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9/11: 25 Years Later (Replay) - Ground Zero Firsthand. “From Blue Sky Into Armageddon.” FDNY (Ret) R
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53:43Now PlayingTwenty-five years after 9/11, retired FDNY firefighter Rich Naviasky joins Paul Rieckhoff for a raw, brother-to-brother conversation about walking from a blue-sky Tuesday morning into Armageddon — and everything that came after. Rich takes us onto the commandeered MTA bus loaded with tools, into the pile with the surviving guys from Rescue 4, and into the pit that March when recoveries surged. He opens up about the 2007 Deutsche Bank fire, the autoimmune disease that dropped his platelet count to 19,000 while the FDNY refused to call it line of duty, the Halloween 2017 bike path attack he responded to on duty, and the mental health toll every August still brings. He closes on guitar with a song for his wife and kids. This is ground truth about 9/11, first responder health, and why the fight isn't over.
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