Paddy McGee Full Interview | 9/11 20th Anniversary
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- Paddy McGee is a retired member of the NYPD Emergency Service Unit. On 9/11, he remembers watching the news on his day off shortly after the first plane struck the World Trade Center. He was already packing his things when the second plane impacted.
McGee worked with Scott Strauss to save the lives of Port Authority Police Officer Will Jimeno and Sgt. John McLoughlin and was awarded the New York Police Department Medal of Honor.
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Anyone else ever amazed at how fire fighters can remember the names of other fire fighters so perfectly? Not even from their stations, but from all over the greater NYC area. ❤️
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Their stations.😊 Not there stations. Sorry. I had to .
@@rayvrq13 who cares
Yes!! Always!! It’s like they know them like brothers & call them like family.. so cool.. Hockey players are the same way. Them & their families.. like a #bandofbrothers #2in2out #toocool 🇺🇸
Yes. Listening to the 9/11 interviews, all of them knew everyone they met while working as a firefighter. I really do think they were so well trained and it was an honor for them. I don't see this in my city.
Will jimeno is one of the officer's he saved. His interview is worth the watch. RIP to the fallen and we appreciate you Paddy❤️❤️
He should have gotten an award because he was told to leave a victim behind & refused to do so even if more rubble from a building collapsed upon him! Was willing to sacrifice his life for another! That is what makes him a HERO!
I love watching these and hearing the stories, they are terrifying and so incredible. So heartfelt. I really appreciate that we can capture history in this way, through video and get so much more than we ever got from previous historical events. The interviewer's voice is VERY easy on the ears too. ;)
Paddy is a real American hero, in every sense of the word! Very humble, but very very brave! He is everything that is good about NYPD and his selfless act will never be forgotten! God bless you brother, and all those who served at Ground Zero! May God have mercy on all the souls lost that day.
My policy has always been; One day I may need Police Officers. At that moment they may be my best friends. Be respectful. Be thankful. The job they do is tough and many times just hard.
What an amazing ability to recall names of colleagues.
His emotions and denial that he deserved an award is something else. Him refusing to wear it also talks about the quality of the person.
May GOD bless him and especially his extended family.
Well done interview. Paddy is a humble & modest courageous & brave man.
I was brought to tears at several points of this interview.
It's 21 years later & I still get emotional.
The trauma of that day shall stay with me a lifetime.
The selfless acts of so many brave NYC police & fire departments. Thank you.
I’ve never heard somebody with such a deep voice in my life Jesus dude
It's unsettling lol
@@jlkailua very!
Barry White had a voice like that. I know there was an interview, somewhere on YT, with him talking about how his voice change freaked he and his mother out. 😂
Chocolate Rain?
I have, Geoff Castellucci.
I do not use the word Hero lightly. However, there were so many true Heroes on and after 9/11, it staggers the imagination. Talk to any of them still living and they will deny that title. Their bravery is exceeded only by their humility. They will tell you that the Heroes were those who gave their lives assisting strangers. I can't argue that point, but anyone who risks their life doing the same deserves the same recognition. Paddy Megee and Scott Strauss were both awarded the NYPD Medal of Honor for their bravery. They say they were just doing their job. And Chuck the paramedic, he didn't even have a job at the time. Unemployed, he put on an old EMS shirt and just showed up wanting to help. He was just a civilian volunteer who exposed himself to the same danger. They let him because he was the only EMT there at the time.
Thanks for doing your job in such horrendous, heartbreaking circumstances! Thank-you for your honesty - very real! The impact of 9-11 resonates - no matter what time has passed! All respect and honor to those who lost their life doing their job to safe a life. 😐
GOD BLESS YOU .
YOU ARE MORE THAN WORTHY OFF THAT MEDAL.
FOR EVERY DAY OFF YOUR SERVICE SINCE YOU SIGNED UP TO SERVE THE COUNTRY.
AND FOR YOUR BRAVERY ON 911 ONWARDS.
Heading to NYC at the end of June 2022 to see the tribute museum and do the walking tour. If all of these heroes can live through it, I can do the very least to look at the remnants and pay my respects. I've been waiting a long time.
Paddy is such a great speaker. I wish I could listen longer. #9/11Hero
How was it? I’m in the uk and would like to do the same❤
@@bex82uk AMAZING. It really brings you back. It makes you really appreciate your life. So many people suffered. 🩷
Hes so likable
He is one brave man. All of the responders were amazing on that day, but this man is special.
This was so interesting he explained everything very well.
I've been watching videos on this for two weeks, but I must say the interviewer was excellent.
He let the man talk and he seemed engaged and his voice is very commanding.
👍 Great interview all around
I watch these videos every year to remember, and honor, the lost.
He was in shock, the rest of us should know better than to fall for a story as silly as covid 19
This guy is the REAL DEAL
A True American Hero!! Love you Paddy!!!!
Your husband is amazing, his story is mind blowing! I have sooooo much respect for him ! Bless you and your family!!! Hugs 🫂
I hope you and your family are doing well! Your husband is also an American hero, and, from what I hear, you're pretty amazing yourself.
The man doing (Will) the interview, is great with his question and classey.
Thankyou for all your courage, and hope you feel proud.
Hearing your story and the courage you had on September 11, makes the world feel softer.
Thankyou Paddy
Love Australia x
One of the heroes many of us who were there remember was Australian. He was a civilian, very small of physical stature, but with the heart of a lion. Because of his size he could and did crawl into the smallest openings looking for voids, for life. He was one of the many volunteers that showed up before the perimeter was locked down. What I remember most was he refused to leave the site because he was afraid he wouldn't be let back in. He just kept at it day after day.
Thank you Paddy, for your courage and incredibly thoughtful responses in this interview!! You’re a bright light and an inspiration. I pray your sister perseveres. 😇
Comment #1: I love the ESU, like a PD version of an FD Rescue Company. Fireman call Rescue when they need help, cops call ESU when they need help. That's why those gear racks behind Paddy are painted red, the manufacterer sends them out that color because mostly the FD orders them. Anyone interested in ESU should read, "Soul of a Cop," by Paul Ragonese.
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Just found out that one of the heroes of September 11 named Michael Lyons died this year 😢😢 he rescued a man named Pasquale buzzeli 😢 that day he Mike died of cancer
halfway through this interview i realized the world trade center movie with nicholas cage was based on this story. knew i had heard the names john mclaughlin and will before
Every right minded person in the world felt for the victims and heroes of 911, and make no mistake we still do.
I felt for the 3000 bodies that were never recovered, we all do .
Sending all my love and respect and prayers
That interviewer needs some sort of energy boost. He seems detached from the interview. The cut aways seem off too. No need for it.
Awesome interview, thank you.
Thank you, American HERO
Very sad 😭 day I never forget I live in Newark new jersey forty minutes away from New York City I was 36 years old very sad 🙏
Newark is definitely not 40 mins from Manhattan bud, unless you’re counting traffic time, you go right over the Pulaski skyway and into the Holland Tunnel
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸God bless you and thank you
We salute all the first responders!!!
What a nice voice Will has. The definition of masculine.
Well done, Paddy.
The interviewer's voice is freaking me out 😳
I've never heard a voice with more gravel in it in my life
I’m glad someone else said it lol
Grow up
He just has a deep gravely voice.
I find it very easy to listen to
It’s interesting how everyone says how blue the sky was or how beautiful the day was. I really believe that people say that because their senses were heightened due to the events of that day. The sky was definitely blue but if you listen to people’s stories about being in nyc that day, you’ll notice they remember little details and the way they describe situations shows that their sense were extremely heightened. Very interesting.
🇺🇸🙏 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY
Thank YOU for your service to Larry Silverstein
Every year I search out 9/11 stories in my own little tribute and remembrance.
It’s very, very sad, and in my opinion wrong, that it’s September 11 2024 and on UK tv there’s NOTHING at all about this historical, horrifying day.
All there is are a few programmes on Amazon that I have watched many times over the years and they are charging people to view them in the UK. (despicable in itself as far as I am concerned).
We are sadly being slowly strangled and unable to show patriotism for our country and so I do really admire how American people are actively encouraged to love their country and fellow country folk.
To be so proud of your flag is an amazing thing that I wish could be the case here too!
I am sending my own tiny tribute and special thoughts to every single person who lost their life in all the different locations and the huge waves and ripples that affected so many human beings that day and as I have discovered it’s not just that day, because that whole time period is still taking good people and heroes because of the toxic nature of the clean up operation.
I am a 55 year old person far far away in Northern England but I promise that I am remembering and I can detail that whole day even though I was so far removed from it.
Sending hugs and smiles from a corner of this forever changed world x
This is the first time I have watched 9/11 videos, perhaps due to PTSD just from having seen the events happen on live TV, starting before the second plane hit.
I knew at the time that many people would probably stay at their desks and continue working, rather than evacuate either building. That's because a few years before then, my fellow employees and I were urged to keep working when a fire alarm went off due to a fire in our building. It was not on our floor, so we remained at our desks until security guards forced us to evacuate. Later I remained working when a series of tornadoes hit my local area, including an F5, until security guards finally told us to get to safety.
So I knew that many people in the second building, and possibly even in the first building that was hit, were in their offices when the second plane hit the towers and probably even when the buildings collapsed.
On TV, I watched both of the buildings collapse, and realized with horror that there would be a huge number of victims who died. I bet that many probably died at their desks or in their offices, waiting to be told to get out.
Oh, Paddy McGee! You're the Paddest!
35 minutes or so in 👍🏻
Yeah took a while
The fire fighters of NY on September 11 2001 are true hero’s and the world will never have a crew quite like that one we will be close but well never have a tight nit group as good and bonded as that family FDNY
They’ve been tight all right ! Tight lipped about their murdered comrades whose bodies went missing from the debris . 343 of them
@ I wouldn’t say they went “missing” bodies can’t take that much heat and damage it’s just flesh and bone so I wouldn’t say they went missing they died trying to save as many people as possible.
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Your friend Jimmy McCaferty would certainly know my cousin Det. Lou Saverese at Brooklyn South Homicide . They caught the 2nd Zodiac killer around ‘87.
You charge too much for pants!! Lol just kidding Paddy.
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Still got stiffed for the phone bill lol bit rough
The interviewer sounds like he has a voice box or just a very heavy smoker
I love his deep voice
The single most politically correct Irishman Ive ever seen lol
Was he correct to keep his mouth shut about the 3000 bodies that disappeared on 9/11? 300 were firefighters for Gods sake
What firefighters would leave their murdered comrades , whose bodies were never recovered , without avenging their deaths
Anyone ever find the 2 other transit cop's from the collapse with will, John and Dominic.
Did you watch the whole interview? Because paddy explains what happened with everyone
Scott Strauss
This interviewers voice hurts my ear drum
Why is this dudes voice so deep it sounds fake lol
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One Tuesday morning I went to work, and, in doing this I paid my tax, etc like most people. As I'm making phone calls 📞, making appointments for my boss and clients. As I am doing call of nature, there's a bang and the floor gives way. Think black smoke, the heating like never before comes. The heating and the smoke, skin peeling. Seems time is standing still. I don't know the stairs have given way no way down and no way up. I don't know that the building will collapse. Window smashed. Do I jump and have a quick death or do I wait and have a slow peeling painful death. I can't walk out to see my parents and children of my family. I jump. As I jump, remember no one can come to rescue me. Now, as I jump, I became a Hazard. Would you the reader take my place in the twin tower 🗼🫵 known as North Tower (1). ?