>> I was off that morning. I was a New York City police officer.
I got called in to work.
We came directly to the rubble.
Our job was to come and do whatever we had to do,
no matter how big or how small.
This footprint was a mound of rubble about anywhere
between 15 and 20 stories high, I'd say.
And I remember the smell.
And they formed a bucket brigade from the top to the bottom,
probably 400 cops on each line.
And there was numerous lines going up and down the rubble.
I just remember the smell and the smoke,
and it was surreal, you know?