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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 a few words, but it was more the look of real concern that this was going to be something tough. >> it was going to be a tough job. its going to be a long job. theyll put it out. thats what they do. >> the last time jules had seen his brother was an hour ago a...

Eventually when the below-grade construction was completed and the buildings started to come out of the ground, for me thats when the magic happened. you really saw these beautiful, beautiful buildings. >> the first of five towers planned for the site opened in 2014, world trade center one. at 104 stories, 1,776 feet high, its the tallest building in the united states with a bomb-resistant base, and like most new high rises, a concrete core. >> theyve gone above and beyond the new york city buil...

>> most of the people in tower one came out on the mezzanine above the lobby. then theyd get out through another building. >> i want the use the lobby as a triage. >> the chiefs didnt want anyone going through the lobby doors. first, it was because debris was falling outside. then, it was people falling. >> you dont see it. but you know what it is. you know every time you hear that crashing sound, its a life which is extinguished. its not something you can get used to. and the sound was so loud....

Possible. >> most of the people in tower one came out above the lobby and then they would get out through another building. >> i want, i want to use lobby 7 as a triage. the chief did not want anybody going through the lobby door. first, because debris was falling outside and then -- it was people falling. >> you dont see it but you know where it is. you know every time you hear that crashing sound is a life, which is extinguished. it is not something you can get used to. >> and the sound was so...

Of tower one, directing guys to the fastest way out of the building. >> i would say chief pfeifers brother saved my life. saved a lot of lives. and i remember walking down west street. i just remember him saying how much my brother and i used to love being downtown and doing this job. and, and how now i didnt love it any more. eventually we started going

Know what tower one was and tower two. we were just trying to help them out by writing on the desk and making 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 filming chief pfeiffer and hes on the radio . . and water... full coverage.

>> 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.

First collapse. >> turns out tony had been with larry burns the whole time. the proby and the retired chief. they were right there when tower one came down. >> i checked all the rigs. there were rigs crushed, paramedics flipped. fires burning everywhere, huge fires. that whole day, i just searched through rubble, lifting things up, checking underneath. very hard. >> he proved himself that day to all the guys. >> yeah. ♪

Came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. >> very depressed, dismal, miserable mood. as much as you do a switch, its 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. ♪ >> around midnight we sent tony

Of tower one, directing guys to the fastest way out of the building. >> i would say that chief pfeifers brother saved my life. saved a lot of lives. and i remember walking down west street just remembering saying, you know, how much my brother and i used to love being downtown and doing this job. and -- and -- and how now i didnt love it anymore. >> eventually, we started going on runs again.