Sweat with Slay

911

Year 1 · 2026 · Complete

Sweat With Slay Legacy Challenge

Year 1:
Mission accomplished.

What started as a challenge became a community.

We moved. We competed. We raised money.

We honored people who mattered to us. We showed up for each other.

And we made Year 1 count.

48

Participants

moving as one

35,126

Minutes moved

585 hours of movement

24

911 finishers

completed all 911

$4,575

Raised

for the families

/ Year 1 by the numbers

Look what we did.

48

People who showed up

585

Hours in motion

35,126 total minutes

24

Hit the full 911

$4,575

Raised for the cause

split 50/50 · T2T + FDNY

Every number here is the final, frozen result of Year 1 — pulled straight from the challenge records. Nothing live, nothing editable. This is history now.

/ The story

It was never just a workout.

Sweat for Sacrifice started with two names: Uncle Timmy Goss and Uncle Harry D’Onofrio — a Marine firefighter and an NYPD officer who both answered the call on 9/11, and both paid for it with their lives.

The idea was simple and stubborn: 911 minutes of movement, for the people we carry. Walk, run, lift, climb, stretch — it didn’t matter how. What mattered was showing up, and dedicating every minute to someone who deserved to be remembered.

It turned into something bigger than fitness. It became movement with meaning — competition that pulled people closer, sweat that turned into dollars for Tunnel to Towers and the FDNY Fire Family Transport Foundation, and a community that refused to forget.

We didn’t sweat for ourselves. We moved for something bigger.

/ Final Year 1 leaderboard

The standings, frozen for good.

The leaderboard made it competitive. The community made it matter. These results are permanent.

  • 💪

    Sweat with Slay

    911 finisher

    Moving for Uncle Harry & Uncle Timmy

    1,794m

911 finishers · 23

  • Sean D.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Harry D’Onofrio (Papa)

    2,788m

  • Matthew C.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Alanna Johnson

    940m

  • Josh H.

    911 finisher

    Moving for For those who protect our freedom and allow us to move.

    990m

  • Alicia B.

    911 finisher

    Moving for John Brandon II

    1,063m

  • Tyler D.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Harry D’Onofrio (Papa)

    1,550m

  • Troy C.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Kevin "the milk Man" - died in the towers explosion

    1,051m

  • Merrill D.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Harry D’Onofrio

    1,538m

  • Steven D.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Those who are less fortunate than me

    970m

  • Meghan O.

    911 finisher

    1,785m

  • Brian D.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Harry D’Onofrio

    1,518m

  • Ash

    911 finisher

    Moving for You

    1,020m

  • Jessica R.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Myself

    1,939m

  • Danielle D.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Harry D’Onofrio

    1,225m

  • Patrick D.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Harry D’Onofrio

    1,154m

  • Nancy S.

    911 finisher

    Moving for sweat for sacrifice

    1,008m

  • Lara C.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Every first responder who ran towards the towers when everyone else was running away! 💪

    929m

  • Tamasine H.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Every family of someone lost and the first responders

    920m

  • Aubrie B.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Tim Goss

    925m

  • Kaitlyn W.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Jerome Dominguez, Walter Weaver, Vincent Danz ESU Truck 3

    980m

  • Rich K.

    911 finisher

    Moving for All Heros

    930m

  • Nardo

    911 finisher

    Moving for Joi Moore

    1,958m

  • Liv H. - AJ's Favorite :P

    911 finisher

    Moving for Joi Moore

    928m

  • Angelica C.

    911 finisher

    Moving for Alanna Johnson

    1,020m

Everyone who moved · 24
  • #24

    Kimberly P.

    Moving for Harry Donofrio and Uncle Timothy Goss

    829m

  • #25

    James C.

    Moving for Father

    465m

  • #26

    Maria G.

    Moving for Harry D'Onofrio

    448m

  • #27

    Samantha H.

    437m

  • #28

    Ilana A.

    Moving for All 9/11 survivors

    435m

  • #29

    Muru

    Moving for My Dad

    390m

  • #30

    Stephanie H.

    Moving for For those who lost their lives on 911

    353m

  • #31

    Mai E.

    Moving for Tiiu Kristjuhan Ensmann

    325m

  • #32

    Shawn J.

    Moving for In memory of my grandfather John K. Cleghon, retired firefighter City of St Petersburg, FL

    212m

  • #33

    FLPD Remembered

    Moving for Kurt Kowarsch (Sergeant) and Josh Brown (Officer), friends we lost over the last 5 years and part of the FLPD family where my husband was Chief of Police before

    120m

/ The Year 1 Legacy Wall

The faces behind the minutes.

Every photo, every name, every person we moved for. This is the visual memory book of Year 1 — a wall of moments the community built together.

2 moments on the wallYear 1 · 2026 · preserved
John Brandon II

Alicia Brandon

Moving for John Brandon II · Dad

“My Dad was the smartest, coolest guy I ever knew. Brilliant beyond his years as a computer engineer who could literally fix anything! Our favorite thing to do together was listen to music and dance. I'll be sweating it up for him! Love ya Dad!”

Harry D’Onofrio

Brian D'Onofrio

Moving for Harry D’Onofrio · Father

“Miss you dad!!”

/ Sweat With Slay in the news

Year 1 made headlines.

The coverage and stories that carried the challenge beyond our own circle.

/ Year 1 in motion

News 12Long Island Video segment

Suffolk woman turns fitness into tribute for 9/11 victims

A Middle Island fitness coach honors her two uncles who died from 9/11-related illnesses by launching a fitness challenge to keep their memories alive and support first responders.

Jeremy Skiba · News 12 Long Island · September 5, 2026

Read the full story on News 12
Harry D'Onofrio, left, and Timothy “Timmy” Goss, the two first responders honored by the Sweat for Sacrifice Legacy Challenge, pictured with the Twin Towers.

Courtesy Alanna Johnson

PatchSayville–Bayport, NYPatch Exclusive

Nationwide 911-Minute Challenge Honors 2 Long Island First Responders

Alanna Johnson created Sweat for Sacrifice after losing both uncles to illnesses connected to their Sept. 11 service.

A nationwide movement challenge with roots in West Sayville is asking people to spend September completing 911 minutes of physical activity in honor of two first responders whose lives were forever changed by the Sept. 11 attacks.

I think what really hit me is that both of them essentially made one of the most frightening decisions imaginable that morning. They had the choice to keep going home and instead chose to go back in.

Alanna Johnson, founder

Kepherd Daniel · Patch Staff · September 3, 2026

Read the full story

/ Year 1 highlights

How it unfolded.

The spark

Sweat With Slay becomes Sweat for Sacrifice

One idea — 911 minutes of movement for the ones we carry — turned a fitness brand into a mission.

September 2026

The challenge went live

Participants signed up from across the country and started logging minutes, dedicating every session to someone who mattered.

Mid-challenge

The leaderboard caught fire

Daily standings turned movement into friendly competition. The KMS crew pushed each other all month.

September 5, 2026

News 12 Long Island told the story

The segment put Uncle Timmy and Uncle Harry's names in front of a whole region.

The stretch

First finishers crossed 911

One by one, participants completed all 911 minutes and earned the permanent 911 Finisher badge.

The finish

We hit our fundraising goal for the families

Every dollar split 50/50 between Tunnel to Towers and the FDNY Fire Family Transport Foundation.

Year 1: complete

The first chapter is officially in the books.

/ The cause

We moved for something bigger.

Every direct donation and every dollar of net merch profit was split evenly between two organizations at the heart of this challenge.

Tunnel to Towers

Supporting first responders, service members and their families — the same people who ran toward the danger our uncles ran toward on 9/11.

FDNY Fire Family Transport

Honoring the fallen and standing with the families they left behind — carrying the weight so they don’t carry it alone.

Final Year 1 impact

$4,575

raised together · split 50/50 between Tunnel to Towers & FDNY Fire Family Transport

We did that.

Year 1 started as an idea. Then people showed up.

You ran. You walked. You lifted. You climbed. You donated. You shared. You competed. You encouraged each other.

And together we turned Sweat With Slay into something real — a movement with a name, a cause, and a whole community behind it.

To every participant, donor, supporter, friend and family member who carried a name this year: thank you. This one’s yours.

Year 1: Complete

The first chapter
is in the books.

Stay tuned. Year 2 is only the beginning.

A heads-up for Year 2 — no spam, no automated challenge emails.