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By Matthew Durham, WFLSD
Woodinville firefighters (l-r) Kurt McGowen, Chris
Hughes, Ron Suggs, Jessie Disch and Paul Peterson
stand at the base of the Columbia Center prior
to racing up the 69 floors. (Not pictured is Matthew
Durham.)
Woodinville firefighters raced up 69 grueling
flights of stairs in 70 pounds of gear March
5 to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society.
A record 1,085 participants from across
the U.S., Canada and even New Zealand, participated
in the 15th annual Scott Firefighter Stair Climb in
Seattle’s Columbia Tower.
Woodinville firefighters Kurt McGowen, Chris
Hughes, Ron Suggs, Jessie Disch, Paul Peterson
and Matthew Durham all participated in the event.
Their times ranged from 17 minutes, 31 seconds
to 25 minutes, 39 seconds.
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