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I was in EMS for 22 years before retiring due to a back injury. One of my most memorable  experiences was responding to New York City as a Paramedic in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 . I will never forget that experience. What I saw and did are still with me, as is a type of asthma from breathing the dust.  My Experience as a Paramedic on 9-11-01   I still vividly remember where I was (at Sikorsky Aircraft) when it happened, responding down there as a paramedic, the sights, the smells, the people. I was at Ground Zero for the last part of my shift down there on 9/12. It was sobering to see the pile, knowing there were people in there.  As the years have gone by, we have lost first responders to 9/11 related diseases, many struggle with PTSD or other medical issues. The current generation doesn't know this as anything but history. The worst part for many of us was not being able to save people and the many days and weeks hoping against all odds that we...

On September 11, 2001, and in the days that followed, our nation came together in a spirit of unity and resolve as we struggled, with profound shock and overwhelming grief, to comprehend the single largest loss of life from a foreign attack on American soil. This morning, we stand together at the 9/11 Memorial to remember the nearly 3,000 innocent men, women, and children killed in the attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and aboard Flight 93, which crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The annual commemoration, centered on the reading of their names, will begin at 8:40 a.m. I invite you to share in this sacred day of remembrance by watching the ceremony live on our  website  and joining with others on social media in observance of the anniversary, using  #Honor911. Among those reading the names today are children of the victims, some too young to have a memory of the morning that changed their lives forever. They know all too well the imperative ...

I was in EMS for 22 years before retiring due to a back injury. One of my most memorable  experiences was responding to New York City as a Paramedic in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 . I will never forget that experience. What I saw and did are still with me, as is a type of asthma from breathing the dust.  My Experience as a Paramedic on 9-11-01   As the years have gone by, I've noticed that people are not remembering this terrible event like they did the first few years after. I know that my EMS, Fire and Police colleagues all do, as do the brave men and women of our armed forces who fight every day against terrorism. I've also noticed less being done in schools lately. Most of today's students weren't even born when 9/11 occurred. Please teach them about it (facts only please) and make sure they understand what it means. Yesterday, this photo was taken showing a rainbow leading right to the WTC site and the Freedom Tower! United We Stood, United We St...

I was in EMS for 22 years before retiring due to a back injury. One of my most memorable  experiences was responding to New York City as a Paramedic in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 . I will never forget that experience. What I saw and did are still with me, as is a type of asthma from breathing the dust.  My Experience as a Paramedic on 9-11-01   As the years have gone by, I've noticed that people are not remembering this terrible event like they did the first few years after. I know that my EMS, Fire and Police colleagues all do, as do the brave men and women of our armed forces who fight every day against terrorism. I've also noticed less being done in schools lately. Most of today's students weren't even born when 9/11 occurred. Please teach them about it (facts only please) and make sure they understand what it means. I will never forget that day, my experiences, and the EMS Brothers and Sisters lost on that day: United We Stood, United We Stand To...

I was in EMS for 22 years before retiring due to a back injury. One of my most memorable experiences was responding to New York City as a Paramedic in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 . I will never forget that experience. What I saw and did are still with me, as is a type of asthma from breathing the dust. My Experience as a Paramedic on 9-11-01   As the years have gone by, I've noticed that people are not remembering this terrible event like they did the first few years after. I know that my EMS, Fire and Police colleagues all do, as do the brave men and women of our armed forces who fight every day against terrorism. I've also noticed less being done in schools lately. Most of today's students weren't even born when 9/11 occurred. Please teach them about it (facts only please) and make sure they understand what it means. Yesterday, this photo was taken showing a rainbow leading right to the WTC site and the Freedom Tower! United We Stood, United We Stan...