Sen. Kirk makes Hancock Hustle climb

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thousands of people hustled up the Hancock Tower Sunday to help raise money to fight lung disease, many of them climbed all 94 flights of stairs in the skyscraper.

This is the 18th year for the event, which was expected to raise more than $1 million this year.

United States Senator Mark Kirk gathered a team of stroke survivors and veterans to make the climb.