For those who walked the grounds in uniform that Tuesday, like William Sollin, just after the buildings were reduced to rubble, the anniversary of the attack is a day to remember the cost of fulfilling a calling.
during his annual walk of the 9/11 memorial. "I was a first responder, and I was here on the site."
"It’s really about me and the guys that were together that day and we kind of circle," Sollin said. "We say our prayers to the brothers we lost, the other Americans that were loss and we kind of reminisce of what we did and how we felt, and it’s just kind of like I’ll say a cleansing of our souls being together."
"Being a fireman, from your first day to your last day, everybody you are on a lineup with is one of your brothers," he added. "You never forget them, and you do not forget what you shared together either that meal, that fire, that response where you helped somebody else out in the city of New York. That’s how I feel about all the guys in that picture and all of the guys I worked with.
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