WTTG
Reprinted with Permission

EMMITSBURG, Md. - Thirty-six emergency responders from the United States and Australia are on the final leg of a 4,600-mile run from Santa Monica, Calif., to New York City to honor the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.


The sixteen Aussies and 20 Americans stopped in Emmitsburg Monday to lay a wreath at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial and tour the National Emergency Training Center.

The group expected to reach Washington on Tuesday.

They plan to arrive at ground zero Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the passenger jet crashes in New York, Washington and western Pennsylvania that destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon.

Firefighter Michael Jones of Melbourne, Australia, says they are running in relays, with 12 members on each six-hour shift.