At 8:46 Monday morning, the exact time the first plane hit the twin towers 22 years ago, two teenagers were in Port St. Lucie running in the blazing heat in full fire gear.“Because they did it in their gear,” said one of those teenagers, Ryan Wilhelm. “They had to climb up all 110 flights in full gear and even with tools carried on their shoulders.”Remembering 9/11: Palm Beach County firefighter remembers aunt (wpbf.com)Wilhelm and Evan Fanelli are both fire cadets with the St. Lucie Fire District.They ran 3.43 miles in memory of the 343 firefighters killed on 9/11.“It’s nice being able to remember them and kind of tell our generation, ‘Hey, this happened,’” Fanelli said.Fort Pierce remembers local flight attendant lost on 9/11 (wpbf.com)“I thought this was a great way to honor all the lives we lost on Sept. 11,” Wilhelm said.One of those firefighters lost that day was Nathalie Pollner’s brother, Chris.“A hero. He’s my hero,” Pollner said. “He loved his job. He would save a cat out of a tree. He would give you the shirt off of his back.”Pollner works at the Anderson Cancer Institute at Jupiter Medical CenterThe United States marks 22 years since 9/11 attacks (wpbf.com)To remember Chris and all the others who gave their lives that day, much of the staff at the Anderson Cancer Institute at Jupiter Medical Center wore t-shirts recognizing firefighters.“Every day, you met a patient from New York who’s retired FDNY or NYPD,” Pollner said. “Today, I asked if we could remember them, and they had absolutely no problem with it. It makes me feel like everybody here knows the men and women who perished that day are heroes. Not all heroes wear capes.”
At 8:46 Monday morning, the exact time the first plane hit the twin towers 22 years ago, two teenagers were in Port St. Lucie running in the blazing heat in full fire gear.
“Because they did it in their gear,” said one of those teenagers, Ryan Wilhelm. “They had to climb up all 110 flights in full gear and even with tools carried on their shoulders.”
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Remembering 9/11: Palm Beach County firefighter remembers aunt (wpbf.com)
Wilhelm and Evan Fanelli are both fire cadets with the St. Lucie Fire District.
They ran 3.43 miles in memory of the 343 firefighters killed on 9/11.
“It’s nice being able to remember them and kind of tell our generation, ‘Hey, this happened,’” Fanelli said.
Fort Pierce remembers local flight attendant lost on 9/11 (wpbf.com)
“I thought this was a great way to honor all the lives we lost on Sept. 11,” Wilhelm said.
One of those firefighters lost that day was Nathalie Pollner’s brother, Chris.
“A hero. He’s my hero,” Pollner said. “He loved his job. He would save a cat out of a tree. He would give you the shirt off of his back.”
Pollner works at the Anderson Cancer Institute at Jupiter Medical Center
The United States marks 22 years since 9/11 attacks (wpbf.com)
To remember Chris and all the others who gave their lives that day, much of the staff at the Anderson Cancer Institute at Jupiter Medical Center wore t-shirts recognizing firefighters.
“Every day, you met a patient from New York who’s retired FDNY or NYPD,” Pollner said. “Today, I asked if we could remember them, and they had absolutely no problem with it. It makes me feel like everybody here knows the men and women who perished that day are heroes. Not all heroes wear capes.”