Yokota Hosts 11th Annual Tower Run

A 9/11 memorial display of a firefighter suit sits unworn to represent the lives lost in a stairwell at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022, during the annual 9/11 tower run. The tower run competition is a timed relay style event with four member teams or individuals. Each team member climbs nine flights of stairs while wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus air pack. The members go one at a time, rotating off and on until each member has climbed and descended the stairs three times. By the end, each team collectively climbed 110 floors, equivalent to the stairs climbed by first-responders at the World Trade Center during 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

Yokota Hosts 11th Annual Tower Run

A tower run participant wears a self-contained breathing apparatus air pack during the 9/11 tower run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022. The Tower Run represented the 110 floors of the Twin Towers that emergency responders ascended after the aircraft attacks of 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

Yokota Hosts 11th Annual Tower Run

Lt. Col. Matthew Stillman, 374th Security Forces Squadron commander, runs up a flight of stairs during the 9/11 tower run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022. The Tower Run represented the 110 floors of the Twin Towers that emergency responders ascended after the first aircraft attack of 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

Yokota Hosts 11th Annual Tower Run

A member of the Yokota tower run committee counts during the 9/11 tower run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022. The tower run competition is a timed relay style event with four member teams or individuals. Each team member climbs nine flights of stairs while wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus air pack. The members go one at a time, rotating off and on until each member has climbed and descended the stairs three times. By the end, each team collectively climbed 110 floors, equivalent to the stairs climbed by first-responders at the World Trade Center during 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

Yokota Hosts 11th Annual Tower Run

Capt. Jacob Taylor, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N pilot, drops a dog-tag into a firefighter’s helmet during the 9/11 tower run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022. The tower run competition is a timed relay style event with four member teams or individuals. Each team member climbs nine flights of stairs while wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus air pack. The members go one at a time, rotating off and on until each member has climbed and descended the stairs three times. By the end, each team collectively climbed 110 floors, equivalent to the stairs climbed by first-responders at the World Trade Center during 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

Yokota Hosts 11th Annual Tower Run

Dog tags sit inside a firefighter helmet during the 9/11 tower run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022. The tower run competition is a timed relay style event with four member teams or individuals. Each team member climbs nine flights of stairs while wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus air pack. The members go one at a time, rotating off and on until each member has climbed and descended the stairs three times. By the end, each team collectively climbed 110 floors, equivalent to the stairs climbed by first-responders at the World Trade Center during 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

Yokota Hosts 11th Annual Tower Run

Capt. Jacob Taylor, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N pilot, cheers on another participant during the 9/11 tower run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022. The Tower Run represented the 110 floors of the Twin Towers that emergency responders ascended after the aircraft attacks of 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

Yokota Hosts 11th Annual Tower Run

Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Kasten, 374th Security Forces Squadron, runs down a flight of stairs during the 9/11 tower run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022. The Tower Run represented the 110 floors of the Twin Towers that emergency responders ascended after the aircraft attacks of 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

Yokota Hosts 11th Annual Tower Run

Lt. Col. Matthew Stillman, 374th Security Forces Squadron commander, completes climbing nine flights of stairs 12 times while wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus air pack during the 9/11 tower run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022. The Tower Run represented the 110 floors of the Twin Towers that emergency responders ascended after the aircraft attacks of 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

Yokota hosts 11th annual Tower Run

Published Sept. 11, 2022
By Yasuo Osakabe
374th Airlift Wing public affairs

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A 9/11 memorial display of a firefighter suit sits unworn to represent the lives lost in a stairwell at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022, during the annual 9/11 tower run. The tower run competition is a timed relay style event with four member teams or individuals. Each team member climbs nine flights of stairs while wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus air pack. The members go one at a time, rotating off and on until each member has climbed and descended the stairs three times. By the end, each team collectively climbed 110 floors, equivalent to the stairs climbed by first-responders at the World Trade Center during 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)