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This FDNY firefighter retired 5 days before 9/11. The attacks brought him back to the job.

Name: This FDNY firefighter retired 5 days before 9/11. The attacks brought him back to the job.
Uploaded: 2021-09-10T12:55:02-0400
Duration: 5 min 30 s
Description: Billy Denis retired from the FDNY just five days before 9/11. After the twin towers came down, he rushed to ground zero and stayed through the darkest days of the recovery efforts. Twenty years later, he tells CBS News: “I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t do it.”

Billy Denis retired from the FDNY just five days before 9/11. After the twin towers came down, he rushed to ground zero and stayed through the darkest days of the recovery efforts. Twenty years later, he tells CBS News: “I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t do it.”