on 9/11, one man saved 12 lives and lost his own. now an award inspired by his actions has been presented to its first recipient. that true american hero minneapolis firefighter jake laferrier joins us live today. thanks for being with us here. tell us your story. you went through about a month of rehabilitation, you had about 12 surgeries. what happened that day? yes, back in july 2010 i was involved, me and my crew on a back draft like you see in the movie back draft a house explosion where the house blew up on us, pretty much dove from the third floor of this burning building, landed in a burn unit, sustained third and fourth degree burns to my hands, second degree to my body. i was inpatient for about a month and a half and in that time i saw two little guys, a
families, and that event is open to the public as well. the pope s arrival say hot ticket for the faithful. scalpers on craigslist asking for $3,000 for a spot to watch the pope ride through central park on friday, and we ll have it all here on the fox news channel. thanks, guys. all right, peter, thank you very much. peter will be helping with our coverage. coming up, on september the 11th, 2001, one man saved 12 lives but lost his own. an award inspired by his actions has been presented to its first recipient. meet that man, a true american hero, next. but first on this date in 1988, bobby mcferrin was singing to all of us about putting a smile on our face. don t worry be happy every life we have some trouble