>> john palombo: there's ten of us. e palombo brothers' dad, frank palombo, was 46 when he died-- ladder 105. in a sense, it wasn't 9/11 that made the palombo boys firefighters, it was september the 12th, and all the days that followed. >> john palombo: my dad's brothers and sisters in the firehouse, they cooked for us. they drove us places. they took us to six flags. i remember going on their shoulders and, you know, they'd take us by the arms and spin us in circles. >> pelley: the firehouse turned out for birthdays and games. >> tommy palombo: the stands were filled at the hockey games, you know. it wasn't the same, because you are missing the one person that you want there, but they do everything they can to fill it. they never will, but they did everything they could to fill it, as hard as it was for them, taking time away from their own families. >> pelley: the firehouse cooked dinner for the ten palombo's and their mother, every monday, for five years, until the family moved away. >> michael florio: i'm a firefight