want to serve our country. those guys are heroes to us. >> there were some moments of celebration that kiran, there is one photograph that really stands out, a "new york times" photographs of members of engine 54, ladder 4, in times square shortly after the news broke that osama bin laden had been killed. you see these firefighters looking at that news crossing the ticker and taking in the scene. one of them who was there, captain thomas vindito, it brought a tear to his eye. take a listen. >> i have to tell you, i worked new year's eve this year. it was more exciting than working new year's eve. people are standing and kind of mellow. when the ticker tape went around and people started shouting and reading it out loud and cheering, people from other countries, as you know, this is a tourist area. people from england, australia, germany and japan, they came up, took photos, they were hugging