I Have Been Going To The Fu-nerals of firefighters killed in the line of duty for almost four decades. I learned early that among "first re-sponders," tears are as certain as eulogies. And even as the towers fell, as the steel bent and the concrete shattered, I realized that so many people I know would have to come to grips with the sadness, anger and the despair that would follow. We all replay those images. As Joe Pfeifer, the first arriving fire chief on the scene that morning, said, "Seeing those towers fall on television always brings me back to that day, remembering how the street turned to darkness, and in that darkness I see Kevin's face, and the faces of so many firefighters." His brother, Lt. Kevin Pfeifer, reported to him in the lobby of the North Tower, and the chief sent his brother up the stairs to "do what you can." Kevin and Engine 33's crew of five firefighters were never seen again.
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