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A day of service and just positive change in general rather than just focused on tragedy. >> she would want to see more kindness, more empathy in the world. >> my father would first want us to smile and not be sad at his passing, but that he got the chance to live. he lived a life of service. he was always, you know, trying to help out his family in the philippines. >> he made it to the 70th floor of the south tower and brought so many men and women home to their families. and being a fireman wa...

Got out of the building safely, have you met any of them, anybody who might remember your dad? >> so i volunteer with the 9/11 memorial museum. we started the visionary network, which is a way for us to educate the next generation. at one of their benefits a couple years ago, i was speaking -- sorry, i spoke a couple years ago. i went back as a guest. my mom and i were there, and someone got up and was speaking about how he was on the 78th floor of the south tower. he remembers the firefighters ...

At the time when this happened. but so many people i loved and cared about were right here, literally right behind me in those buildings. i grew up in ridgewood, new jersey, about 45 minutes across the river from where im sitting right now. we lost 12 people that day, a woman named jean steinberg, her daughter was my first friend. she was working in these towers and died that day. a dear family friend of ours. we were calling around frantically. and a member of my own family, my sister-in-law wa...

That they know is political and who paid for it and not telling the fisa judge and not verifying it? >> absolutely not. i mean, that never took place. i was involved with numerous, numerous fisa ryders when i was the head of the f.b.i. in new york and when i was an agent, and it just doesnt happen. it never happened. its pathetic what went on. i believe what happened, sean, were talking about a small number of people. comey brought in the psycho fants and put them together on the 70th floor of t...

Contemplates ending his life by jumping from the top of one of the citys landmark skyscrapers. >> obviously something has brought him to the edge, and we want to figure out quickly as possible, but the job could always go very wrong. >> august 10, 2011. detectives james cole and sean solar of the new york city police departments emergency services unit are on duty when the call comes in. >> we started our shift at 3:15 that afternoon. and almost immediately as soon as we finished loading up and ...

Jumping from the top of one of the citys landmark skyscrapers. >> obviously something has brought him to the edge, and we want to figure out quickly as possible, but the job could always go very wrong. >> august 10, 2011. detectives james cole and sean solar of the new york city police departments emergency services unit are on duty when the call comes in. >> we started our shift at 3:15 that afternoon. and almost immediately as soon as we finished loading up and checking our equipment, a call c...

A dangerous situation in midtown manhattan. strong winds caused a crane to collapse. look at this, on the 70th floor of a luxury high-rise under construction. you can see that massive crane arm just dangling and nothing to hold it down. buildings around the crane were immediately evacuated as emergency workers kept watch overnight. lets go to cnbcs robert frank who was on the scene. whats the status right now? >> thanks, chris. i just spoke with the fire department chief on scene and it remains ...

What new yorkers watch fox 5 here in new york. on the right side circle crane. aftermath on the right. i have spoken with crane experts who tell us it is going to be very difficult to get that thing down. our julie banderas joins us live. can you see the crane from the balcony where you are. >> this is where i live. its impossible to get this thing down. i have been watching this thing from last year and a half. during hurricane eye crean. the winds are 100 miles per hour. this is video i took f...

70 stories above the streets of new york, a desperate man contemplates ending his life by jumping from the top of one of the citys landmark skyscrapers. >> obviously something has brought him to the edge, and we want to figure out quickly as possible, but the job could always go very wrong. >> august 10, 2011. detectives james cole and sean solar of the new york city police departments emergency services unit are on duty when the call comes in. >> we started our shift at 3:15 that afternoon. and...

23-year-old man dangles his legs precariously from the 70th floor observation deck of 30 rock. >> the first thing i see when i get up there is him furiously scribbling at the notepad. i tried to communicate with him as much as possible. >> several onlookers and the local nbc affiliates sky cam records the action as it unfolds. >> he was on the northeast corner standing on approximately a 2 foot by 2 foot wide piece of the building. >> there was a seven-foot glass partition between us and him. wh...