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To think at that point. i feel something jumping on top of me, and then the dust.

Glad to see you. we were the lucky ones. >> i dont think its luck. its a miracle that were here. >> miracle isnt a word you hear much from firefighters, especially not on that day. but what else could you call it? one guy after another was making it back safe. >> i cant believe we all made it out. how did we make it out of that building? 30 seconds, another two flights higher. >> one guy from the fire house came to me, and i asked him, you know, have you seen jules?

Okay, we got 10, 20 stories of fire. you know, well deal with it. well get up there. you know, well get to it. >> there are fire crews just streaming into this area from every conceivable direction. >> by this time, some of the top chiefs in the department had 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...

Walk. >> companies come in. you see them. theres a concerned look on their face. and theyre sent up. >> a firefighter in full gear carrying 60-something pounds of hose and equipment takes about a minute to climb one flight of stairs. these guys were looking at 80 stories just to get there. then theyd start working. >> i thought that we were going to put the fire out. everyone seemed to be confident. i know i was. >> we basically looked at it,

>> what really stick in my mind is passing by these people and filming them and filming their astonishment. i remember tilting the camera back and forth between the people and the towers in front of me. [ sirens ] >> both towers of the world trade center have been hit by aircraft. both are in flames. >> there is black smoke coming from both of the towers. its a horrific scene here.

Legacy. >> another legacy kid, josephine smith. her dad kevin was a hazmat specialist. her father rushed to the towers after the first plane hit. he never came home, and his body was never recovered. >> im always looking up at my dad. youre going to see, dad. im going to be a firefighter. like, im going to work with you. he never said no. he never said, no, i dont want you being a firefighter. no, you cant be a firefighter. like, girls cant be firefighters. he never told me that. he would just s...

>> eventually, we started going on runs again. >> feels good, though. >> and trying our best to love the job again. but things will never be the way they were. >> as for jules and gedeon, its strange how things work out. in the beginning, they came to me and said, lets make a documentary about a boy becoming a man. during this nine-month probationary period, turns out tony became a man in about nine hours trying to help out on 9/11. >> you know how you could tell that? hes not bragging about it.

Been named for his father, john p. sullivan way. >> the only thing i can hope that one day is that i make an impact, that at the end of my career, i can put my boots next to his. i dont want to fill his. i can never fill his. im too emotional. hes tough. tough box of nails, that guy. id do anything to have him back. he could have this job if it meant my father standing in front of me today. >> our legacy kids are special. i think it says a lot about whats inside them. it most likely says a lot a...

Sort of a cliche, but really september 11th started out like every other day. i was off that day. 13 guys from my firehouse were on. >> around 8:30. >> engine, ladder. >> i believe the run came in. >> get the run for a gas leak or an odor of gas in the street actually, i think it was. odor of gas. you dont think anything of it. you get on the rig and go. okay. its an odor of gas. >> jules was riding with the battalion chief joseph pfeifer, videotaping. >> just another call. im riding with the ba...

Chief were lost in the crowd, headed down to the trade center. >> i think at that point the lobby was pretty empty. there were just a few of us in the lobby, and we were discussing tactics. >> this is tower one. >> this is tower one. >> some of the outlying companies didnt know what tower one was and tower two. so we were just trying to help them out by writing it on the desk to make it obvious to people. >> it was just before 10:00. a little over an hour since the first plane hit. firefighters ...