The 9th annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb was held at the Wells Fargo Building on Saturday.

Seven people were taken to the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning incidents.

The Bedford County native has spent 16 years with the department, and prior to that served 14 years at Bedford Memorial Hospital.

While emergency crews hope they never get to use it, there’s relief in knowing it’s there.

freeimages.comROANOKE, Va. - The Roanoke County Police and Fire and Rescue departments experienced phone problems on Tuesday evening. During the outage, anyone with an emergency was advised to call 911 as usual. All 911 calls were forwarded to Roanoke City. The nonemergency lines were not working, and citizens were asked to call 540-283-6597 instead. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.