efforts that day. 343 firefighters died when those towers collapsed and one of those firefighters was actually pfeiffer s own brother kevin. he talked about the moment that he sent kevin up into one of the towers to help others escape. i picture him walking into the lobby and coming up to me without saying a word, and we looked at each other out of concern whether we were going to be okay, and then i ordered him as i ordered other firefighters to go up, and he turned around quietly, took engine 33, and that was the last time i saw my brother kevin and engine 33. you can hear more of pfeiffer s story tonight in an exclusive conversation with lester holt on nightly news. just a few moments ago a pretrial hearing for one of the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks went into recess, khalid sheikh
good evening, when you hear the word storm and new orleans in the same sentence, it good evening, when you hear the word storm and new orleans in the same sentence, it s easy to think the worst. six yes after hurricane katrina did unthinkable damage to that city, tropical storm lee, a slow-moving system, has r been dumping rain for days, swelling rivers and bayous, prompting flood warnings in arvel raeas of louisiana and putting new orleans on high alert. tonight, there are reports of spinoff tornadoes in neighboring alabama and mississippi. but the good news, this is not a hurricane and the levees in new orleans appear to be holding firm. nbc s thanh truong is in in the crescent city tonight. good evening, thanh. reporter: kate, good evening to you. this is the fourth straight day with gusting winds and rain for the city of new orleans in a wide swathe of the state. this storm is a slow, massive rain-maker and is still not finished. tropical storm lee s most pote