9/11: The Stories That Remain

Frank Siller taks about the importance of future generations never forgetting the tradegy of 9/11.

Artist & activist Scott LoBaido makes his return to Sid & Friends in the Morning to help Sid reflect on the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center

During his conversation on WABC's podcast, Cop Talk, Operating Engineers Local 94 President Thomas "Tom" Hart joins Cop Talk to share his firsthand experience responding to 9/11, the devastating loss of fellow workers, and the long-term health battles facing those who served at Ground Zero. Twenty-five years later, Hart explains why the fight for medical care, benefits, and recognition continues—and why we must never forget those who responded.

During his interview on WABC's Rev and The Rabbi, Salvatore J. Cassano, former Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department, shares his firsthand experience responding to the attacks on the World Trade Center. An FDNY member since 1969, Cassano served in every uniformed rank, including Chief of Department. On September 11, he was among the FDNY leaders responding to an unimaginable catastrophe. In the aftermath, he was promoted to Chief of Operations and charged with helping rebuild a department that had suffered extraordinary loss.

Retired NYPD Bomb Squad Lieutenant Mark Torrey shares his firsthand account of September 11, Ground Zero, the recovery effort, and the lives lost. Jeannie Kelly discusses the lasting health effects on 9/11 first responders and the fight to help them and their families get the benefits they deserve.

Nicole Parker, former FBI special agent, joins Sid & Friends in the Morning to help Sid preview Friday's 25-year commemoration of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, explaining that she originally joined the FBI because of the impact the attacks had on her personally.

Joe Concha shares his deeply personal memories of September 11, 2001—from walking through Manhattan as the attacks unfolded, seeing the World Trade Center burning from Fifth Avenue, and evacuating the city by ferry, to the heartbreaking story of a friend who lost her husband at Cantor Fitzgerald and was left to raise their children.

Cop Talk takes a powerful look back with retired NYPD Lieutenants Richard Clifford and Tony Giorgio, who share their firsthand experiences of September 11, 2001 and the days that followed. They recount responding to the World Trade Center, the chaos and heroism they witnessed, the loss of fellow officers, the rebuilding of emergency command centers, and the extraordinary response from law enforcement agencies across the country. They also discuss the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the evolution of 9/11 remembrance, and why educating future generations about what happened remains so important.

During The Anthony Cumia Show, Anthony takes a call from a listener who worked in Tower 1 one September 11, 2001