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#45: Inside the North Tower on 9/11 | Chief Joseph Pfeifer
Michael speaks with FDNY Chief Joseph Pfeifer, who led the first fire units into the North Tower on 9/11 and later gave the order to evacuate the towers. Chief Pfeifer later served as the FDNY Chief of Counterterrorism and Emergency preparedness, is a Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School, and wrote Ordinary Heroes, which examines what 9/11 taught him about crisis leadership, resilience, and the ordinary acts of heroism. They discuss:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:36) Racing to the North Tower
(09:20) Seeing His Brother in the Lobby
(12:10) The Second Plane Hits
(14:40) The South Tower Falls…
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