#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11

Niels Jorgensen is a former New York firefighter for over 21 years,
who was there at Ground Zero on September 11th, 2001. Please
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https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for
the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (08:52)
- September 11, 2001 (36:48) - Falling man (40:58) - Ground Zero
(47:17) - 20 for 20 (50:27) - What it means to be a great
firefighter (53:11) - Why did you become a firefighter? (55:00) -
Tally Ho (57:46) - New view of the world (1:05:16) - Empathy
(1:09:49) - Leukemia (1:25:18) - New York City (1:31:28) - John
Feal (1:44:57) - Conspiracy theories (1:53:45) - Faith (1:55:44) -
Modern communication (2:00:11) - Hand written letters (2:14:02) -
Love (2:25:45) - War in Afghanistan (2:37:24) - Brave stories from
9/11