Niels Jorgensen is a former New York firefighter for over 21 years, who was there at Ground Zero on September 11th, 2001. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(08:52) – September 11, 2001

(36:48) – Falling man

(40:58) – Ground Zero

(47:17) – 20 for 20

(50:27) – What it means to be a great firefighter

(53:11) – Why did you become a firefighter?

(55:00) – Tally Ho

(57:46) – New view of the world

(1:05:16) – Empathy

(1:09:49) – Leukemia

(1:25:18) – New York City

(1:31:28) – John Feal

(1:44:57) – Conspiracy theories

(1:53:45) – Faith

(1:55:44) – Modern communication

(2:00:11) – Hand written letters

(2:14:02) – Love

(2:25:45) – War in Afghanistan

(2:37:24) – Brave stories from 9/11