#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