World Trade Center 2006 quotes

Al, it's Brian. I just got in.

Hi, Brian.

Allison, listen, they sent Will down on a bus with a bunch of the guys.

So he did go down there?

Yeah.

And did he go in the buildings?

We don't know.

Brian, did he go in the buildings or did he not go in the buildings?

We're trying to find that out.

It's very basic. Did he go in or did he not go in?

Allison, I'll call you as soon as we know.

Now you're talking! Got the BT dogs up in here.

John McLoughlin

Chris.

What's up, Sarge? Sarge, I'm telling you we got to get up. There's a ton of people stuck up there.

John McLoughlin

We're going up.

Yeah? I gotta go with you.

John McLoughlin

Sure, Chris. We can use you. We need more equipment. get a tank on.

A-Rod!

Antonio Rodrigues

Yo, what's up, Chris?

Will Jimeno

Yo, what happened to your eye, man? What happened to your eye?

Ah, I was carrying this woman out, something whacked me in the freaking head.

Will Jimeno

She okay?

Yeah, hey, Sarge, we ain't gonna find any equipment left in One.

John McLoughlin

Lynch has got gear down at the B-1 truck docks next to Two. There's a staircase right over there at Ben & Jerry's.

I heard they were evacuating Two, Sarge.

John McLoughlin

Must have caught fire from One.

I heard Two got hit, that there was a second plane.

John McLoughlin

No, Fields just said one plane, Tower One. Now, stay together.

Dave Karnes

What's the status here?

The search has been called off. They say the Marriott's gonna go too, and until it's more stable, we're out. This whole thing is crap, man. Our guys are in there. They're dying in there.

Dave Karnes

It's like God made a curtain with the smoke, shielding us from what we're not yet ready to see.

Waiting's shit, isn't it?

Yeah.

If it's gonna be bad, you just want to know it. No bullshit.

That's right. They're digging my husband out. They found him in the rubble.

That's good. My son's down there. Lawrence. He's the elevator operator in the South Tower. A good boy. When I saw that building going down like a pancake... Damn thing is, I yelled at him. Last time... I made dinner. He got held up at work. Food went to waste. And I yelled. Now all I want to do is hold him.

I know. [Grace breaks down crying, Donna embraces her] I know. I know. Oh, come here. Come here. I know. I know, sweetie. It's all right. It's all right. Come here. It's all right. You're okay. I know. Thank you so... Thank you so...

John McLoughlin

Okay, listen up. Where's Kassimatis?

Officer Colovito

He's looking for you, Sarge.

John McLoughlin

We got to evacuate the Tower. Who knows how to use a Scott Pak? And don't give me any PBA bullshit.

Officer Colovito

Hey, Sarge, to tell you the truth, I haven't used one in like four years.

John McLoughlin

Look, what did I just say? Who's coming? Step forward.

Will Jimeno

I got it, Sarge.

Antonio Rodrigues

I'll go.

I'm with you, Sarge.

John McLoughlin

All right. All right, we got a team. We're headed into Building Five. The rest of you wait for Kassimatis. Follow me. Stay together.

John McLoughlin

Jimeno.

Will Jimeno

Sarge?

John McLoughlin

Take everyone's memo books, nightsticks, hats. They're useless here. Put them in the Suburban. It's over on Church and Vesey. Meet us back at the police desk in the lobby of Five. You got it?

Will Jimeno

Which one's Five?

John McLoughlin

There's two towers. North Tower is One. South Tower is Two, right behind it. There's Five, right in front of us, which is where the police desk is. Take the alley. Hurry up.

John McLoughlin

Sounded like a truck bomb. Like in '93. Blasted out the lobby. Pushed everything in here. Concourse must have collapsed.

Will Jimeno

You never answered, Sarge. What have we got? How long does this internal bleeding take?

John McLoughlin

I don't know. I'm not a doctor. Twenty-four hours is the most I've heard of. Maybe fourteen, sixteen. Just don't sleep.

Will Jimeno

So we've been in six, seven hours. What does that mean? Another seven, eight hours from now? You remember that earthquake? Where was it? Turkey? There was a little girl there. She lived four days buried in the rubble like this. She was, like, three years old or something. If she could make it, we can make it. Maybe we ain't bleeding so bad inside. Sarge?

John McLoughlin

Yeah, Will.

Will Jimeno

You got any kids?

John McLoughlin

Four. I got four.

Will Jimeno

That's a lot of kids.

John McLoughlin

Yeah. It's a lot of work for my wife.

Will Jimeno

What are their names?

John McLoughlin

Steven. He's the oldest. He's 15. Caitlin's 12. Peanut. JJ, he's 10. We got a little girl. Erin. She's four. We had her late. It wasn't planned. It just... It happened. I don't know.

They keep showing the same thing over and over and over.

Jay's there. They must have called in every company in the city. He would have been there early.

Yeah, John, too, probably. He knows those buildings so well.

Oh, my God!

Judy. Listen to me. Listen to me. Look. They evacuated those buildings. All right? I'm sure most everybody got out. They're fine. In the '93 attack, John said everybody got out real quick.

God. In '93, the buildings didn't fall down!

Officer Colovito

Nothing's gonna help them.

Antonio Rodrigues

No, we'll get up there.

How are you gonna save people that high up? It's impossible.

Will Jimeno

We gotta try.

Officer Colovito

Hey, guys, you won't believe this! My wife says the other one got hit, the other tower.

What?! How the hell did the other tower get hit?

Officer Colovito

She was listening to Hot 97 and they said it.

What? Who gets their news from Hot 97?

Antonio Rodrigues

I told you it was no damn private plane.

Can you believe this? What schmuck would fly a plane into the Trade Center?

Officer Colovito

Maybe they ran out of gas or something.

Yeah, Colovito. Right.

Just some jerk-off forgot which lever to pull on his twin-engine.

Antonio Rodrigues

That's not a small plane.

Hell, no.

All, right, listen up! Let me have your attention here! They're telling us it's a commuter plane. Tower One is being evacuated as a precaution. They've asked us to send a team down to assist. Sergeant McLoughlin.

John McLoughlin

I've got a list of names here. Step out when you hear it. We're going downtown.

2,749 people died at the World Trade Center, including citizens from 87 countries. 343 were New York City Firemen. 84 were Port Authority employees, of whom 37 were Police. Another 23 were New York City Police. Only 20 people were pulled out alive. Will and John were numbers 18 and 19. Will had 8 surgeries in 13 days. John was put into a medically-induced coma for 6 weeks to allow for 27 surgeries. They are now retired from active duty and live with their families in New York and New Jersey. Dave Karnes re-enlisted in the Marines and served two tours of duty in Iraq. For the fallen men and women of the Port Authority Police Department. And for all those whose who fought, died, and were wounded that day.

Will Jimeno

Hey, where did the buildings go? Hey, where did the buildings go?

They're gone, kid. They're gone.

Will Jimeno

This guy. He's gonna die if you don't get him out soon. And the only thing in the way is my leg. I want you to cut it off. Just cut if off. I can live without a leg.

I'm not cutting your leg off. I can't. You're coming out in one piece, you hear me?

Will Jimeno

You gotta... Look it's my leg. Just juice me up and cut it off. If he dies, I die. That's just the way it is.

Look Will, your partner must be twenty feet deeper. Probably more compacted than you. Even if I cut your leg off, he's not gonna get out of there for hours. I'm sorry, man. Now, let me do my work.

Will Jimeno

This is gonna be a bitch.

Relax.

Will Jimeno

I'm just saying...

You think they're bringing you down there to scratch your ass? McLoughlin will tell you what to do. He was Emergency Services at the Trade Center. He's one of the guys who came up with a plan after the attack in '93. Anybody knows what to do down there, it's him.

Will Jimeno

Where did that wind come from all the sudden, Sarge?

John McLoughlin

I don't know.

Will Jimeno

The fire just goes out like that, Sarge! Why is that?

John McLoughlin

I don't know!

Will Jimeno

You're not a big talker, are you?

John McLoughlin

No.

Will Jimeno

Well, see, you got to talk to me 'cause...

John McLoughlin

Aaaahhhh! Aaaahhhh! Aaaahhhh! Aah! I can't!! 'Cause my knees are crushed again!! That's why I can't **** talk! Oh, God!