# Anthony oral history interview conducted by Julie Broihier, November 29, 2010

Anthony was a sergeant in the NYPD. He was at his Brooklyn precinct on 9-11-2001, and heard transmission over the radio about the towers being attacked. He actually saw the second plane hit the tower. He asked his superior at the precinct if he could take 10-15 officers to help out at the site, but he was required to secure the perimeter around his precinct first. He remembers that he wanted very much to be at the site rescuing people, and states, "We were (all) there for that. . .we had an army." Anthony went to Ground Zero the next day. All parkways were closed on 9-12-2001 and travel to his precinct was quick. He proceeded to start working twelve hour shifts, from 6 a.m. to 6p.m. He remembers that all roadways south of Canal Street were closed to traffic, and that there were dust plumes in the air and people's faces were pasted with soot and dust. He said the main danger for responders at the time was loose debris, and not toxins. Anthony was also in law school at this time, and mentions how he had to juggle his work as a sergeant, his family commitments, and school. He attended about 10-15 funerals. Two of his close buddies in the Emergency Services Unit passed away. Anthony describes the police officer funerals in detail, and said afterwards that the experience was both desensitizing and patriotic. Anthony states for the most part he does not feel he did anything heroic at the site, but "Those people who went above and beyond the call of duty deserve to be called…

- Kind: Interview
- Year: 2010
- Runtime: 1 h 8 min
- By: Broihier, Julie
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2015048_072/)
- 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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