Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español.

Like countless other New York City firefighters, Frank Pizarro charged without hesitation into the unthinkable devastation at the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

For months afterward, he labored at ground zero — not returning home and sleeping amid the rubble where more than 2,700 people had perished in the terror attacks. He inhaled the toxic dust that hung heavy in the air, rarely taking breaks.

Years later, now retired and settled in Las Vegas, Pizarro reflects on those harrowing months with unwavering conviction: He would do it all over again.

Twenty-four years after the deadliest terrorist attack in history, he said people have questioned him, you’re still talking about that?

He bristles. He will not sto

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