Category: FDNY Retired

Trump meets with Long Island family of brothers who fell on 9/11

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Trump meets with Long Island family of brothers who fell on 9/11

Inside the Holy Grail of 9/11 documents

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April 9, 2014 A few months ago, after nearly a decade of contentious litigation and with many conspiracy theories spawned, the Pentagon released the Holy Grail of Sept. 11th, 2001, documents: transcripts from the emergency conference calls initiated by the National Military Command Center. For years, the government insisted that the entire conference was classified […]

Real-Life Heroes of September 11, 2001

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Many put their own lives on the line to save others during and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The 9/11 attacks resulted in thousands of deaths and unspeakable devastation. But among the people affected were several who demonstrated real-life heroism. Here are a few groups and individuals whose bravery and commitment to helping others was evident on […]

FIRST CHIEF ON THE SCENE

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09/01/2002 JOSEPH PFEIFER On the morning of Septem- ber 11, I responded to a call for an odor of gas in the street at West Bernard and Church streets, about 12 blocks from the incident. A plane flew overhead—that was very unusual for Manhattan—and passed to our west toward the World Trade Center, aimed straight […]