I've got to get that book. I can't even imagine the horror they must have felt. What is so stunning is the number of people who showed such compassion and gentle love for their fellow man. It gives you hope.
On Sept. 11, Picciotto was on duty at his firehouse on West 110th Street in Manhattan just after 8:50 a.m. when he saw on television "what everyone saw. The North Tower of the World Trade Center smoking like crazy. Pandemonium at ground level." he writes. "All I was thinking was rescue." Amazing.
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On the way down, he and his team found about 60 people sitting quietly in offices. Some were in wheelchairs, others were on crutches, and some used walkers or canes. Co-workers had stayed behind to help them.
"It was the one time that morning I nearly cried," Picciotto writes, touched by "these shows of extreme human kindness." He directed his team members to help the workers escape.
Makes one proud.