Climb 110 Flights at Harrah’s SoCal to Honor the Fallen of 9/11

110 flights of stairs is not an arbitrary number. It is the height of the World Trade Center towers, and this year a group of San Diegans is going to climb every one of them alongside the Rincon Fire Department.

It lands on the 25th anniversary year of September 11, 2001, and it is open to anyone willing to show up and start climbing.

110 Flights in the South Tower

The climb happens inside the South Tower at Harrah’s Resort Southern California, where those 110 flights get counted out one landing at a time.

Members of the Rincon Fire Department and other local first responders will be on those stairs, along with people from the surrounding community. It reads less like an event and more like a shared effort.

Seven Firefighters From FDNY Squad 18

The climb is dedicated to the seven members of FDNY Squad 18 who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

That specificity is the point. This is not a general gesture toward remembrance, it is 110 flights carried out for seven firefighters from a single company. Seven names, and every flight is for them.

No Clock, No Cutoff, No Fitness Requirement

This is not a timed race. Nobody is chasing a finish line, and there is no pace anyone expects you to keep.

The climb is open to everyone regardless of age or fitness level. Some people will move fast, some will take the landings slow, and both get to the same 110. Take the stairs at whatever speed works for you.

Registration Opens on Site at 9 AM

There is no advance sign-up to sort out. Registration happens on site the morning of the climb, starting at 9 AM at the resort in Funner.

It’s a drive from central San Diego, so build in time to park and find the tower before things get going.

See you there!

This one asks for an early alarm and a little stubbornness. Twenty-five years on, those 110 flights are still worth every step.

📆 Saturday, September 12 | 9 AM – 11 AM
📍 777 S Resort Dr, Valley Center
🎟️ On site registration
ℹ️ Visit the website here to learn more

See you there, San Diego!