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>> I was off that morning.
I was a New York City police officer.

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I got called in to work.

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We came directly to the rubble.

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Our job was to come and do
whatever we had to do,

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no matter how big or how small.

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This footprint was a mound
of rubble about anywhere

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between 15
and 20 stories high, I'd say.

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And I remember the smell.

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And they formed a bucket brigade
from the top to the bottom,

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probably 400 cops on each line.

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And there was numerous lines
going up and down the rubble.

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I just remember the smell and the smoke,

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and it was surreal, you know?