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Firefighters and security forces participate in a 9/11 memorial walk
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Allen Patterson, left, and Tech. Sgt. Adam Murray, firefighters assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, participate in an evening 9/11 memorial walk at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 11, 2017. Traditionally, on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks, firefighters climb 343 stairs, the number of stairs that were in the twin towers, as a memorial to the fire and emergency services members that lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. Firefighters and security forces here at Al Udeid Air Base walked 3.43 miles to honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradly A. Schneider/Released)