9/11 Stories: Richie Alles
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Battalion Chief Richie Alles had just completed a 24 hour shift in Canarsie, Brooklyn on the morning of September 11th. It had been an exceptionally busy night. Richie was doing paper work and was in no rush to get home. His wife was at work as a nurse at Long Island Jewish Hospital and his 11 year old daughter was in school. Always a news junkie, Alles had the tv on as he worked, when the first plane hit The World Trade Center’s North Tower. The first reports were it was a small plane. Then came word, no, it was a passenger jet. Alles immediately started envisioning how he’d respond if he was assigned to a firehouse in Lower Manhattan. The plane had hit the 80th floor. The elevators wouldn’t be working. How would they get all the gear up the tower? As his mind raced through various scenarios, a second plane hit the South Tower. The FDNY announced a total recall of all firefighters.
City buses were used to rush the firefighters to Lower Manhattan. While they were on the bus, news came that the South Tower collapsed. Alles says the news was “a real smack in the head”. He remembers thinking, “ We just lost, I have no idea, how many civilians that are in the building, in the process of being evacuated, and all the firefighters and fire officers who were operating in that tower”. Alles would later learn one of his two best friends in the FDNY, 45 year old fellow Battalion Chief Eddie Geraghty, was one of those lost .
Alles says, “On that busload of maybe 50 of us, you could hear a pin drop”. The second tower collapsed 20 minutes before they arrived on the scene. “There was no time to mourn or grasp the devastation, the loss of life, because in my mind, when your training kicks in, I fully expected to be part of the largest search and rescue operation in our lifetime on American soil. We had a job
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Every single one of these stories is so important.... Helps the nation to never forget.... Thank you for taking the time & I look forward to listening & learning
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Absolutely Imperative to hear these accounts. God Bless 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾❤️❤️❤️
What a beautiful and well articulated testimony. My prayer also is that America once again will feel the unity and love for one another as we did in the days following 9/11. Thank you sir, for your service!
His recall is like it was yesterday.
Outstanding. I've just discovered this treasure trove of testimonials done on the 20th anniversary. I'll need to listen several times to absorb all the lessons Chief Alles is offering in his witness.
Mr . Alles is another example of a very thoroughly patriotic man with a heart of gold. This man is a gift to men..... truly honorable in body & soul 👍⭐⭐
What is so painfully obvious is that many people were incinerated! One police officer said his wife who had worked in a hospital morgue knew the smell of burnt bodies! She told him "...get those clothes off and get into a shower you smell of burnt bodies!" This is what happened to many of our loved ones and we have to face it! "God Bless you"
I recall one fire men said were are all the people as they dug for survivors another guy said.
“ They are all over us “ 😔
Most of the poor souls lost that day, burnt or not were pulverized, ground to bits, and dispersed in all the dust & rubble. Because of the length of time it took to sift through the pile, a lot of what was left decomposed further reducing recovery. It's heartbreaking to have lost so many people that day, its even worse for the families that didn't get any remains back.
So many medical professionals were expecting mass casualties & it seems like they never came. Everyone died, so heartbreaking. 😢
Thank you so much Richie for the work you do for others.
Thank you so much for everything you do Richie. You’re a godsend! It’s despicable that the government isn’t properly taking care of everyone and their families who were affected. The 9/11 community suffered enough, they shouldn’t have to fight the government to receive proper compensation and care and there definitely shouldn’t be a time limit either. Without a doubt you all should receive the best care possible! I appreciate all of your sacrifice and I’m so sorry for all of the suffering that the 9/11 community endured, and unfortunately, continues to endure. God bless you all! ♥️
Sickening how poorly our government has treated these heroes.
Very sad day so many people lost their lives. God Bless the Firefighters, Police and EMT and all that help during this Terrible Time in History. ❤️ 🇺🇸
I’m glad Mr Allen’ experience as part of long-term search team is included. As well as his history of serving the 9/11 community in later decades. It’s all very important part of ongoing tragedy.
One of the things thats so hard to understand is how they found wallets and firemans hats and name tags, etc but no office furniture...just concrete and steel. How can that be?
Mr. Alles...Thank you so much for sharing your 9/11 story.... All of these are so important to tell and to hear. Being in the fire department requires a unique person in the fabric of society. I am very sorry that you lost your good friend Eddie. I remember watching the news, always hopeful that a person would be found alive, and then that horrible sinking feeling as the reality kicked in as the days went by. I can’t even begin to think how much harder it would have been to be one of these searchers.... I am glad that you were able to be assigned to the firehouse, because frankly, you needed that time to replenish yourself emotionally, physically, and mentally. I hope you can square that away with yourself; running yourself beyond the “empty” robs yourself of productivity. I hope your heart is at peace🌸
Thank you for sharing your story. You are a very good man & a great American too. Thank you for all that you are doing for Americans.
God bless you Richie! Thank you for your dedication all these years and working with the law firm helping victims! These stories mean the world to so many! 🕊
I grew up in RVC and knew Mike Norwood very well when working. These are great guys.
Thank you for sharing your story and for your service. At 21:59 you note that one can never recover from PTSD. In fact there are evidence-based treatments now and more therapists are trained in them. EMDR in particular has helped many resolve trauma.
If you knew, you'd know.
I think some people can resolve PTSD. I doubt it's universally resolvable.
I'm almost certainly never going to be all fixed, but I can control my symptoms better if I work hard.
Absolute nonsense as is emdr
Quackery
@@nowirehangers2815no it’s not it’s helped many people.
No, not everyone can.
Mr. Alles. 1st, thank you for your service sir.
I can't imagine what all the recovery personnel saw. One thing I do remember, is the respect shown when a person was found. I'm from Kansas & I wanted to come & help. Anything, I didn't care. My country was attacked & wanted to support New York City any way I could.
20 years later & I need to go to NYC to see the memorial.
Indeed I’m still moved to tears hearing how the first responders were honored when their remains were found and transported…
YOU ARE A HERO, RICHIE💛💛💛
I was 24 at the time of 9/11. Living in CT. I had just seen Michael Jackson in concert at Madison Square Garden took the train into the city and returned back home at 3am 9/11. It was so surreal watching it on television and then driving around seeing highway signs saying closed NYC closed I-95 was shut down. But I did not grasp the horror of the situation I did but at the same time I didn’t it seemed so unreal like a movie. I have immersed myself now in listening to these stories and learning things I was not aware of at the time and not understanding the magnitude of survivors now having cancer or a kid in school in lower Manhattan who has cancer now. I do remember on the news they asked if people wanted to go down to ground zero and help search I wanted to go but I was working. I did go to the city in these parks where there were posters of people families looking for their loved ones. It was heartbreaking. I appreciate being able to listen to these stories and honor those who lost their lives civilians and first responders. I was not aware that people were told to go back to their office after the first plane hit in the south tower
It's egregious that the victims of 9/11, fighting for their lives day-to-day have to beg for aid.
A t least there's a bulldog on their side.
This country lied to these folks about the air quality. Then finally saying the air was contaminated but not a problem for 15-20 yes. They are all walking time bombs.
These folks shouldn't have to beg for help.
Thank you for the work that you’re doing! It’s helping a lot of people!!
God bless you, thank for sharing 🙏 ❤
Goon on you you doing a good job 👍
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Cowards!
Most likely the conspiracy theorists.
Remember karma knows their address......
Also bots.
@@sonnygL7 good point and i'm glad you made it because the downlikes or whatever can be somewhat unusual/disheartening to see. So, thank you🙂
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