. >> reporter: dave tarantino. >> turns out to be dave tarantino.ling in and leg presses it with all this stuff melting down on top of us. it was the most incredible feat of bravery i ever saw. he lifted it up enough that i could move my chair back and so then i kind of lunged over the arm of the chair. and dave finally drops the stuff and he comes scrambling out, too. >> and just as we came out into here that whole area kind of collapsed behind us. and we weren't able to go back in there and search for anyone else. >> reporter: bob dolan, who had been thomas' roommate at the naval academy, was still in there. he was killed at his post in the pentagon. >> reporter: saved your life. >> unquestionably. i was a dead guy sitting there and there was nothing i could do about it until they came in and took care of me. >> reporter: david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >> pelley: the pentagon was repaired in less than a year and today right at the impact point there stands a chapel open to all faiths and holding daily meetings for christians, jews, and musl

he found this whole where these two navy officers, one of whom was dave tarantino, had just dug underneath a huge flame. if i'm getting this wrong, you can correct me. just trying to go in and rescue people. so some other people go in, a three-star general was there and he said to craig pal, you need to stay in charge out here because we need somebody with a military mindset you can just keep things under control out of the fire he says i've got to get inside. he goes inside. smoke is about, about one foot above the floor. and he thinks what he needs to do is stand inside this hall holding up his hitting like this while other people are trying to pull people out. is pressing on a wire cage, electrical wires are hitting the wire cage and shocking him. he is completely in the middle of this thick black smoke and all he can see, he feels like he's in a towering inferno. overhead his strength is finally about to give. he pushes up against the wire cage as hard as he could. flames are the king his face. his body was screaming in pain and occasional starting to droop and grumble. he looked out,

as a matter of fact, commander dave commander tarantino, the character in the book is standing over here. if you step forward, and this is what he was wearing when he crawled through that hole to give you an idea. [applause] we have mike reagan sitting here in the senate from fairfax sheraton probably doesn't want me pointing him out. [applause] other members of the fire and brinkley who i talk too long ago and were very helpful from virginia task force urban search and rescue team. the stories these people told me what absolutely flamed me. i was like, how are these people not on "good morning america" every day? how are these people not on the nightly news and even though new york is so tragic, it was theirs tories. and when you read the book, you're going to read the stories. we have the fbi agents. i don't much forget we have jen hill, fbi photographer in the back. joan collins, an agent who helped with evidence collection and probably a bunch more people from arlington who are firefighters and some retired firefighters as well. not going to meet everyone, but i hope you get a chance