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Movie. its about ken feinberg, hell doed out the money from the 9-11 attacks. ken feinberg is with us right now. good to see you. >> nice to be here again, neil. thanks. >> neil: you know, i know michael keaton was trying to get your massachusetts accent down. its north tower as good as yours. thats my opinion. >> neil: i didnt realize -- maybe theres a dramatic effect here. you had a hell of a task on your hand. this money was not going to be divided evenly. you had to recognize there were high...

We remember there were good people that day and we as a country felt a sense of patriotism for common cause and that came together as americans as well. >> sandra: absolutely. and your father well not with us anymore has been able to inspire so many. look at this beautiful family. your thoughts on your fathers ability to inspire while not here anymore and what he did in the lasting impact that he had on so many more generations to come from your family? >> my dad had an amazing work ethic. he ha...

>> neil: what do you remember about that day yourself? >> i remember mostly being in school. i was 9 years old at the time. waiting for the end of the day, coming home, having a sense that something was lingering in the air that something tragic had happened. it wasnt until later on that night that family started to gather and the house and come in from all over. my one uncle was a fireman and said that he was missing officially. at that point it was tough on us to believe it. just based on his ...

I said, this is not a good sign. >> i knew there was nothing i could really do. i mean, i was not a fireman. but i was a cameraman. there was something i could do. it was to document what was happening. >> strange enough, the only thing, my preoccupation was to clean my lens. >> jules was with chief pfeifer, who was plotting his next move. the firefighters from my house had reached the lobby and scattered. >> we were kind of walking at this point. we were out of the building. we felt we were saf...

Great fireman. >> were going to break your chops until you laugh about them. >> right. >> thats how we do it. thats how we do it. >> its all part of learning how to handle people and situations. >> say you got up there now. you got your helmet on, your bunker gear, you got to get your mask on. how will you do that without letting go? >> i dont know. >> start moving, guys. >> hurry up. not bad. payday today, baby. >> yes. >> for two weeks i got $672.25. >> you got to be kidding me. cant even buy ...

♪ >> when you work in a firehouse seven blocks from the two tallest buildings in new york, you get to know every step, every staircase, every story. >> jim. couldnt get too close to -- >> im james hanlon. im a filmmaker and a fireman at ladder 1 downtown. during the summer before 9/11 there were days wed go to the trade center five times in a single shift. >> well send you some help. >> my point is, we knew those towers as well as anybody.

Sign. >> i knew there was nothing i could really do. i mean, i was not a fireman. but as a cameraman, yes, there was something i could do. it was to document what was happening. >> strange enough, the only thing that was my preoccupation was to clean my lens. >> jules was with chief pfeiffer who was plotting his next move. [ siren ] >> the firefighters from my house had reached the lobby and scattered. >> we were walking at this point. we knew we were out of the building. felt we were safe.

Has it made me a man? whats a man? >> i dont think its so much the severity of an event that alters who you are. i think its how you interpret it that changes who you are. >> we keep forgetting how many people were saved on that day. >> stay together. stay together. >> on 9/11, firefighters saved 20,000 people. >> to have that much respect for human life, im honored. sometimes i still dont think im worthy. but i am honored to be a fireman. ♪

Made it into something else. he should not be in guantanamo, he should be in rikers island, see how he did there. im sure its a lot more complicated and theres a lot more to it, but if you were there and standing on that sidewalk and saw those people jump and heard the sound when they hit and saw human beings instantly disappear and become something else, youd feel that way about it. and one guy was talking -- there was a great fireman named kevin ardell who was murdered at the center, and his s...

Hurricane emery when it came in and jones beach on long island and that well be hearing frank siller, tunnels to towers, im sure youre familiar with that. walking to new york and theyre doing an awful lot of good and ill be back next week for the firemans fundraiser at the rock we do every year and as you know, i was at yankee stadium for the firemans memorial with bette midler and marc anthony, so we dont give up. neil: you do not. >> we dont leave anything on the table and sing all we can. nei...