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It’s September 1, 2001 Troy wakes up at 6:00 am, in his boxers, rubbing his sleepy eyes, and goes to the bathroom to take a shower. His feet dragged heavily beneath him and his sides burned with soreness. He then closed the door and started to take a shower, after about 10 minutes he came out of the steaming bathroom feeling wide awake and half dressed in different boxers, his work pants and shaved head all wet. He opened up his closet and shift through his cloths until found his work shirt. Then he takes it out and slips it on. Then he went to the kitchen to make some coffee, and then he pulled out a frying pan from a cabinet, some b

Chapter 1 It was Tuesday, July 31, 2001. Troy Baines was standing in a position of attention in front of the FDNY Volunteer Firefighter Training Academy in New York City, New York, waiting for his name to be called to get his official certification to extinguish the city's fires and save the lives of those in need. He could not have been more proud as he stood in line with his allies, each of them wearing identical blue suits of dress. His feet were squared away at his proud, broad, shoulders, pointing outward roughly forty-five degrees and his hands were clasped lightly behind his back. His face was set like a rock and his eyes remained e