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Kevin Dowdell's Boys
Kevin Dowdell, a lieutenant in an elite FDNY rescue unit, taught his sons to take action. When he disappeared on 9/11, they went to Ground Zero to search for him.
By Sally Jenkins
From the September 2026 issue.
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