VOICES OF HISTORY PRESENTS - 9/11 Remembered, Battalion Fire Chief Steve Grabher, FDNY

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  • @VoicesofHistory
    @VoicesofHistory  10 місяців тому +5

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  • @Purplehue63
    @Purplehue63 12 днів тому +1

    Thank you for sharing your story Chief. ❤ thank you for your service ❤

  • @Knate1104
    @Knate1104 2 місяці тому +17

    Chief, I was a 15 year old kid who wanted to be a fireman more than anything else when 9/11 happened. Seeing you, your men, and the entire FDNY’s courage that day is still something I draw upon to this day, almost 23 years later, as a fireman myself. We will never forget you. And we don’t let our probies forget, many of whom weren’t even born yet. Take care and God Bless.

  • @mobucks555
    @mobucks555 10 місяців тому +35

    My high school girlfriend watched all the flashing lights trying to get across the bridges from New Jersey. She saw everything after the planes hit from a pier in Staten Island. All the responders are heroes not even a second was wasted.

  • @Stax-ht9md
    @Stax-ht9md 10 місяців тому +15

    It is encouraging to know we have great Americans like Fire Chief Grabher, and those that wear the uniforms of heroes. The uniforms that run toward danger, not away from it. God bless you Chief.

  • @commonsense9494
    @commonsense9494 10 місяців тому +19

    As a retired NYPD detective I try to avoid anything related to 9-11 story or any article pertaining to that date .I have been to the site only once with the Mt sinai group therapy officers and we fully medicated ourselves with extra XanaX and Klonopin and I could never go back there again I spent months at the Fresh kills landfill watching conveyer belts and picking up bones and anything relevant to the that day.till this day I cannot see a supermarket conveyer belt..baggage claim area in an airport due to the 9 months of and off 2 to 3 times a week 12 hours tours of being assigned there I Thank u sir for your service as an American citizen and as an FDNY responder..FIDELIS AD MORTEM...Amen!

    • @VoicesofHistory
      @VoicesofHistory  10 місяців тому +11

      God bless you sir and thank you for the courage to watch this interview and thank you for your years of service with the NYPD. If you would ever like to sit down and talk with me on your terms I would be honored.

    • @randymorgan8375
      @randymorgan8375 10 місяців тому +4

      I wish you a wonderful life now!! Thank you for your service.. Big hugs..

    • @QDADOG
      @QDADOG 5 місяців тому +4

      PTSD is such an ugly beast. You ALREADY lived through it, though. The memories are horrifying and painful. They also cannot hurt you. You have survived the thing that you want to forget. I hope you can one day feel safe again. ❤

  • @lmfao7558
    @lmfao7558 Місяць тому +2

    I like this gentleman’s story - he tells an honest human story. I appreciate his efforts.

  • @nadineperez7427
    @nadineperez7427 10 місяців тому +9

    I’m so glad that he was able to share his story and that you aired it so the rest of us could hear it. When he said that he wishes he could just go to the firehouse kitchen and talk to the guys there it just tugged at my heart. I hope that he is doing well now and has found another purpose for his days.

  • @valkirie19
    @valkirie19 10 місяців тому +9

    Thank you for your service Steve! I heard you say it didn't feel productive because you were running for your lives. Believe me brother, it was productive! I remember days on deployment when I felt the same way, until I looked around at the guys there with me. Everyone being there with me made it productive! You, and every fire fighter, and first responder, every person that lost their life, or survived made it productive. I thank you brother, your life story makes me feel great about serving until retirement in the Army. I hope we got justice for you, and everyone lost or effected by 9/11. I love you guys brother. Take care! ✌🏾❤️

    • @VoicesofHistory
      @VoicesofHistory  10 місяців тому +2

      Great comment. I have passed it on to Steve. God bless you and thank you for your service in the Army.

    • @valkirie19
      @valkirie19 9 місяців тому +1

      @@VoicesofHistory Thank you sir!! I appreciate you doing these interviews. They're amazing history! We are lucky to hear about the actions these men took to save lives! Just amazing!

  • @Ronald-hx6zn
    @Ronald-hx6zn 10 місяців тому +6

    Thank this Veteran for calmly detailing the entire debacle of epic proportion. Great leadership skills faced with the chaos.
    We salute you and everyone who gave all.

    • @VoicesofHistory
      @VoicesofHistory  10 місяців тому +2

      Well, said Ronald, well said. I will share your comment with Steve. God bless you!!

  • @frankclark717
    @frankclark717 10 місяців тому +8

    Thank you Larry for doing these interviews God bless America and never forget 9/11

    • @VoicesofHistory
      @VoicesofHistory  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you Frank. Stay tuned this weekend...

  • @charlesbonner5081
    @charlesbonner5081 10 місяців тому +9

    This was a great story and one of many untold stories of FF's who survived that day but have 911 related illnesses. Just recently the number of FF deaths from 911 illnesses has pass the 343 that die that day. There are most likely many more stories out there. God bless Chief Grabher, the men and women of the FDNY and FF's across this nation that answer the call everyday. Ret. Lt. Danbury CT FD Never Forget!!

    • @charlesbosse9669
      @charlesbosse9669 3 місяці тому +1

      Some guy I worked with years ago said that same thing about our government made those buildings come down. Anyone who understands that steel,structural steel that is subject to extreme heat, like these buildings were,the heat takes the structural integrity right out of the steel,it loses its temper. And when the steel that holds up those buildings hears up like it did,all that weight, hundreds of thousands if pounds,can no longer be supported by the steel that was heated well beyond the point. There's no way that it can continue to hold up all that weight. And then explained to him,what about the plane that hit the pentagon,ir the one that crashed in Pennsylvania, did the government do that too? Some people just get their mind set on something and there's just no changing it. Any way,this man I must say is a true hero,just l8ke all of his fellow fire fighters who perished that day. I think that there are no fire fighters like there are in New York. New York people in general are the toughest Americans that exist today. But I guess any big city fireman are pretty damn brave in my book. I just saw tremendous character in New York when these things happened. God bless you all,thank you for keeping us safe. You really are a special kind of breed.

  • @jackfrost0607
    @jackfrost0607 5 місяців тому +6

    Great interview, almost 23 years later people should watch these guys talk. In the UK, I remember that day so clear, my husband calling me at work and seeing those first tv images 💔

  • @sonjamoore0711
    @sonjamoore0711 2 місяці тому +3

    ❤ honored to have listened.

  • @ellabella6099
    @ellabella6099 5 місяців тому +6

    What a wonderful firefighter this man is . Such knowledge when he’s speaking about what to do as he was traveling down to WTC2 . His brain going through everything he’d leant and how helpless he felt that he felt so naive thinking he could put out the fires . Listening to him say that I wanted to shout out to him that he wasn’t stupid or naïve, none of them had ever faced anything like this before he did his job and he should be so proud of him and his team .
    RIP to the 343.

    • @VoicesofHistory
      @VoicesofHistory  5 місяців тому +2

      Thank you. I hope you have watched the entire film done in 3 parts. Steve is featured in my film. Steve has become a good friend of mine.

    • @linrogers4326
      @linrogers4326 2 місяці тому

      I am British and have watched many of the firefighters stories. Without exception they are amazing human beings. With integrity, character and bravery. With men like this in the USA tell me how the best they can bring forward as Presidential material , Trump and Biden?

  • @bobmeier958
    @bobmeier958 10 місяців тому +8

    God Bless America 🇺🇸

  • @gennystout8952
    @gennystout8952 Місяць тому +1

    I thank you Steve for your bravery and service. I hope you and yours are well. Your actions are an honor to us all! I pray for everyone that was there at the Trade Centers are at peace.

  • @randymorgan8375
    @randymorgan8375 10 місяців тому +7

    Heat will push you out!! always knew that!! but him telling it Confirmed it.. Absolutely Horrible.. This is a wonderful man so down to earth, and Honest" gotta love him..

  • @danmurphy4472
    @danmurphy4472 10 місяців тому +7

    Thank You SIR......for everything.

  • @MrKedab
    @MrKedab 10 місяців тому +7

    Great interview. Thank you Steve.

  • @anthonyryan6716
    @anthonyryan6716 10 місяців тому +7

    Good bless you Larry are freedom was viciously attacked and first responders in civilians ate the grunt of that so thank you Larry

  • @JSUKyrks69
    @JSUKyrks69 18 днів тому

    I, like many millions around the world watched in absolute horror from the comfort and safety of my living room of the horrific events on that day. It had a profound effect on my life yet not involved or knew anyone who was there. Can not fathom how people directly involved coped with their loss or what they witnessed.

  • @reginaldsmallhausen8871
    @reginaldsmallhausen8871 10 місяців тому +5

    Stunned!. I am stunned and exhausted from just watching this. Rest assured.. There will be 3 minutes of silence in my home at 14:45L in Germany tomorrow. Rest in peace all who passed away.. Another remarkable piece of work Larry!

    • @VoicesofHistory
      @VoicesofHistory  10 місяців тому +1

      God bless you Reginald. 3 minutes of silence. I will share this with Steve Grabher.

  • @merleransom269
    @merleransom269 10 місяців тому +4

    This was absolutely amazing R.I.P to all of the falling heroes

  • @david25876
    @david25876 10 місяців тому +4

    Bless you and all, thank you.

  • @jimrioslacey-baker7053
    @jimrioslacey-baker7053 10 місяців тому +3

    So wonderful, Larry. Thank you both 🙏🏽🌈

  • @edwardh1591
    @edwardh1591 10 місяців тому +12

    Thank you sir for everything you did on 9/11. If I would have been stuck in the World Trade Center and I had to choose between flames and jumping I would jump. I was at a accident scene one time and we couldn’t get the woman out of the car and she burned alive in that car. I will never forget the screaming and the smell of the burning flesh. It still haunts me in my dreams at night. I hope that if I am in this position where I can’t get out that I can get to my tactical Tupperware to end the situation. God bless you sir.

    • @VoicesofHistory
      @VoicesofHistory  10 місяців тому +4

      Ed this one needs to be watched by all and shared. The DEMS want to erase history.

    • @edwardh1591
      @edwardh1591 10 місяців тому

      @@VoicesofHistoryI have shared it with several. I added to my comment. So if you get a chance read my whole comment.

    • @calypsomcdonnell1479
      @calypsomcdonnell1479 10 місяців тому +4

      How dare you reduce all this to some kind of partisan hack!@@VoicesofHistory I mean....really?

    • @babettelenz7995
      @babettelenz7995 5 місяців тому +1

      ​@@VoicesofHistory That is absolutely false. How dare you say that. 😢

  • @bobmeier958
    @bobmeier958 10 місяців тому +9

    Never Forget. 9/11/01

  • @stevenrisso5535
    @stevenrisso5535 10 місяців тому +3

    Great job Larry, he is quite story teller

  • @Boxofcrap
    @Boxofcrap 10 місяців тому +7

    My mom took me down to the trade center the 2 weeks before they were destroyed, she had to get a new birth certificate and they kept all records downtown. Make a long story short, I decided I wanted to be an accountant and work there one day, but I had a nightmare that night about having to jump off the building and my parachute wouldn’t work. My nightmare became true, but for all those people down there. I hopped in my car and drove to the water just in time to see the North Tower collapse. I’ll never forget those people who were killed there that day. I have taken the time to look at their pictures and names, to remind that life is precious.

  • @BillyBong
    @BillyBong 5 місяців тому +2

    There is actually a photo of the leg the firefighter spoke of, the woman's leg with a high heel on it.

  • @Traikovich
    @Traikovich 10 місяців тому +4

    Good interview!

  • @kartikatomlinson3304
    @kartikatomlinson3304 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank You!!

  • @jameshicks3046
    @jameshicks3046 10 місяців тому +4

    What a hero 🇺🇸

    • @VoicesofHistory
      @VoicesofHistory  10 місяців тому +2

      AGREED!! Thank you James. I just got off the phone with Steve.

  • @mikegordon4118
    @mikegordon4118 10 місяців тому +5

    They tough of toughest.

  • @jaredhildebrandt7210
    @jaredhildebrandt7210 10 місяців тому +5

    The first casualties of the war against terror. 😔

  • @SacredOwl
    @SacredOwl 10 місяців тому +6

    I remember how scary it was just watching helplessly as both towers fell, mostly due to structural failure because the fires were just too intense.

  • @randymorgan8375
    @randymorgan8375 10 місяців тому +4

    After seeing the things he did , I believe a person kinda go into shock!! In order to cope and just do what you have to do..

  • @rossfindlay24
    @rossfindlay24 10 місяців тому +4

    Interested to hear his thoughts on what another Fireman saw and said "the steel was molten like a Foundry for weeks after collapse" How does steel become Molten like that in i fire that was not hot enough to Melt steel ?

    • @QDADOG
      @QDADOG 5 місяців тому +3

      It didn’t melt. It softened, bent, and twisted.

    • @kareywall820
      @kareywall820 4 місяці тому +2

      It could have been melted since jet fuel burns at 2000 degrees.

    • @mytmousemalibu
      @mytmousemalibu Місяць тому +2

      There is footage of molten, liquefied steel running out of the building. Jet fuel could burn hot enough but not in open air. The biggest question is why nano-thermite was discovered in the dust. There is no reason for it to exist in that environment/wreckage. No doubt the jets and fire did significant damage and softened steel. Lot of things out of place. That said, innocent people were murdered and still dying via 9/11 illnesses. Upmost respect to the heros that day and those that died. Ive been to the memorial and its a somber experience.

  • @nordicpride9708
    @nordicpride9708 18 днів тому

    The 9/11 memorial is one of the most powerful remembrances of americas darkest day. The day everything changed. Never forget those lost and the ones left behind.

  • @winstonmonster
    @winstonmonster 10 місяців тому +2

    Good one Larry

    • @VoicesofHistory
      @VoicesofHistory  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you Winston. Stay tuned this evening for Part 1 of my 9/11 film.

  • @corbettknowles9942
    @corbettknowles9942 2 місяці тому +1

    I was on leave from the military when 9/11 happened I was in Florida when a friend woke me up and told me the first time I've been hit when I walked into his living room I watch the plane hit the second tower I was standing there in shock when the report came in that the Pentagon had been hit 10 minutes after that my pager started beeping my was paging me when I when I called to check in with him he inform me my leave was canceled to report back to base shortly after that I remember hearing that the plane went down in Pennsylvania in a field and all air traffic was restricted and I had to drive from fort Pierce Florida all the way back to camp lejeune which was a long trip but anyways I remember talking to a structural engineer that was later on couple years later told me he was in New York that day that day and he told me that the intense heat and jet fuel in the impact or the reasons the towers fell that when the planes hit the towers it knocked the fire proofing off of the walls in the building around the impact zone which caused super heated jet fuel be exposed to the steel structure which attributed to the collapse

  • @charlesbosse9669
    @charlesbosse9669 3 місяці тому +2

    This man looks a lot like my father in law.

  • @Cagney68
    @Cagney68 Місяць тому

    I understand why the airplane casualties would have just traces of remains, but why would the collapse alone leave only tiny, unidentifiable human remains?

  • @yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst
    @yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst 3 місяці тому +2

    He was off that day.... Was that a thing? Up till now all the stories I've heard said I was off but I still went.....?
    Thank you! ❤ God bless you! ❤

    • @VoicesofHistory
      @VoicesofHistory  3 місяці тому +2

      I hope you have seen my entire film.

    • @yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst
      @yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst 3 місяці тому

      @@VoicesofHistory your entire film? I've seen 2 interviews if that's what you mean..... I'm loving it so far thanks for posting God bless you ❤️ 🙏

    • @VoicesofHistory
      @VoicesofHistory  2 місяці тому +1

      Here you go. Please let me know what you think: 9/11 Remembered - A Day of Infamy Part 1 ua-cam.com/video/IByk_pgAQgE/v-deo.html Part 2 ua-cam.com/video/41doG5HoFYU/v-deo.html Part 3 ua-cam.com/video/dItBAmKZH4w/v-deo.html