What: 11 Year Remembrance of the events of 9/11/2001
What to bring: 30lb Ruck If you have a sandbag, bring that too. If you don’t have a sandbag, come anyway, we will have plenty.
Where: NAFO/Honey Badger
Why: We all remember the events of 9/11. I know EXACTLY where I was and what I was doing when I received word the first plane had struck the North Tower. It is the reason many of the Cadre I have encountered through GORUCK went into service. Our country was rocked and we don’t honor anything without it being hard.
When: 9/5 (Labor Day) at the Honey Badger. 0600 START TIME Plan on 2 hours.
Here it is:
North Tower/Flight 11
0846 – Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower
76 passengers + 11 crew = 87 people
Round 1: 87 total reps
- 30 Plank Jacks
- Top of bleachers and back with sandbag
- 30 plank jacks
- Top of bleachers and back with sandbag
- 27 plank jacks
- Top of bleachers and back with sandbag
Round 2: 87 total reps
- 30 Curls
- Top of bleachers and back with sandbag
- 30 curls
- Top of bleachers and back with sandbag
- 27 curls
- Top of bleachers and back with sandbag
1028 – North Tower collapsed killing >1,600 people
Move to South Tower (Right Side of Home Bleachers)
South Tower/Flight 175
0903 – Flight 175 crashed into the South Tower
51 passengers + 9 crew = 60 people
Round 1: 60 total reps
- 20 Bentover rows
- Top of bleachers and back with sandbag
- 20 Bentover rows
- Top of bleachers and back with sandbag
- 20 Bentover rows
- Top of bleachers and back with sandbag
Round 2: 60 total reps
- 20 Overhead Press
- Top of bleachers and back with sandbag
- 20 Overhead Press
- Top of bleachers and back with sandbag
- 20 Overhead Press
- Top of bleachers and back with sandbag
Bonus Round: Welles Remy Crowther aka “The Man in the Red Bandana” (see write up)
- Boston college Lacrosse jersey # 19
0959 – South Tower collapsed killing >800 people
Move to The Pentagon (Football Field Endzone)
Pentagon/Flight 77
0937 – Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon
53 passengers +6 crew = 59 people
59 total reps
- 59 Burpees (slick)
- Run lap
- 59 Man Makers
- Ruck Lap
- 59 Big Boys (slick)
- Run Lap
- 59 Freddie Mercurys (slick)
- Ruck Lap
125 people in and around the pentagon killed by the impact
- Bear crawl 125 yards with ruck on
Move to Flight 93 (pull up bars)
Flight 93
1003 – Flight 93 crashed in a field near Shanksville, PA after passengers and crew storm the cockpit
33 passengers + 7 crew = 40 people
Round 1: Start at the bottom of the hill
- Bear crawl to the first tree
- 2 Peter Parkers
- Run to the pull up bars
- 8 pull-ups
Round 2: Start at the bottom of the hill
- Bear crawl to the first tree
- 2 Peter Parkers
- Bear crawl to the second tree
- 4 Peter Parkers
- Run to the pull up bars
- 8 pull-ups
Round 3: Start at the bottom of the hill
- Bear crawl to the first tree
- 2 Peter Parkers
- Bear crawl to the second tree
- 4 Peter Parkers
- Bear crawl to the third tree
- 6 Peter Parkers
- Run to the pull up bars
- 8 pull-ups
Round 4: Start at the bottom of the hill
- Bear crawl to the first tree
- 2 Peter Parkers
- Bear crawl to the second tree
- 4 Peter Parkers
- Bear crawl to the third tree
- 6 Peter Parkers
- Bear crawl to the fourth tree
- 8 Peter Parkers
- Run to the pull up bars
- 8 pull-ups
Round 5: Start at the bottom of the hill
- Bear crawl to the first tree
- 2 Peter Parkers
- Bear crawl to the second tree
- 4 Peter Parkers
- Bear crawl to the third tree
- 6 Peter Parkers
- Bear crawl to the fourth tree
- 8 Peter Parkers
- Bear crawl to the fifth tree
- 10 Peter Parkers
- Run to the pull up bars
- 8 pull-ups
(Total of 40 pull ups)
1 Mile Run Finish
Move to North Tower (Left Side of Home Bleachers)
Welles Remy Crowther
On September 11, 2001, nine minutes after United Airlines Flight 175 struck the South Tower between floors 77 and 85 at 9:03 a.m., Crowther called his mother from his office at 9:12 a.m., leaving the message, “Mom, this is Welles. I wanted you to know that I’m OK.” Crowther made his way to the 78th-floor sky lobby, where he encountered a group of survivors, including a badly burned Ling Young. Young had been one of about 200 people waiting at a bank of elevators to evacuate when the plane hit the South Tower and was one of the few survivors. Crowther, carrying a young woman on his back, directed them to the one working stairway. He escorted them 17 floors down and then returned to the 78th floor while wearing a red bandana around his nose and mouth to protect him from smoke and haze. He found another group of survivors, Crowther assisted in putting out fires and administering first aid. He then announced to that group, “Everyone who can stand, stand now. If you can help others, do so.” He directed this group downstairs as well. As occupants of the Tower headed for the street, Crowther returned up the stairs to help others. He was last seen doing so with members of the FDNY before the South Tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m.
Crowther’s body was found in March 2002, alongside several firefighters and emergency workers bunched in a suspected command post in the South Tower lobby. The New York medical examiner’s office said his body was found intact, with no signs of burns, and that authorities speculated that he was aiding the rescue effort as a civilian usher when the building collapsed. Crowther’s family was unaware of the details of his activities between his last phone call to his mother and his death, until Allison Crowther read survivors’ firsthand accounts in The New York Times of being saved by a man in a red bandana, which led to Allison meeting with the people Welles had saved. They confirmed from photographs the identity of the man who aided them. According to survivor accounts, Crowther saved as many as 18 people following the attacks.