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>> so we look now. just trying to figure out what to place high and then try to gain some control. there was just a sense that this wasnt a good place to stay. chief fives property was to set up a new command post and find his men. right now, they were coming down the stairs. >> at some point, i started to run. i dont know -- even know if i was touching stairs on the way down. when i got about to three or two is when i started to think of my family. i said i got to get out of here. when we reach...

Newly minted -- >> 5 weeks. i was assign today harlem. we came down after the second plane hit and we basically came down west street over there. we basically north overpass took everything that we could off south along west street and charging debris and people and got separated and we got to the south overpass and made our way in and we were in there for a while and the rest joined us and thats where the command post was set up and my lieutenant went over to my battalion and lieutenant bob ven...

The north tower to help manage command post on behalf of the mayor. when the second tower was hit myself and assistant chief donald burns from the fire department went to the south tower. i wound up ending leaving the south tower to get the paramedics outside. there were a lot of people in the lobby badly injured. we were on the sidewalk on liberty street next to the south tower when it collapsed. we ran next door into the marriott hotel and the marriott hotel collapsed around us. approximately ...

>> firefighters in full gears carrying 60 something pounds of hoses of equipment, takes about a minute to climb the stairs. these guys are looking at 80 stories just to get there then they start working. >> i thought we were going to put the fire out. everyone seemed to be confident. i know i was. >> we basically looked at it and okay, we got 10 or 20 stories of fire, well deal with it, well get up there. well get to it. >> there are fire crews just screaming into this area from every conceivabl...

Joined chief pfeifer, running the command post, sending guys upstairs. one of the men who went up was lieutenant kevin pfeifer who was in charge of engine 33 and was the chiefs brother. >> i just remember we both looked at each other, said a few words, but it was more the look of real concern that this was going to be something tough. >> it was going to be a tough job. its going to be a long job. theyll put it out. thats what they do. >> the last time jules had seen his brother was an hour ago a...

So we look north, just trying to figure out what to place here. and then try to gain some control. and it was just a sense that this was a good place to stay. >> chief pfeifers priority was to set up a new command post and find his men. right now they were coming down the stairs. >> at some point i started to run. i dont even know if i was touching stairs on my way down. when i got about to three or two is when i started to think of my family, you know. i got to get out of here. when we reached ...

So we walk north just trying to figure out what took place here, and then try to gain some control. it was just a sense that this wasnt a good place to stay. >> chief pfeiffers priority was to set up a new command post and find his men. right now, they were coming down the stairs. >> at some point, i started to run. i dont even know if i was touching stairs on my way down. when i got about to three or two is when i started to think about my family. i said ive got to get out of here. >> when we r...

Incredibly strong winds, farther inland up towards alexandria and jackson, 60-mile-per-hour winds, chr christi, are possible and thats plenty in order to bring treesnd power lines down. >> yeah. its sounding scarier by the hour. allison chinchar we really appreciate it. thank you so much. coming up in the next hour, by the way, were talking live to a councilmember in the parish where mandatory eevacuations are taking place. and now to the story in afghanistan, the u.s. carried out an air str...

Thats to say anything that approaches domestic terrorism. so, for example, something that hits close to home for me, eric robert rudolph, who set off a string of bombs in atlanta and birmingham, alabama in the birmingham case killing a police officer. immediately, there was a command post. and there were briefings given to the press three and four times a day, around the clock, updating them. we never saw any of that in the aftermath of january 6th and it was left to the acting u.s. attorney in ...

Seeing about afghanistan from the capitol police. from the fbi. you know, if this had been a muslim, you know, muslims that attacks us or if the people had been black, anything other than the people who attacked us, i dont see how we wouldnt have had daily press conferences every day, constant hearings, constant information coming out. were getting more information about what biden knew on saturday about the taliban than weve ever gotten about january 6th. does that surprise you as it does me? >...