everyone thought mychal judge was their best friend.nificant things in their life and he would write a little note-— just one or two lines. of course, they'd write him back. so, he had a big black satchel filled with letters to answer. he would say to me once and a while, "michael duffy," he always called me by my full name, "michael duffy, you know what i need?" and i would get excited because it was hard to buy him a present or anything. i said, "no, what?" "you know what i really need?" "no, what mike?" "absolutely nothing. i don't need a thing in the world. i am the happiest man on the face of the earth. why am i so blessed? i don't deserve it.” mychal judge's body was the first one released from ground zero. his death certificate has the number one on the top. of the thousands of people who perished in that terrible holocaust, why was mychal judge number one? and i think i know the reason. mychal's goal and purpose in life was to bring the firemen to the point of death so they would be ready to meet their maker. mychal judge could

cassano ran into the department chaplin, mychal judge. >> cassano: and i just told him, "father, we'reu're going to need a lot more chaplains here." >> hayden: you know, the more and more firefighters, they kept coming in, they took their assignments with no question. pretty tough to do. >> pelley: but it's also hard to give them those assignments. >> hayden: it was, it was, but i could tell that, when i gave the assignments out-- i could see the look in their eyes. i remember seeing firefighters hugging each other, and heading up. >> pelley: how many firefighters did you see that day refuse to go up the stairs? >> pfeifer: nobody refused to go in. >> stay together. let me know what's going on. >> pfeifer: i could remember one lieutenant from engine 33 coming up to me and not saying a word. and we stood there, wondering if we were both going to be okay. and that lieutenant was my brother kevin. and then i told him what i told many of the other fire officers: i said, "go up to the 70th floor." >> pelley: 70, they hoped, could be a staging area in the north tower. in less than half an ho

judge >> mychal f.as edward jurgens >> shashikiran lakshmikantha kadaba >> gavkharoy kamardinova >> shari kandell and my cousin brian christopher hickey, fdny battalion chief who rescued four souls. very brave, so very missed, so very loved by so many. always. >> and my father louis. to my daddy and all of those that would last 20 years ago today, your loss has left us all with a heartache that nothing will ever feel. notice. our love for you and memories of you and with you are something no one and nothing, no evil, will ever steal god bless america. [applause] >> howard lee kane. >> jennifer lynn kane. >> vincent d. kane. >> joon koo kang. >> sheldon robert kanter. >> deborah h. kaplan. >> robin lynne kaplan. >> alvin peter kappelmann, jr. >> charles h. karczewski. >> william a. karnes. >> douglas gene karpiloff. >> charles l. kasper. >> andrew k. kates. >> john a. katsimatides. >> robert michael kaulfers. >> don jerome kauth, jr. >> hideya kawauchi. >> edward t. keane. >> richard m. keane. >> lisa yv