{"id":351102,"date":"2025-11-02T20:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/351102\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T20:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:51:15","slug":"skyrise-chicago-2025-stair-climbers-ascend-steps-to-willis-tower-skydeck-to-benefit-shirley-ryan-ability-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/351102\/","title":{"rendered":"SkyRise Chicago 2025: Stair-climbers ascend steps to Willis Tower Skydeck to benefit Shirley Ryan Ability Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO (WLS) — One step at a time thousands made strides at Willis Tower to support the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab.<\/p>\n

ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday marked the 17th Skyrise Chicago, an endurance event challenging participants to climb up more than 100 flights.<\/p>\n

Climbing to the Willis Tower Skydeck, a total of 2,149 stairs.<\/p>\n

“I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s 13 years ago and I was determined to find ways to combat symptoms of Parkinson’s, so I looked at one of the finest hospitals in the area. Of course, it’s Shirley Ryan Ability Lab,” Marty Maibuecher, a patient of Shirley Ryan Ability Lab.<\/p>\n

Proceeds garnered from Skyrise Chicago benefits the nonprofit continue its life-changing mission to advance ability for more than 50,000 adults and children globally each year.<\/p>\n

More than $1 million were raised this year alone for the rehab hospital.<\/p>\n

Chicago Police Sergeant Mike Dineen has walked up Willis Tower 17 times.<\/p>\n

“2009 I suffered a traumatic brain injury.” Dineen said. “Shirley Ryan taught me how to walk and talk again and got my confidence again to go back to work. Right after I did it the first year, two weeks later I was back to work.”<\/p>\n

Athletes range from current and former patients, hospital staff members, and loved ones – stepping it out together for this crucial cause.<\/p>\n

“I was in the hospital for three weeks. Day rehab for six to nine months,” said Jason Colton who suffered a brain aneurysm in 2018.<\/p>\n

Less than a decade later, he’s climbing to uplift and motivate others.<\/p>\n

“It’s an amazing facility. It’s so important. Not just for our community but across the country and across the world,” Colton said.<\/p>\n

ABC7’s Christian Piekos climbed to the top in 20:26 minutes, earning the station first place in the climb’s media division.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the nonproft, click here.<\/a>
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