How many port authority died in 9 11

These are their stories. We drove through civilian-directed traffic into Manhattan because police officers and firefighters already were running toward danger at the World Trade Center site. Officers set up perimeters and saved as many dust-covered people as they could around the area that would come to have different names: Epicenter, Ground Zero, The Pile and, eventually, hallowed ground. We choked on thick, black smoke that kept us from being able to see the men we were rescuing, even as we were chest-to-chest with them.

Two officers, Port Authority Police Sgt. Will's wife was seven months pregnant. They were injured, stuck and in pain. Our team crawled over and through hot steel beams. We scraped at the rubble with hand tools and knives to free our brothers while dozens formed bucket brigades to carry away and sort through rubble and remains.

Choking and dry heaving from the heat and smoke, we dug with our bare hands. Upon arriving, Perry helped a woman who had fainted, and then quickly ran into the South Tower right before it collapsed. Bucca's body was found in the rubble of the south tower. He must have placed his turnout coat protectively around several civilians, for it was later found still wrapped around them.

Karnes and Thomas rushed to the scene of the WTC shortly after the attack to help find any survivors. They didn't know each other prior to arriving, but they are both credited with finding and helping to save two Port Authority police officers, trapped 20 feet below the rubble.

More than dogs were used in the city's rescue and recovery operation to search for survivors and find human remains. These dogs, like the many who helped in the recovery effort, were exposed to the physical hazards of Ground Zero, including sharp debris and unhealthy air.

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Topics Firefighter Heroes. Email Print Comment. Pinned 50 feet below ground by tons of debris, Jimeno struggled to stay alive. Three teammates were next to him and his sergeant, John McLoughlin. Jimeno witnessed one after another die from their injuries until only he and McLoughlin were left. They kept talking to keep each other alert, in between pleading for help aloud and on their police radio.

I was exhausted. I just wanted it to end. After 13 hours, Jimeno heard the voices of two Marines who would eventually rescue him and McLoughlin. I see the sky. I cried because I felt like we failed. His hands had swollen to three times normal size, he was suffering from compartment syndrome and had undergone multiple surgeries. One great wish from his time in the rubble did come true: He was able to attend the birth of his second daughter, Olivia, who arrived on his birthday that November.

But he also harbored sadness and anger. Then during an argument with his wife, Allison, he picked up a shoe. He had never done anything violent to a woman before, Jimeno says, but at that moment he wanted to throw the shoe at her. You know, my friends were dead. So many people lost their loved ones.

Why am I alive? There were days when he thought about taking his own life, he said. Jimeno started seeing a department therapist and also met with a psychologist through his union. You learn. You have to learn how to live with it.