MANHATTAN -Several members of the Manhattan Fire Department participated in the Inaugural New York City Firefighter Stair Climb on Monday.

The event brought 100 firefighters from all around the globe to honor the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) firefighters who lost their lives at the site.

The firefighters met at 4 World Trade Center and competitively ascended 72 floors in full firefighting gear.

The event was to raise money for Friends of Firefighters and Hope for the Warriors.

Manhattan Fire Department driver Kyle Highberger, firefighter Jacob Kirkland and firefighter Kody Songs participated in the climb.

The climb’s founders are John Mills and Chris Barber of Manhattan, New York’s Upper West Side, and explained their reason for starting the climb on their website.

“We were recently invited to New Zealand for a September 11th memorial ceremony and stair climb.

It was overwhelming to see the amount of support from firefighters on the other side of the globe for our fallen brothers in NYC. We realized the popularity of these memorial climbs and the significance they hold.

Several of the participants travel the globe attending these memorials and raising money for various charities.

We kept hearing the same question, “Why is there not a memorial climb in NYC?” So we decided to make it happen.”