In remembrance of the 2,977 people who lost their lives in the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, as well as an airliner that crashed in Pennsylvania, Western Nevada College’s Veterans Resource Center and Wildcat Veterans Club hosted the second annual Stair Climb Challenge today.
The challenge was part of the college’s Club and Career Fair held in front of Joe Dini Library. It focused on having participants collectively complete 110 floors and 2,071 steps — the distance from bottom to top in the Twin Towers, according to Richard Tidrick of the Wildcat Veterans Club.
First-year WNC student Aidan Concannon, who is taking welding classes, emerged as the challenge’s victor by completing 120 floors and achieving the goal for the group. He won an Akaso action camera that he had immediate plans to use. “I need the action footage,” he said, noting that he enjoys snowboarding, skiing, cliff jumping, and rock climbing while hinting that he might add skydiving to his list of adventurous activities.
Aidan Concannon competes in the Stair Climb Challenge.
