Kalispell Firefighters home from the annual Seattle Stair Climb

Local firefighters from Kalispell and Whitefish are home after competing the the 23rd annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society on Sunday, March 9, 2014. The event takes place at the Columbia Center, the tallest skyscraper in downtown Seattle. According the official website 1,800 firefighters from around the world came to the event to participate in the 69 flight climb including front row, from left: Joe Hansen, Jake Felts, Kyle Gully, and Sal Baccaro (one of two members from the Whitefish Fire Department), and row two, from left: Soren Koetter, Don Thibert, Ben Graham, and Josiah Mooney. Jon Campbell and Sarah Peterson also competed, but were not able to be present for the photo. The team raised more than $8,000 dollars and came in 11th over all. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)