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>> did you hear what happened with the other tower? >> we saw. >> you saw the tower collapsed? >> looked like the whole thing. >> well head down >> i wonder for the first time if jules is still alive. i never thought about it before. >> its a terrible, terrible day. >> i realized that jules could be dead at that very moment. i had to find jules. >> gedeon hitched a ride with three off-duty firemen determined to get to the trade center the only way they could. in a pickup truck.

>> we lucked out. we were in one. they told us to get out. >> one didnt fall. >> we got to call our loved ones, tell them we were okay. >> its sick. >> we just got out. we had just got out. i got two blocks. im still not far enough. >> you know, you just needed to be with the guys, you know. >> i couldnt get back in. they wouldnt let me up. >> i was never so good to see firemen in my life. it was a great thing to know that, that people were surviving this. >> i thought you guys were dead. >> wer...

>> he gave it right away. very calm and didnt wait. >> for him is a precaution. something wrong is happening. lets get everybody out. >> lets have a flashlight. >> from the tone of his voice, i knew it was no normal thing. i knew it was time to leave. >> i remember saying to the guy, we are on our own now. for the first time i looked at someones eyes and saw fear, which you dont see with a firemen. it was such a long walk, 20, 70, 50, -- i was going down the stairs. i could not find them. tellin...

Calm. didnt wait. and for him, it was a precaution. okay. something wrong is happening. lets get everybody out. >> lets get a flashlight. from the tone of his voice i knew that it was no normal thing. i knew it was time to leave. >> i remember saying to the guys, were on our own now. and for the first time i looked in someone elses eyes and saw fear. woo. which you dont see with firemen. we orderly evacuated. it was such a long walk. 17, 16, 15, 14, 13. >> i was going down the stairs. i can reme...

>> came back to the firehouse the next day. i couldnt wait to get back actually because i wanted to get down. i figured were going to have plenty of people that are going to be trapped for sure. were going to get them out. we have to. we always do. >> were all alive. thats more than we could have possibly hoped for. so our job now is to go and do whatever needs to be done, and do as much and as hard as we can for as long as theyll let us. >> some of the guys took a city bus down to what the medi...

>> we lucked out. we were in one. it fell first. they told us to get out. >> two fell first? >> yeah, two fell first. >> one didnt fall first? >> thats why they were getting us out. >> we got to call our loved ones and tell them we were okay. >> it was sick. we just got out. i got two blocks and im like, im still not far enough. >> you just needed to be with the guys, you know. >> i couldnt get back in. they wouldnt let me up. >> i was never so glad to see firemen in my life. it was a great thin...

>> did you hear what happened to the tower? the tower collapsed. the top or the whole thing? >> looks like the whole thing. >> well head down together. >> now i wonder for the first time if he is still alive. i never thought about it before. >> a terrible, terrible day. >> i realized that we could be dead that very moment. i had to find june. >> gideon hitched a ride with three off-duty firemen determined to get to the trade center the only way they could. in a pickup truck.

Came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. >> its a very depressed, dismal, miserable mood. hundreds of firemen, thousands of civilians are gone. as much -- as quickly as you blow out a match, flip a switch, theyre gone. thats it. those buildings came down. 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. >>...

Posttraumatic stress. thats real. its definitely real. we had a lot of support groups, but the only real support group for the firemen were the other men. thats all, you know. the firehouse for me. >> still, that same firehouse for steve rogers, too. >> the firehouse is a big family. you have your family at home, the family is at the firehouse. something happens, the guys got it together, everybody steps up and does the right thing. thats what a family does a. he and thats what steve did when he...

>> 3 1/2 in the middle -- >> came back to the fire house the next day. i couldnt wait to get back, actually, because i wanted to get down there. i figured, were going to have plenty of people that are going to be trapped for sure. were going to get them out. we have to. we always do. >> were all alive. thats more than we could have possibly hoped for. so our job now is to go and do whatever needs to be done and do it as much and as hard as we can for as long as theyll let us. >> some of the guys...