What am i doing . 22 years ago, they answered the call. Every available ambulance, everything youve got to the World Trade Center now. We knew that it could be up to 20, 25,000 people in each building. I am on the 83rd floor. Its very, very hot. Every firefighter saw the flames and they looked into their own hearts. Stay together. Thats when i said to pete, pete, this will be the worst day of our lives, and that was before i knew the half of it. Mayday, mayday major collapse in the darkness, i wondered if i was dead or alive. Pete peter hayden tonight the World Trade Center collapsed. The Fire Department of the city of new york and the greatest active gallantry ever bestowed on an american city. I dont want this to be something thats in a history book that a page is turned and were forgotten. Im lesley stahl. Im bill whitaker. Im anderson cooper. Im sharyn alfonsi. Im jon wertheim. Im cecelia vega. Im norah odonnell. Im scott pelley. That story tonight on 60 minutes. Shes beenen lookin
Huffing and puffing with chants to “push on and stay alive” were heard up and down the stairs of the Magnolia building on the Wayne Community College campus Monday morning.
On September 11, 2001, 343 members of the Fire Department of New York perished while trying to rescue people trapped in the World Trade Center. Scott Pelley speaks with firefighters who were there that day and the loved ones of those who never made it home.