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>> some outsideline 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 from all over the city were inside those towers, hundreds of them. >> i remember im filming chief peiffer and hes on the radi o.

>> i used to come over the bridge from staten island and come to work and look at the skyline. for a long time there was nothing there. now actually its -- it fills a void. it just makes you proud. show you were not going to stand for it. >> dennis retired in 2002. >> even if 9/11 never happened, its a tough job to leave. theres no other job like i. the brotherhood, camaraderie. he says not a day goes by without remembering. >> when my hid hits the pellow at night, i can see that plane hitting t...

As well as anybody. but nobody, nobody expected september 11 . >> on that day, guys from my firehouse, my best friends were some of the first firefighters in the tower one after the plane hit.

History. that day we were chosen to be the witness. >> the strange thing is, the tape, the whole story, it kind of happened by accident. i mean, we didnt mean to make a documentary about 9/11. we wanted to make a documentary about a firefighter. thats how the whole thing got started. >> one, two, three, four. >> more to the point, the plan was to follow a rookie on the job. we coal them probies. almost like a kid become a man in nine months. >> my names paul. >> im john. >> antonio. >> tony. >> ...

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

Occurred, within minutes, and wierp trying to determine exactly what that is. >> as we swung around in front of the world trade, my mind tells me, wow, this is bad. what do we do? what do we do for this? we parked right under the awning of world trade center. chief puts his gear on. i asked him chief, can i come in with you? i want to come in with you. he says yes. >> you stay with me. >> come with me and i go and i hear screams from right to my right. there were two people on fire burning. i ju...

>> this was my first job. >> i waned to be a hero. this is the only thing you can do to do that. >> this is the kid, this is the kid, lets go. >> we got tony assigned to my firehouse, one of the biggest in the city. its ladder one. theres a whole other company, engine 7. their guys who fought some of the worst fires you can imagine. soon, theyd face the unthinkable. question was, would tony be ready? >> im terrified. this is what i want to do but its -- its scary. im still worried about how im g...

Kevin peiffer, the chiefs brother. he was last seen in the stairs of tower one directing guys to the fastest way out of the building. >> i would say chief peiffers brother saved my life. and i remember walking down west street, i just remember saying, you know, how much my brother and i used to love being downtown and doing this job and -- and how now i didnt love it anymore.

>> there was so much that we didnt know about that first day, who had attacked us, how, why, all we knew is that nothing would ever be the same. >> guiliani held a news conference saying its important not to lash out in anger because of the attacks. >> yeah. >> one of the things that sticks with me more than everything i saw, as i sat down next to ted, he looked real bad. i said, tony, man, it was raining bodies. the roof of the area yacht, we were on the roof of the area yacht. there was parts ...

First plane and i filmed and do you have enough tape? >> unbelievable. unbelievable. >> ok? >> yeah. >> under. >> yeah. >> ok. >> im fine. >> and it definitely was a miracle, you know. >> worried about you. i didnt know what happened to you guys. everybodys alive. everybodys accounted for. >> and they would come back one by one to the house. except one. >> did you see tony? >> thats what i heard. >> we were all accounted for except for tony. everybody was wondering about tony.