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EMERGENCY PERSONELL
CONCERNING 9/11
OK, in a nutshell, I combined these statements for a very
important reason - while I was reading through them I
started coming across weird double dashes in sentences,
looking closer I started seeing that where they were put
between words some of the sentences before & after
didn't tie into each other.......
I'll let you judge for yourself - am I right & stuff WAS cut
out, or am I seeing things?
T r a n s c r i b e d b y L a u r i e A. Collins
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commercial plane.
w i t h P e t e , my d r i v e r . He h a s a l l my g e a r a n d
along a l s o . He s a i d a b s o l u t e l y .
I went down i n t o t h e g a r a g e f i r s t t o
g e t i n t o t h e c a r a n d g e t i t r e a d y f o r them, a n d a
c o u p l e m i n u t e s l a t e r t h e y came down a n d t h e y g o t
i n t h e c a r w i t h me.
Q. A l l f o u r o f them?
back.
We e x i t t h e g a r a g e . We go o v e r t h e
c l e a r s h o t o v e r t h e B r o o k l y n B r i d g e w i t h no
i n t e r f e r e n c e of t r a f f i c .
were d r i v i n g o v e r t h e b r i d g e ?
d r i v i n g k i n d o f f a s t , my e y e s were g l u e d t o t h e
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and puts his fire coat on. There was a fire coat
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Q. So you s a i d you t o l d t h e p e o p l e .
A. People. T h e r e were p e o p l e a l l o v e r t h e
place. P e o p l e were i n a p o s i t i o n t h e y j u s t
second p l a n e h i t s .
second p l a n e h i t .
A. R i g h t on Broadway when t h e s e c o n d p l a n e
hit. S h i t and d e b r i s f l y i n g a l l o v e r t h e p l a c e ,
awning i n f r o n t o f a s t o r e .
Q. You're by yourself?
Dey Street.
plane hit?
A. Yes.
Q. Okay.
anything.
so we took him.
it's going.
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also.
Q. Onfoot?
A. On foot.
Church or east?
Church.
UP.
protection.
you think?
A. Yes.
literally.
the seaport.
Q. Okay.
Q. Okay.
walk.
Q. Yeah.
Q. Yeah, sure.
fucking Manhattan.
Q. Onfoot?
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A. On foot.
borough.
Q. Sure.
over.
Bridge?
blue sky.
Q. Okay.
okay.
I believe
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feel like it, you can talk if you like or
whatever."
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I'm just sitting there. Then there was
while. "
Q. Right.
do was go home.
Q. Sure.
Q. Sure.
them.
Q. Okay.
command c e n t e r .
Q. Right.
A. I m i g h t h a v e come i n t h e o t h e r way a n d
so fast.
Q. He made i t t h e r e on f o o t . He made i t
t o West S t r e e t , a n d h e was on t h e w e s t s i d e o f
b e f o r e he g o t t h e r e . He was h u r t a f t e r h e g o t t o
t h e w e s t s i d e o f West S t r e e t .
A. All right.
Again, I s a i d I t h i n k I drove t o o f a s t .
needle, life-saving s y r i n g e h e r e t h a t I h a d t o go
s o f a s t t h a t we h a d t o g e t i t t h e r e . I was
most h o r r e n d o u s t h i n g s t h a t h e would e v e r s e e --
h a d s e e n i n h i s c a r e e r o r would e v e r s e e , h a d h e
there?"
Q. Right.
car.
know, is it guilt or is it --
guilt.
knocked them u n c o n s c i o u s a n d t h e n w h a t e v e r
going.
I -- s h o u l d i t b e a l o t e a s i e r i f I was f u c k i n g
d e a d t h a n t o go t h r o u g h l i f e d a y i n a n d d a y o u t
Q. Why by a n a c t o f f a t e d i d I s u r v i v e a n d
a n o t h e r guy i s d e a d .
A. Right. Oh, y e a h .
Q. P e o p l e a r e s o r a c k e d by t h a t .
A. L i t t l e t h i n g s t o o t o make a p e r s o n n o t
b e c a u g h t up i n t h a t c o l l a p s e , l i k e C h i e f Ganci
g i v i n g Nigro an o r d e r , "Go c h e c k t h e s i d e o f t h e
i s dead.
My b o s s , w i t h t h r e e o f h i s c l o s e
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there.
Q. In Manhattan?
buildings, skyscrapers.
It didn't topple.
Q. From above?
goes instantly.
Trade Center.
engineer.
building.
Q. Sure.
Q. Right.
away."
Truck, 9 Engine.
Q. Yeah.
everything; right?
t h a t day.
Q. I appreciate that.
I was o f h e l p .
r e c o l l e c t i o n s a r e unique, a n d we a p p r e c i a t e t h e
f a c t t h a t you s h a r e d y o u r s w i t h u s .
A. Do you h a v e a n y s p e c i f i c q u e s t i o n s you
want t o a s k l i k e -- I n e v e r made i t t o 10 a n d 1 0 .
Q. Sure.
A. T h a t ' s number o n e , h a d I g o t t e n t h e r e .
Had I b e e n a l i t t l e f a s t e r , I p r o b a b l y would h a v e
A l l t h e s e q u e s t i o n s you r u n t h r o u g h
y o u r mind. I ' m t h a n k f u l t o be a l i v e . I do t h i n k
my c a r e e r w i t h t h e F i r e Department i s o v e r , a f t e r
3 1 y e a r s a n d l o s i n g a b o s s o f 11 y e a r s a n d my
company b e i n g b u r i e d , a g a i n , a n d me coming c l o s e
t h i n k I want t o s p e n d some t i m e w i t h t h e w i f e a n d
t h e f a m i l y and t h e g r a n d c h i l d r e n .
Q. Sure.
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their side.
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anymore.
it.
Q. Yeah.
A. My whole story.
or something.
Castorina.
title.
Deputy Chief.
A. Yes.
Broadway t o g e t t o t h e Duane S t r e e t f i r e h o u s e t o g e t
h i s gear.
Q. Who i s y o u r b r o t h e r ?
A. William.
Q. William Blaich?
A. I worked t o t h e w e s t s i d e w i t h t h e p e o p l e
f r o m S t a t e n I s l a n d who h a d v o l u n t e e r e d . We s t o p p e d f o r
a few m i n u t e s . T h e r e was a t r a f f i c s u p e r v i s o r t h a t
k i n d o f d i r e c t e d u s t h r o u g h t h e subway a t W h i t e h a l l
S t r e e t t o s e e i f we c o u l d work o u r way up n o r t h t h a t
d e c i d e d t o p r o c e e d t o t h e w e s t away f r o m i n t h e d u s t
the Battery.
I n t h a t r o u t e , we bumped i n t o -- the f i r s t
B a t t e r y Park P l a z a t h e r e , t h a t s t r e e t j u s t n o r t h of t h e
Battery.
I went on b o a r d t h a t v e h i c l e a n d r e c e i v e d a
point.
numerous f i r e s b u r n i n g t h r o u g h t h e p i l e . We were
t e n t a t i v e l y d i r e c t i n g t h e volunteers t o s t a r t fanning
o u t on t o p o f t h e p i l e t o s e e i f we c o u l d make a n y s p o t
A t t h e same t i m e we were i n f o r m e d t h a t t h e r e
was no w a t e r i n t h e h y d r a n t s y s t e m a n d what e n g i n e
End S t r e e t , were r e p o r t i n g t h e y h a d no w a t e r .
t h e y c o u l d s e e i n t h e p i l e a n d we h a d t o f o r c e them
b r i n g i n g o u t dead b o d i e s . We were t r y i n g t o f i n d l i v e
bodies. We were g e t t i n g r e p o r t s , t o t h e b e s t o f my
m i s s i n g a n d t h e y were d i g g i n g t h e m s e l v e s o u t f r o m Cedar
S t r e e t , which i s t h a t s t r e e t j u s t s o u t h o f t h e h o t e l .
And I k e p t h e a r i n g 65 E n g i n e , b u t I ' m n o t
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I was informed that we had gotten word that people had
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boat.
came back and that just sort of flip flopped back and
to work on that.
that.
particular questions.
lanes.
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to die.
of Albany.
down."
the boat.
fire.
jumping.
up.
get out.
voice.
A. South tower.
Q. South tower.
go to EMS?
I was one of the guys that took the run-in being off
duty.
that day.
happening.
we were going into the tunnel, one of the kids that was
his name, but there's a big article. The guys know his
that, you know, just another story out there of how you
there, the guys had all their tanks on. I didn't have
because they weren't even near me, the second one came
block I ran.
alive from one of the guys from 202 that was actually
next day.
Ladder 22.
would say, a minute after the second plane had hit the
So we could see what was going on, the two towers, both
building.
garage.
Q. On West Street?
I remember they had the command post set up. They were
us.
guys.
on.
all the guys coming in from home, all the guys from the
building.
back in there.
A. No.
September 11.
normally just like any other day. The men had gotten
Highway and on our way down there you could see both
immediate surroundings.
companies. We found the line and made our way out the
building and back down under some steps and coming out,
faces.
point.
A. No.
building.
A. No.
11th, 2001.
time.
our assignment.
them a joke.
little air.
and wait for EMS to help her out. She just got
transmissions.
basically evacuated.
time anyway.
on fire.
eyes, everything.
A. Sure.
Chief Hayden.
A. Right.
already.
to?
A. No.
numbers?
job, basically.
Q. Okay.
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listen.
Q. That's fine.
A. Right.
A. No.
collapsed.
wanted to tell.
Q. There's no rush.
out.
Q. Okay.