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Sara Berns

Aug 4, 2026

19:41
So maybe kind of speak to just the variety of those perspectives.
19:48
Yeah, like you said, we've had folks from all different backgrounds that were there coming from New York.
19:54
And I think the beauty in that is they've come to San Diego and every speaker since I've been involved has just been so thankful that we're keeping that memory alive here on the West Coast, pretty much as far away from New York, you know, in the continental U.S. we could be.
20:10
And they're just so grateful to see how many people turn out and that they're able to share their story from folks that were there, folks that were part of the rescue team.
20:19
We were just speaking to a former FDNY firefighter this morning talking about how San Diego's USAR team was one of the hardest working and how they were one of the few that were actually allowed to carry the New York firefighters out.
20:34
So stories like that, right? I'm still learning new things from the speakers every year.
20:38
And I've been doing this for about five years now and making sure their stories are heard all the way across the United States because that event really did hit all of us as if we were all there that day.
21:12
But really, what does some of the money go to in terms of, yes, it goes to firefighter aid, but some of this specificity around the donations coming out of Star Climb?

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