Are expected to be ready at any moment to put their life on the line. sirens and horns to go to the aid of a stranger, even when it means that you may put yourself in harms way, actually, in dire peril, i dont think you can pay people to do that job. There has to be something beyond money that makes them do that. The thing that sets the firefighter apart is that its he or she who, when the bell sounds, goes to do whatever is necessary to help the person who called them. No matter what we do, no matter how well we train, no matter how good our equipment is, no matter how hard we try, no matter what, the time will come when we will lose another firefighter. sirens in distance bill feehan was the father of the Fire Department, thats what we nicknamed him up in the office. And i can tell you from the five or six fire commissioners that i worked for, he was the guy that they would go to. Ask bill feehan, lets check with bill, get bill feehan in here, hell know what to do. He was the goto pe
Are expected to be ready at any moment to put their life on the line. sirens and horns to go to the aid of a stranger, even when it means that you may put yourself in harms way, actually, in dire peril, i dont think you can pay people to do that job. There has to be something beyond money that makes them do that. The thing that sets the firefighter apart is that its he or she who, when the bell sounds, goes to do whatever is necessary to help the person who called them. No matter what we do, no matter how well we train, no matter how good our equipment is, no matter how hard we try, no matter what, the time will come when we will lose another firefighter. sirens in distance bill feehan was the father of the Fire Department, thats what we nicknamed him up in the office. And i can tell you from the five or six fire commissioners that i worked for, he was the guy that they would go to. Ask bill feehan, lets check with bill, get bill feehan in here, hell know what to do. He was the goto pe
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
Are expected to be ready at any moment to put their life on the line. sirens and horns to go to the aid of a stranger, even when it means that you may put yourself in harms way, actually, in dire peril, i dont think you can pay people to do that job. There has to be something beyond money that makes them do that. The thing that sets the firefighter apart is that its he or she who, when the bell sounds, goes to do whatever is necessary to help the person who called them. No matter what we do, no matter how well we train, no matter how good our equipment is, no matter how hard we try, no matter what, the time will come when we will lose another firefighter. sirens in distance bill feehan was the father of the Fire Department, thats what we nicknamed him up in the office. And i can tell you from the five or six fire commissioners that i worked for, he was the guy that they would go to. Ask bill feehan, lets check with bill, get bill feehan in here, hell know what to do. He was the goto pe
Are expected to be ready at any moment to put their life on the line. sirens and horns to go to the aid of a stranger, even when it means that you may put yourself in harms way, actually, in dire peril, i dont think you can pay people to do that job. There has to be something beyond money that makes them do that. The thing that sets the firefighter apart is that its he or she who, when the bell sounds, goes to do whatever is necessary to help the person who called them. No matter what we do, no matter how well we train, no matter how good our equipment is, no matter how hard we try, no matter what, the time will come when we will lose another firefighter. sirens in distance bill feehan was the father of the Fire Department, thats what we nicknamed him up in the office. And i can tell you from the five or six fire commissioners that i worked for, he was the guy that they would go to. Ask bill feehan, lets check with bill, get bill feehan in here, hell know what to do. He was the goto pe