On Sunday, Transit Police Deputy Chief Weidel and TAPD patrol officers participated in Niagara County’s 9/11 First Responder Step Challenge which is a fundraiser memorializing the 1,980 steps New York City Firefighters climbed in efforts to rescue people from the 110-story World Trade Center during the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The funds collected will go to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation: Tunnel to Towers Foundation (t2t.org)