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we all remember september 11th , 2000

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and one . But army reserve soldiers

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since you West Iraq with the seven 73rd

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Transportation company out of new york .

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Remember it differently than most .

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Captain thomas . Sullivan lost many

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friends on that day . Where was he ? On

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the 95th floor of the south tower ,

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making the announcement that his wife

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was expecting twins . Didn't feel the

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building coming down on him . Although

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we didn't feel a slight first of warm

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air and some debris . When the first

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plane struck , Captain Sullivan started

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evacuating the floor . Had he waited

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just a few more minutes to leave the

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South tower , the second plane instruct

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the 91st floor might have trapped him

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on the 95th floor above . Others from

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the seven 73rd we're in new york that

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day . First Sergeant Vincent Mannion

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has deployed many times over the last

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23 years in the Army reserve . I've

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prepared me the training we received

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throughout the year . I can bring

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something to the table for the younger

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soldiers . That has prepared me . The

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military is prepared me in 9 11 .

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Nothing like 9 11 would ever prepare

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you for anything really firefighters .

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Sergeant Michael Kempner also helped

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during the attacks . I have three

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Children . I have 16 Children on the

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Levittown Shamrock soccer team that I

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coach and uh , for their future . You

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know , I wanted to do what I could to

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encourage the craziness that that would ,

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that would lead to something like

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September 11 in more ways than one .

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Captain Sullivan suffered the loss of

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friends . A close friend died in the

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attack . Leaving his other friends . He

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has a widow . Her life must go on . She

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had three kids to raise , one of which

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she never met . And

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uh ,

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I feel guilty . I'm sure she'd love to

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hear from me every now and then , but

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I'm also a painful reminder of that day .

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The soldiers in Kew West showed their

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respect with a solemn ceremony . They

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are here to remember the past here to

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free and Iraqi people in the present

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and here to make sure september 11th is

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never again part of America's future

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for the to 10 m pad . I'm specialist

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Tony enough .