orio palmer ran marathons as a hobby. >> palmer: battalion 7, ladder 1-5. >> pelley: "battalion 7" isteam of firefighters, a few floors below. >> joe leavey: what do you got up there, chief? >> palmer: i'm still in "boy" stairway 74th floor. no smoke or fire problems, the walls are breached, so be careful. >> pelley: this is ladder 15's lieutenant, joe leavey. >> leavey: all right, we're on 71, we're coming up behind you. >> palmer: i found a marshal on 75. >> pelley: palmer found fire marshal, ron bucca, on the 75th floor, evacuating civilians. >> palmer: battalion 7, ladder 1-5. >> leavey: 1-5. >> palmer: i'm going to need two of your firefighters, "adam" stairway, to knock down two fires. we have a house line stretched, we could use some water on it. knock it down, k. >> pelley: palmer had discovered the only intact stairway to the top of the south tower. unlike the north tower, the second plane had missed stairway a. >> leavey: we're on 77 now, in the b stair. i'll be right to you. >> pelley: if palmer could clear this stairwell, 619 souls would have a way out. he was five floors

palazzolo orio joseph palmer frank anthony palombo alan n.topher matthew panatier dominique lisa pandolfo jonas martin panik paul j. pansini john m. paolillo edward joseph papa salvatore t. papasso james nicholas pappageorge marie pappalardo vinod kumar parakat vijayashanker paramsothy nitin ramesh parandkar >> and my uncle isla hydro. even though your nieces did not meet you, we still feel like you are here with us. we cherish you in our hearts forever and we love you. you are missed by mama, papa, your brothers, and the whole family. we love you. >> and my father glenn davis kerwin. we love you, we miss you, you inspire me to wear the uniform every day. carry-on. [applause] ♪ hardai parbhu james wendell parham debra marie paris george paris gye hyong park philip lacey parker michael alaine parkes robert e. parks, jr. hashmukh c. parmar robert parro diane marie parsons leobardo lopez pascual michael j. pascuma, jr. jerrold hughes paskins horace robert passananti suzanne h. passaro avnish ramanbhai patel dipti patel manish patel steven bennet

palazzolo >> orio joseph palmer >> frank anthony palombo >> alan n.> dominique lisa pandolfo >> jonas martin panik >> paul j. pansini >> john m. paolillo >> edward joseph papa >> salvatore t. papasso >> james nicholas pappageorge >> marie pappalardo >> vinod kumar parakat >> vijayashanker paramsothy >> nitin ramesh parandkar >> and my uncle alejandra cordero. even though your three nieces did not meet you, we still feel like you are here with us. we cherish you in our hearts forever and we love you. you are messed -- missed. we love you. >> my father. glenn david kerwin. we love you, we miss you, you inspired me to wear the uniform every day. carry-on. [applause] >> hardai parbhu >> james wendell parham >> debra marie paris >> george paris >> gye hyong park >> philip lacey parker >> michael alaine parkes >> robert e. parks, jr. >> hashmukh c. parmar >> robert parro >> diane marie parsons >> leobardo lopez pascual >> michael j. pascuma, jr. >> jerrold hughes paskins >> horace robert passananti >> suzanne h. passaro >> avnish ramanbhai patel >> dipti pa