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    9/11 Charity Race This Week on New York’s Gotham Grind

    Ben Rizzo
    By Ben Rizzo
    September 8, 2025
    LAST UPDATED September 8, 2025
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    With the 24th anniversary of 9/11 approaching, I’ve created a Zwift charity race to honor the victims of the attacks and to raise funds for the Firefighters Burn Institute, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded by Sacramento Fire Captain Cliff Haskell and the Sacramento Area Fire Fighters, Local 522 in 1973 for the purposes of:

    • establishing a local burn treatment facility
    • providing recovery programs for burn survivors
    • promoting fire and burn prevention through public education
    • funding education for medical burn team professionals, firefighters, and burn survivors
    • supporting burn treatment and rehabilitation research

    As a firefighter, this is a cause that is near to my heart. Thank you for your support.

    Schedule and Route Details

    Route and Pen Details:

    • 2 laps of New York’s Gotham Grind (18.7km, 192m elevation)
    • Powerups: Feather, Aero, Draft
    • Staggered start scratch race using 5 ZRS pens. Lower pens start first, all riders are visible, and you are only scored against your own pen.

    Two Events Available:

    • 11pm PT/1p ET/6pm UTC Sign up here >
    • 5pm PT/8pm ET/12am UTC Sign up here > (this race will be live streamed at http://www.youtube.com/@BRizzRacing)

    Donations

    This race is a fundraiser for the Firefighters Burn Institute. Donate at zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/911-race-to-remember.

    Racing is not required to donate, and donating is not required to race.

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      Ben Rizzo
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      Known in the Zwift community as B. Rizz, Ben is a firefighter by day (and night) and enjoys Zwift racing with his club DIRT on his days off. An avid YouTuber, he is also the founder of the RiZZRL club (Rizz Racing League) which has evolved to host mainly races and events centered around honoring our country, military, and first responders.
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