DIVISION 6 OPERATIONS
I arrived at Broadway and Park Row just as the North Tower had collapsed. Numerous people were fleeing the area south of Chambers Street. I established a command post at Broadway and Vesey streets.
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POSTCOLLAPSE: WEST STREET SECTOR OPERATIONS
Shortly after the second plane hit, I could see the towers burning from the Whitestone Bridge, more than 10 miles away. I arrived at Division…
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SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND HAZ MAT
From Chief of Department Peter Ganci's office window at Fire Headquarters in Brooklyn, we had a clear view of the North Tower from the east…
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EMS: NYTF-1 RESPONSE
I responded to the World Trade Center (WTC) as a medical specialist with New York Task Force 1 (NYTF-1) and spent two months at the…
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REPORT FROM THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS
I drove to downtown Manhattan from FDNY headquarters and parked my car right alongside 7 World Trade Center (WTC), north of the North Tower. Other…
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REPORT FROM THE CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT
We heard and felt the plane hit the Trade Center from our headquarters in Brooklyn. There was a huge column of smoke. Chief of Department…
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FIRE DISPATCH OPERATIONS
The Fire Dispatch Operations Unit of the Fire Department of New York, part of the Bureau of Communications, is responsible for processing alarms and dispatching…
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Anonymous Letter
As we worked our way up, we did our best to calm the evacuees, asking them to stay to the right and at the same…
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POSTCOLLAPSE: LIBERTY STREET SECTOR OPERATIONS
My brother, a battalion chief and commander of the 1st Battalion, and I boarded the 9:30 a.m. boat from Staten Island with some FDNY volunteers…
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LADDER 6: RESCUE OF THE RESCUERS
As Ladder 6 approached the World Trade Center, we could see large gaping holes in the sides of the North Tower. Heavy smoke was pushing…
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World Trade Center Disaster: Initial Response
The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001, resulting in the loss of 2,819 lives, was the most horrific and…
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“Field Trip to Hell”: A Survivor’s Story
For more than two decades, I have had the privilege of covering New York's Bravest as a photographer for the New York Daily News and…
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