2022 Tower Challenge

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jason Rueschhoff, 56th Fighter Wing commander, speaks during the 2022 Tower Challenge, Sept. 9, 2022, at Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona. During the event, participants climbed 2,071 steps, representing the 110 floors of the World Trade Center that first responders climbed during the terrorist attacks that occurred Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Mason Hargrove)

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2022 Tower Challenge

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jason Shaffer, 56th Fighter Wing Command Chief, rings a bell during the 9/11 Tower Challenge, Sept. 9, 2022, at the Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona. Participants rang the bell upon climbing 2,071 steps, which represented the 110 floors of the World Trade Center that first responders climbed during the terrorist attacks that occurred Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Mason Hargrove)

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2022 Tower Challenge

Firefighters from the Maricopa Fire Department, walk down stairs during the 2022 Tower Challenge, Sept. 9, 2022, at Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona. Participants climbed 2,071 steps, representing the 110 floors of the World Trade Center that first responders climbed during the terrorist attacks that occurred Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Mason Hargrove)

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2022 Tower Challenge

Bill Hillermeier, a retired Ridgefield Fire Department fire chief, speaks in an interview, Sept. 9, 2022, at the Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona. Hillermeier was one of the many firefighters that assisted New York City following the terrorist attacks that occurred Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Mason Hargrove)

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2022 Tower Challenge

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jason Rueschhoff, 56th Fighter Wing commander, swears in new U.S. Air Force and Space Force recruits at the 2022 Tower Challenge, Sept. 9, 2022, at Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona. The Oath of Enlistment is a traditional pledge of service given to applicants by a presiding officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Mason Hargrove)

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2022 Tower Challenge

Published Sept. 22, 2022
By Airman Mason Hargrove
56th Public Affairs

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jason Rueschhoff, 56th Fighter Wing commander, speaks during the 2022 Tower Challenge, Sept. 9, 2022, at Gila River Arena, Glendale, Arizona. During the event, participants climbed 2,071 steps, representing the 110 floors of the World Trade Center that first responders climbed during the terrorist attacks that occurred Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Mason Hargrove)