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>> upstairs in tower one, the guys from my fire house were now ten floors up and climbing. >> if we did talk, it was to the people coming down. trying to comfort them, it is all right, get out, stay calm. >> i found a woman in the staircase, her arm were all burnt. she was in there and shocked. i picked her up and i put her with a group of guys and i take her down and i knew we had to get out to help people. i knew we had to get up there to help people. people pretty much say why are yall going ...

I had to get down there. because, you know what? theyre my firefighters. thats my building. thats my city. get a flashlight and a bottle of water. >> okay. >> i remember tony asking me to bring him some gloves, some medical gloves. >> go grab a box of gloves. >> by the time i found them and rushed back, they were gone. >> the probie and the retired chief were lost in the crowd, headed down to the trade center. >> i think at that point the lobby was pretty empty. there were just a few of us in th...

Here in the 9/11 memorial museum, the last column as its known reminds visitors of the 343 members of the f.d.n.y. that lost their lives. the largest loss of firefighters in this countrys history. 9/11 was a day that defined the end of an era, making us understand we were vulnerable as a nation. ever since weve been adjusting to our new normal. wars overseas. acts of terror at home and abroad. and an ever present fear of where the next attack will come from. tonight we meet again some of the fir...

But nobody, nobody expected september 11th. [ screaming ] >> the world trade center. >> on that day, guys from my firehouse, my best friends, were some of the first firefighters into tower one after the plane hit.

Firefighters. 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, 1776 feet high, its the tallest building in the united states. with a bomb-resistant base. and like most new high-rise, a concrete core. >> theyve gone above and beyond the new ...

You always see the trade center towers and everything. for a long time, there was nothing there. now actually it fills a void. it just makes you proud. were not going to stand for it. >> dennis tardio retired in 2002. >> even if 9/11 never happened, its a tough job to leave. theres no other job like it. the brotherhood, camaraderie. >> he says not a day goes by without remembering. >> when my head hits the pillow at night, i can see that plane hitting the tower. >> its hard to believe theyre not...

>> upstairs in tower one, the guys from my firehouse were now ten floors up and climbing. >> if we did talk, it was to the people coming down, trying to comfort them, telling them that its all right. get out. stay calm. >> i wind up finding a woman in the c staircase. her arms were all burnt. she was just sitting there, basically in shock. so i picked her up under her arms and i put her within a group of guys and i asked the guys to, you know, take her down. i knew we had to get up to help peopl...

>> 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. >>...

But nobody, nobody expected september 11th . >> on that day, guys from our fire house, my best friends were some of the first firefighters in the tower one after the plane hits -- what they did that day.