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Salt River Fire Department. Salt River Fire Department. And you are here again this year to talk to us about the 9-11 stair climb, which last year I finally got to do, right? Yep. I finally got to be part of it. And I loved every second of it. We were over at Salt River Fields. we, a lot of people last year.

I don't remember how many people ended up being there.

Yeah, I think we had over 1,500 climbers last year. 1500 climbers and it's up and down. Now, here's the thing before we get into this.

First off, why do you guys do this?

You know, we do this really to give back and help.

You know, there's a lot of firemen throughout the country that are killed in the line of duty

or get job-related illnesses, job-related cancer. And work-mits-com doesn't always cover it. You know, presumptive law in Arizona doesn't always happen. It's there's always a gap that needs to be filled. And this is a way that we can help give back and fill that gap. So just fill a bucket just in case. And it definitely comes in handy. It gets used, you know, so we benefit the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and we also benefit the East Valley Firefighters Relief Fund. So in the East Valley, God forbid, one of us is killed in the line of duty or gets job-related cancer. You know, that money is there for us and our families to help us get through that time and close that gap to where workers' comp and all that stuff doesn't really help. How many years you've been doing this now? So this is going to be our ninth year. Yeah. And it's grown from, kind of like we told you guys last year, 14 people in the stairwell at talking stick to over 1,500 people and we raised about $125,000. And a bunch of other places are doing it now too, right? Yeah. So the Hunter Club does a stair climb on the west side in the morning. And then there's another one that just popped up, and these N triple F stair climbs are all over the country. Red Rocks, Colorado Springs, Lambo Field, they're all over. It's awesome. And pretty soon, we're going to get to the point where you guys are moving around Chase Field, possibly the football stadium and it's going to grow and grow and grow.

We'll see, you know, Salt River Fields has really helped us and they've been there with us since almost the beginning, so we're loyal to them. We're going to keep it there. We're going to keep it outside at night. The vibe is, you saw the vibe. Awesome. It was awesome. It's one of the best things I've done as far as like, you know, those charity events where you're like,

oh, we'll do a little event in the middle.

But it was meaningful.

And I met a guy who was. It's one of the best things I've done as far as like, you know, those charity events where you're like,

oh, we'll do a little event in the middle. But it was meaningful. And I met a guy who was actually one of the firefighters in New York. I don't know if you remember him last year. And he was there. We meet those guys every year. He had a story, and I can't even remember it. But I mean, his friend listens to the show. and he's like, this guy flew out from New York just for this.

Really?

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