
MENIFEE— Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) honored the courage and sacrifice of the 9/11 first responders today with the first annual Hero Climb, a moving community tribute at the HCN Bank Stadium on the Menifee Valley Campus. Organized by the MSJC Student Health Center under the motto “Together, We Climb,” the event brought students, faculty, staff, community members, and local first responders together to reflect, remember, and climb in unity. MSJC plans to continue the Hero Climb as an annual tradition.To honor the steps the first responders climbed at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, participants climbed the stadium’s 66 steps 25 times—a total of 1,650 steps. The climb served as a powerful reminder of the extraordinary courage and determination shown by firefigh