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25 Years of Stories: A Look Back at 2001

The Moth

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The Firemen of New York City Worked Together

"We were climbing up steel girders. We were just digging and moving stuff with our hands," he says. "The only thing I could think was I'm giving these families some closure, because that's the only thing that kept me going at that point" He adds: "I started to pay a little more attention to my friends and appreciate my life."

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