Three members of the McQueeney Volunteer Fire Department participated in the annual Tower Climb commemorating those firefighters and first responders that lost their lives in the terrorist attack at the twin towers in New York on 9/11/2001. The participants climb the Tower of the Americas twice to represent the 110 floors of the towers that were destroyed. On that fateful day, 343 firefighters, 70 law enforcement offers and 9 EMS personnel perished attempting to save the lives of the occupants of the towers. Representing the McQueeney Volunteer Fire Department were Interim Chief Ray Salas, Lt. Jonathan Dominguez, and Lt. Stephen Talavera.
