office at 513-556-2237.