cassano ran into the department chaplain, mychal judge. >> and i just told him, father, we're going toe in for a bad day. you're going to need a lot more chaplains here. >> more and more firefighters kept coming in, and they took their assignments with no question. yeah. pretty tough day, though. >> but it's also hard to give them those assignments. >> it was. yeah. it was. but, you know, i could tell when i gave the assignments out, i could see the look in their ees. i remember seeing firefighters hugging each other and heading up. >> how many firefighters did you see that day refuse to go up the stairs? >> nobody refused to go in. >> stay together. >> let me know what's going on. >> i can 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. >> 70, they hoped, could be a staging area in the north tower. in less than half an hour, the fdny had rescue operations

. >> mychal f judge. >> paul william jurgens. >> thomas edward jurgens. >> shashi kiran lakshmikanthaadaba. >> gavkharoy mukhometovna kamardinova. >> shari kandell. >> and, my uncle. uncle john, while i do not remember the nine months i had with you, your accomplishments in personality have always been a constant in my life. >> >> [ silence ] >> when i see boy scouts, marines or firefighters, my thoughts go to you and your life subsurface. when i see acts of kindness, determination and loyalty, i think of you and everything my father and aunts have told me about your dedication to our family. i have grown in the light of your memory and it has made me a better person. i hope you -- i say a prayer for you as well as the the victims and their families. may you and every victim of this tragic day always be honored and remembered. >> and, my brother. today is your daughter's first day of graduate school. please give her your blessing. and, my husband, i love you and miss you. you will be happy to know that i am married now to a wonderful man who was a volunteer firefighter in our town, ta