The #Giants-Cowboys pregame show is lingering on 9-11. Normally I'd kick the #NFL in the knee for co-opting the day but truth is local NYC teams were huge mood lifters and did such good for fire department families. My piece on one of them. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Man Who Refused to Sit on the Sidelines
Kevin Dowdell, a lieutenant in an elite FDNY rescue unit, taught his sons to take action. When he disappeared on 9/11, they went to Ground Zero to search for him.
