#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11

Niels Jorgensen is a former New York firefighter for over 21 years, who was there at Ground Zero on September 11th, 2001. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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Niels's 20 for 20 Podcast: https://ironlightlabs.org/20-for-20/

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OUTLINE:

Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

(00:00) - Introduction

(08:52) - September 11, 2001

(36:48) - Falling man

(40:58) - Ground Zero

(47:17) - 20 for 20

(50:27) - What it means to be a great firefighter

(53:11) - Why did you become a firefighter?

(55:00) - Tally Ho

(57:46) - New view of the world

(1:05:16) - Empathy

(1:09:49) - Leukemia

(1:25:18) - New York City

(1:31:28) - John Feal

(1:44:57) - Conspiracy theories

(1:53:45) - Faith

(1:55:44) - Modern communication

(2:00:11) - Hand written letters

(2:14:02) - Love

(2:25:45) - War in Afghanistan

(2:37:24) - Brave stories from 9/11