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>> reporter: heather gilbo was also bartending that day. >> i remember it hitting me that it was something someone was trying to hurt people. it was intentional. this was the second explosion. i remember screaming. and then i remember getting my bearings and looking up and just seeing people run. >> reporter: the able-bodied and slightly injured rushed out the back exit but not the employees. they stayed, facing a scene of carnage that was difficult to comprehend. julie, does anything prepare you for witnessing what you witnessed? >> no. no. you literally just -- it's instinct and you just go ...

>> reporter: heather was also bartending that day. >> i remember it hitting me that it was something someone was trying to hurt people. it was intentional. this was the second explosion. i remember screaming. and then i remember getting my bearings and looking up and just seeing people run. >> reporter: the able bodied and slightly injured rushed out the back exit but not the employees. they stayed, facing a scene of carnage that was difficult to comprehend. julie, does anything prepare you for witnessing what you witnessed? >> no. no. you literally just -- it's instinct and you go and do what...

Behind couches. and it was just the most anarchic scene i've ever seen. it was just chaos. it was crazy. >> reporter: heather gilbo was also bartending that day. >> i remember it hitting me that it was something someone was trying to hurt people. it was intentional. this was the second explosion. i remember screaming. and then i remember getting my bearings and looking up and just seeing people run. >> reporter: the able-bodied and slightly injured rushed out the back exit but not the employees. they stayed, facing a scene of carnage that was difficult to comprehend. julie, does anything prepa...

That maybe it is unfair that he was running against able-bodied with the prosthetic limbs. he got angry that morning and he stormed out. he was pretty angry when he lost the 200 meters in the paralympic games. the t-44 against the brazilian who he claimed was unnaturally tall because the blades were too long but within the parameters applicable by the committee. but on the other side of that, and i don't think he'd necessarily present an angry face to me. i have never him since he was a kid. i've seen him with the previous girlfriend in italy. peculiarly. i sat in the hotel room with him with ...

>> you know the challenge of it, really. we've been talking about just stepping it up and seeing if we could do it and, you know, i served with a lot of these guys with me here today. it is great to be able to do this together and, be able to honor our bud i dids that never came home and try to help take care of their families that are still here. jon: i was honored last year to ride with you the last 20 miles or so of your trip all the way, across the george washington bridge to ground zero but i know there is awful lot of emotion that you guys are up and able-bodied and still able to do some...