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Let s turn on my flashlight on top of my camera. come on down this way. yeah, let s get out the way we came in. come on back, buddy. inside the trade center, all jewel and chief pfeiffer knew or anyone knew is that something had gone terribly wrong. you got a light? we got to get everybody out. i was pointing my light where ever they need it. right here. i remember seeing chief pfeiffer. evacuate the building. ....
firefighters in full gears carrying 60 something pounds of hoses of equipment, takes about a minute to climb the stairs. these guys are looking at 80 stories just to get there then they start working. i thought we were going to put the fire out. everyone seemed to be confident. i know i was. we basically looked at it and okay, we got 10 or 20 stories of fire, we ll deal with it, we ll get up there. we ll get to it. there are fire crews just screaming into this area from every conceivable direction. by this time, some of the top chiefs in the department have joined chief pfeiffer, running the command post sending guys ....
Upstairs. one of the men went up is lieutenant kevin pfeiffer who s in charge of engine 33 and was the chief s brother. i just remember we both looked at each other and said a few words, but it was more than look. a real concern that this could be something tough. it is going to be a tough job v . it is going to be a long job. they ll put it out. that s what they do. the last time jewel seen his brother was an our ago at the fire house. as far as jewel s know, gideon following tony. for me, my brother is going up the stairs. it turns out, gideon was with ....
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 he s on the radio . . and water. full coverage. ....
Of what s left of the world trade center. the fire continues to burn. i can see the flames through the thick smoke. by this time, chief pfeiffer had found a safe exit. and tried to radio the men in the lobby. no answer. mayday. so i walked across the bridge back towards the trade center still trying to call on the radio and not getting through. the guys that were left there, they re not there anymore. they had already gone out another way. carrying the body of father michael judge down the street to st. peter s church. they laid his body on the altar. father mike s death certificate is number 00001. ....