02/07/2015 - BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (SUFFOLK COUNTY) - On the morning of Saturday, February 7, 2015 hundreds of firefighters from across New England and even as far away as Memphis, Tennessee flocked to One Boston Place in Downtown Boston to climb 41-floors all to raise money for the American Lung Association. The 10th Annual Race Up Boston Place held by the American Lung Association is a unique fundraiser that is essentially a vertical road race. Individual and team participants raise money for the American Lung Association, and then climb the 41-floors up to the top of One Boston Place. Four hundred and fifty eight male firefighters from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, and Tennessee raised money and climbed the forty one floors in Boston. The fastest recorded time this year went to 35-year old Portland ME Firefighter Ryan Thomson, who climbed up in six minutes and fifty three seconds (6:53). The fastest woman firefighter, out of forty one who competed was Firefighter Jacqueline Palmer from Team 4th Alarm who climbed the forty one floors in eight minutes and sixteen seconds (8:16). Firefighters climbed in full turnout gear, including an air pack. A total of $439,540 was raised by competitors this year, just shy of the $500,000 goal set for 2015.
