captain peter ganci iii was 27 on 9/11. battalion chief chris ganci was 25.ou learn your father died? >> i ran home and i got in the door right when steve moseillo, was my dad's driver, al turi, the chief of safety, i just remember them telling my mom that he is gone. she said, gone where? like that. innocently. no, like, he is dead. and i remember the scream that she let out. i can still hear it in my ears and it pains me to hear it. the pain of the realization that he's never walking back in the door. >> pete, what kind of man was he? >> he loved being around family. but his family was also the fire department. we knew it. my mom knew it. sometimes to his dismay, but she, you know, we understood the type of person that he was and why he chose, you know, our chosen career. >> chris, you were in business and on your way to an mba. did 9/11 make you a fireman? >> absolutely. had 9/11 not happened, i would not have been a new york city firefighter. >> you've quoted your dad as telling new graduates from the fire academy, you will never, ever be rich, but you wi