Two Corpus Christi firefighters who responded to Ground Zero in the days after September 11, 2001, say they would do it all over again — and on the 25th anniversary of the attacks, they want Americans to remember those who were lost.
Lee Rogers and Stephen LeBlanc are both retired firefighters with the Corpus Christi Fire Department and members of the Urban Search and Rescue Team for the State of Texas. The team’s inception was in 1996.
FULL INTERVIEW: CCFD brothers by faith reflect on responding to Ground Zero after 9/11
The two men describe themselves not as brothers by blood, but by faith — a bond forged in the smoke and debris of one of the darkest moments in American history.
“I always call Lee, we always stay in touch — we do — we haven’t missed one,” both said…