# Kenneth George oral history interview conducted by Dr. Benjamin Luft, August 10, 2010

Kenneth was working as a civil servant for the City of New York Highway Department on 9/11/2011. He was working at Douglaston Parkway and was told to report to his dockyard. The next day, his crew was taken by bus to Canal Street, and from there, they walked to the site. He was on the bucket brigade and search and rescue teams doing tunnel work. He recalls, "I was never trained for stuff like this." Kenneth remembers that he knew a couple of the cops and firemen working with him, as they had gone to school together. The first three days, they did not provide any specialized protective gear. Afterward, they got a pair of gloves and a jumpsuit to wear while working at the site. He said, "People gave us pictures to find their kids . . . To find anyone would be a miracle from God." Kenneth worked a 16-hour day for his first shift. He remembers that his union hall became a command center for WTC responders. He recalls having to show his badge to state troopers and CIA agents as proof that he could work on the site. The first night at the site, food was available on the street corner, and everyone ate quickly because of all the dust in the air. Kenneth recalls that dump trucks were used to carry away body parts found at the site. He went home the third morning, and his clothes were so full of debris and ash that he had to throw them all away. Afterward, he took a shower, lay in his room, and didn't say anything to anyone for weeks.

- Kind: Interview
- Year: 2010
- Runtime: 41 min
- By: Luft, Benjamin J.
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2015048_041/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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