Partly cloudy skies this evening will become overcast overnight. Low 57F. Winds light and variable..

Partly cloudy skies this evening will become overcast overnight. Low 57F. Winds light and variable.

Partly cloudy skies this evening will become overcast overnight. Low 57F. Winds light and variable.

Partly cloudy skies this evening will become overcast overnight. Low 57F. Winds light and variable.

Mostly cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy later in the day. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 83F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph.

Partly cloudy skies this evening will become overcast overnight. Low 57F. Winds light and variable.

Partly cloudy skies this evening will become overcast overnight. Low 57F. Winds light and variable.

Mostly cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy later in the day. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 83F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph.

Austin Bogle joined other firefighters to paid tribute to the fallen first responders on Sept. 11, 2001 by going up and down 28 flights of stairs four times in full gear.

Austin Bogle, who works for the Gallatin Fire Department and also part-time for Greenbrier, took part in a 9/11 tribute. Bogle was born on Sept. 11, 2001 the day of the terrorist attacks in America.

Firefighters gathered in Nashville this Sept. 11 to pay tribute to their firefighter brethren who went into the Twin Towers after they were hit by planes on Sept. 11, 2001.

Austin Bogle joined other firefighters to paid tribute to the fallen first responders on Sept. 11, 2001 by going up and down 28 flights of stairs four times in full gear.

Austin Bogle, who works for the Gallatin Fire Department and also part-time for Greenbrier, took part in a 9/11 tribute. Bogle was born on Sept. 11, 2001 the day of the terrorist attacks in America.

Firefighters gathered in Nashville this Sept. 11 to pay tribute to their firefighter brethren who went into the Twin Towers after they were hit by planes on Sept. 11, 2001.

This year on Sept. 11, as many firefighters and first responders around the country gathered to remember those that perished 21 years ago, a special 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb took place at the William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower in Nashville.

Along with the many firemen from across the state that traveled to Nashville, Austin Bogle, a full-time firefighter with the Gallatin Fire department, and part time firefighter with the Greenbrier Fire Department, also took part in this year’s climb.

What makes Bogle’s participation so unique is the fact that he was born on the morning of Sept.11, 2001, right after the first plane had struck the World Trade Center in New York. As others were beginning their day, he spent his 21st birthday climbing in remembrance of those that died the day he was born.

When asked what inspired him to want to be a part of the 9/11 Stair Climb, Bogle noted a desire to feel a small part of what so many in his profession went through on that terrible day.

“I didn’t experience the heat and the chaos like they did, so the big thing for me this year was wanting to see and experience the feeling of what they went through,” he said. “And really, we just do it to remember them. It’s not for me or anybody else that climbed with me. It’s for the men and women who lost their lives on that day. That’s who we climb for.”

While giving birth to a child is already a memorable and emotional day for any mother, Tracey Bogle recounted the day Austin was born as she and her husband eventually learned of the tragic news that was occurring many miles away.

“When we got to the hospital, we didn’t know anything was going on,” Tracey said. “After turning the TVs on, the first tower had already been hit. So, it was really hard trying to have a baby and watch the news, knowing that so many lives were being lost.”

As evidenced by his time spent with two different fire departments, public service is a large part of Austin’s family. His dad, Chuck Bogle, is a detective with the Springfield Police Department, and his brother an EMT.

After attending several years of college, Austin began serving as a volunteer at the Greenbrier Fire Department. Since the fire chief at Greenbrier was also a captain at the Gallatin Fire Department, he helped secure Bogle a full-time role in Gallatin, where he’s now worked for over a year.

The 9/11 Stair Climb at the Tennessee Tower consisted of firemen climbing 28 flights of stairs four times, to recreate the roughly 110 flights that New York firefighters climbed inside the World Trade Center.

In describing the climb, Bogle says that all firefighters wore their entire bunker gear, complete with pants, a helmet, and a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). For the first three flights, jackets were equipped to hang onto the firemen’s packs.

On the last 28 flights, all firemen put their jackets back on with their packs on top of it, to experience the weight and heat from all of the gear.

Roughly 40 members of the Gallatin Fire Department took part in the stair climb. Ben West, a battalion chief with the department who is also from Robertson County, serves as a Climb Coordinator which helped to set up the event.

Along with members of local fire stations, fire departments from all across the state traveled to Nashville for the climb, including Memphis, and even several from Arkansas and Kentucky.

Members of Austin’s family came to watch him participate in the stair climb. After it was over, his mother stated that they all went out to eat to celebrate his birthday.

“My emotions were everywhere because I thought about all of the people who lost their lives that day, but I was happy because he took the time to go do this,” Tracey Bogle said.

And although this was Austin’s first time taking the stair climb, he plans to make it a new tradition on his birthday in the years to come.

“It was very special to be able to do it and just knowing who I climbed for. No matter what we’re always going to remember the men and women that went to work on that day, some knowing they probably wouldn’t make it out but still chose to go. So, it was very special for me to able to climb for them.”

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