25th Anniversary Timeline WTC 2001 : 8:46:43 am : Chief of the New York City Fire Department’s 1st Battalion, Joseph W. Pfeifer, makes the first fire department radio message advising the FDNY Manhattan Fire Dispatch Office of the crash.

Chief Pfeifer and personnel from other fire companies were several blocks north, on the corner of Church Street and Lispenard Street investigating an odor of gas in the street, and witnessed the attack, along with Jules Naudet, who was accompanying the firefighters at the time: Battalion 1 Chief (Chief Pfeifer): Battalion 1 to Manhattan. Manhattan […]

25th Anniversary Timeline WTC 2001 : 8:46:43 am : Chief of the New York City Fire Department’s 1st Battalion, Joseph W. Pfeifer, makes the first fire department radio message advising the FDNY Manhattan Fire Dispatch Office of the crash.