“the skies were vacant for seven days in my city. no planes for seven days.”
Same memory here. It was an eerie silence. Its hard to imagine how ubiquitous planes flying over is, until there aren’t any.
“A lot of guys don’t know if they’re gonna do the job (NY firefighter) any more. I know it’s either this or the Army now. And I like saving lives, I don’t like taking them. But after what I saw ... if my country decides to send me ... to go kill ... I’ll do it now.” - Tony Benetados
“I remember walking down West Streen just remembering, saying how much my brother (Lieutenant Kevin Pfeifer) and I use to love being downtown and doing this job (NY firefighter) ... and um ... and now ... how I didn’t love it any more.” - Chief Joseph Pfeifer