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3 unusual facts about Bob Beckwith


Bob Beckwith

Before he arrived at the hospital with his grandson, Beckwith was aware that a plane had struck the World Trade Center.

He became well known to the United States' public after he stood next to President George W. Bush as the president gave a speech at the ruins of the World Trade Center after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Even though he had been retired for seven years from the New York City Fire Department, he grabbed his old gear and bluffed his way past the blockades and barricades that had been set up and began helping with bucket brigades and missing person searches.



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