7:15 AM September 11th, 2001.
Squad 55 pulled up and into the station and the team of weary firefighters stumbled out. I got out 2nd after Alex, covered with soot smudges. I threw my stuff off and hung it up, cracking my neck. Looking at the new shift wandering in, I looked at Alex. " I am getting in the shower, then I am going home and sleeping for 5 days." Alex looked at me and laughed and Jimmy spun me. Looking up at Jimmy. "No! I am going out for beers tonight! We all need sleep!"
Jimmy laughed let me go, shaking his head. "Sleep, what is that? Come on, Haggerty's at 11, when the PD gets out. We can harass your brother some more!" His eyes told me he enjoyed that. Shaking my head I looked at Alex.
"I'll be there. And you know why." She looked away moving upstairs to shower.
"Yeah I do! Because I owe you a few beers! Son of a..." I walked towards the showers and shrugged. I stepped into the hot shower, letting out a loud moan. The feeling of the water cleansing me, and the soot and grime being washed off me felt so good.
After cleaning myself I got out, getting dressed, looking at the clock. "8:10.. I got time to get some food and get home by 8:30.. thank god.."
I looked at Alex as we headed out, bags ready. I was almost to my car. "Care for some..." I was cut off by the alarm.
"All available Precincts report to World Trade Center. Confirmed Plane Collision. Please respond!"
Alex and I looked at each other and frowned. We knew what we had to do. We ran downstairs and got our gear on and ran for the truck. Looking at us as we drove off towards the WTC, we had about 7 guys hanging off the truck. Our shift was over, but we knew the manpower they would need for a building of that magnitude.
Squad 55 pulled up and into the station and the team of weary firefighters stumbled out. I got out 2nd after Alex, covered with soot smudges. I threw my stuff off and hung it up, cracking my neck. Looking at the new shift wandering in, I looked at Alex. " I am getting in the shower, then I am going home and sleeping for 5 days." Alex looked at me and laughed and Jimmy spun me. Looking up at Jimmy. "No! I am going out for beers tonight! We all need sleep!"
Jimmy laughed let me go, shaking his head. "Sleep, what is that? Come on, Haggerty's at 11, when the PD gets out. We can harass your brother some more!" His eyes told me he enjoyed that. Shaking my head I looked at Alex.
"I'll be there. And you know why." She looked away moving upstairs to shower.
"Yeah I do! Because I owe you a few beers! Son of a..." I walked towards the showers and shrugged. I stepped into the hot shower, letting out a loud moan. The feeling of the water cleansing me, and the soot and grime being washed off me felt so good.
After cleaning myself I got out, getting dressed, looking at the clock. "8:10.. I got time to get some food and get home by 8:30.. thank god.."
I looked at Alex as we headed out, bags ready. I was almost to my car. "Care for some..." I was cut off by the alarm.
"All available Precincts report to World Trade Center. Confirmed Plane Collision. Please respond!"
Alex and I looked at each other and frowned. We knew what we had to do. We ran downstairs and got our gear on and ran for the truck. Looking at us as we drove off towards the WTC, we had about 7 guys hanging off the truck. Our shift was over, but we knew the manpower they would need for a building of that magnitude.