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We would see someone, that we would able to save. but it was a ghost town. the most surreal thing i have ever seen in my life. there were body parts everywhere. there was clothing in the trees and the stench was somewhat nauseating. i had smelled it before at the morgue, but this was overwhelming. what was most heartening was the volunteers, just thousands of people. they would say im from cincinnati. im from miami. im from maine. firemen, police. there were just rounds of applause for these peo...

To come down, he was very nervous. we were talking with the firemen and crew, the firemen were staged waiting for orders there. the fire captain and lieutenant said to me lets take him down when this is over so i said hey, you got it, well go up a couple more floors make sure no one is still on the floor. unfortunately that judgment and his best friend and the firemen did not make it. john and i continued up to the 44th floor where we were clearing the floor down making sure no one was hiding un...

>> guys crying, so many thoughts and emotions. >> we were in one. two fell first and then they told us to get out. >> two fell first? thats why they were -- >> we got to call our loved ones, tell them we were ok. >> it was fucking sick. we just got out. we got out two blocks. im still not far enough. >> just needed to be with the guys, you know. >> get back in. >> i was never so glad to see firemen in my life. it was a great thing to know that people were surviving this.

To come down, he was very nervous. we were talking with the firemen and crew, the firemen were staged waiting for orders there. the fire captain and lieutenant said to me lets take him down when this is over so i said hey, you got it, well go up a couple more floors make sure no one is still on the floor. unfortunately that judgment and his best friend and the firemen did not make it. john and i continued up to the 44th floor where we were clearing the floor down making sure no one was hiding un...

Lot of trouble. drinking and depression and post traumatic stress. thats real. the only support groups were the firemen, the other men. thats all. the firehouse for me. >> have a good night. >> bye. >> still, that same firehouse for steve rogers, too. >> the firehouse is a big family. you have family at home and then the second family at the firehouse. when things happen everybody steps up and does the right thing. thats what a family does. >> thats what steve did when he rushed in to work on 9/...

Way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. >> a very depressed dismal, miserable mood losing firemen, thousands are gone. as quickly as you blow a match out, it was gone, thats it. gone. >> its hard to believe theyre not there. theyre not there. >> it did happen, right? its not something that im going to close my eyes and open them again and im going to see the tower, right? its not there.

>> now you look at the entire landscape down here has changed so fast, so rapidly, the high rises that are going up, one building is bigger than the next. seems like they cant build them big enough and they cant build them fast enough. looking for waying to get firemen up to the fires, thats that many more people in the building to worry about. >> worrying about the public safety is front and center for chris conor. he retired in the fndy and became a construction expert on construction sites. >...

To come down, he was very nervous. we were talking with the firemen and crew, the firemen were staged waiting for orders there. the fire captain and lieutenant said to me lets take him down when this is over so i said hey, you got it, well go up a couple more floors make sure no one is still on the floor. unfortunately that judgment and his best friend and the firemen did not make it. john and i continued up to the 44th floor where we were clearing the floor down making sure no one was hiding un...

Be able to save. but it was a ghost town. the most surreal thing i have ever seen in my life. there were body parts everywhere. there was clothing in the trees and the stench was somewhat nauseating. i had smelled it before in war, but this was overwhelming. what was most heartening was the volunteers, just thousands of people. they would say im from cincinnati. im from miami. im from maine. firemen, police. there were just rounds of applause for these people who came from everywhere from our gr...

That we would be able to save. but there was a ghost town. the most surreal thing i have ever seen in my life. there were body parts everywhere. there was clothing in the trees. the stench was somewhat nauseating, i had smelted before at the morgue, but this was overwhelming. what was the most heartening was the volunteers. just thousands of people, they would say im from cincinnati, miami, maine, firemen, police -- there were just round of applause for these people that came from everywhere. th...