9/11 Stories: The Estreicher Family 

The sunbeam shining through the window behind these lovely ladies during their interview strikes me. He knows how very much he was loved and I'm sure he will always be a guardian angel for his "girls". Thank you for sharing your powerful story. 🙏 Xxx

Wonderful, strong mom, beautiful daughters. So sorry. Bless you.

These poor ladies have suffered so much! I wish them peace!

So sad. The people who died on Sept 11th are just the tip of the iceberg, it is still happening. So sorry for your loss.

You ladies did Richie proud. Thank you for sharing your story. I know it was hard to do.

The light shining down on them from behind makes me feel like their dad is with them in spirit the whole way through this video. It's 8 years today since my dad passed it never gets easier x

So painful to watch this beautiful woman open her heart for the world thank you and God bless you I really appreciate you and your family for everything you have done 🙏

One of the saddest noises on that day were the firefighters pass alarms going off.

If these stories don’t make you not sweat the small stuff, I don’t know what will. It’s truly life changing listening to the pain of the survivors and families. You just can’t ever take anything for granted. Every minute you have with the people you love is precious and all that really matters. I’m amazed by the strength of the women who were widowed that day and became single moms. As a wife and mother I can’t fathom the devastation, fear, emotion....and having to hold it together for your kids. It’s overwhelming to just think about. 💔

Really appreciate if the publisher could edit out all the email notification sounds. It really detracts from these harrowing sad stories..😥

God bless this family, you are thought of and prayed for so often, you’ll never know. No one can take away your pain, but we do not forget you and the sacrifices made that day. ❤️🙏💪

Every September when we have weather like we did on 9/11, it always brings me back to that horrific day. I so vividly remember the color of the sky and the smell in the air that morning. I will never know the pain this family lives everyday, but my heart will always be with every family that lost a loved one that morning. As beautiful as it was that day, every year on the anniversary, I pray we don’t have that same weather, cause it brings me right back to that morning, the day the world changed forever

Always remember how much of a hero your husband/Dad was right along with all the other brave men and women of 9/11....🙏❤️🕊️

My sympathies to you, you are a beautiful person, your kids are lucky to have you.

So sorry for your loss god bless Never forget 9/11❤️🌹

I’m so sorry for your loss! Your pain is still so raw! My hugs and prayers to you all. Thank you for sharing!

What an Amazing Hero !

My condolences to all of these brave women. It is heartbreaking. They have all sacrificed for the safety of others. May Mr. Estreicher r.i.p. 🌻

Your daughter's had or have so much love for their father, and you love him so much. Just hearing you speak about that day, it's so clear just how much he was, is, loved. I'm only 5 minutes in at present. Even your little dog is crying with empathy!

I grew up with Carl Bini in the Bay Terrace/oakwood area in our teens. Worked on Rescue 5....

So brave of this family to share their story and the Dad’s story. So important that these stories be on video for history. I assure these fine ladies that I will never forget what happened that day and how many of the first responders who survived that day(and their family and friends) who later suffered long term snd terminal illnesses long after 9-11. Not enough can be done for the folks they left behind. ♥️to this brave family and thank you from Texas.

Ive liatened to countless stories about 9/11 and im not one to cry but when Mrs. Estricher was reading that excerpt, i welled up. God bless these beautiful ladies. Stay strong just like your husband and father was.

It's been alot of years since sep-11 but it feels like yesterday and the pain is still burning our souls.

Brave ladies:) I'm sure he is very proud of all of you. Stay well.

Why wouldn't her daughters give her a big hug when she breaks down like that?Bless her heart she so emotional even after all those years.😥🙏♥️

God bless you all and your dear husband and father R.I.P.

What a detailed personal account of what this family went through. Thank you. 💘 to all

Thankful to God for the life of Lt. Estreichter and his beautiful family retelling his survival of the 911 attack on American soil. RIP to a courageous family man.

I will never forget. Your family is in my thoughts and prayers. Your dad is a hero, now and forever. And you ladies are also hero’s. You were the reason your dad did what he did; the reason he came home and after the tragedy, lived. He went on because of you. I am so thankful to all the hero’s from 9-11, but thank you will NEVER be enough. God bless you all, and again, I will never forget.

Your Dad and husband is a a Hero but you Guys are too. Dave and Anne in Crawley England.

So sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing with us. My heart breaks. HUGS to each of you.

Thank you for sharing your stories

God Bless Lt Estreicher!! These are the stories that need to be told. The emotional trauma 1st responders AND their families live with should not suffer alone in silence. He was an absolute hero!! Thank you for sharing. God bless this family🙏❤💙🚒👨‍🚒

Exquisite. You are glorious. Blessings.

God bless you and your loved ones for your loss.🙏😇

Sending love to these beautiful and brave ladies. ❤️

Beautiful Family , thank you!!!

Thank you for your service, and all those that we lost that day, both physically and mentally. I pray for all those affected and your family's, your health and financial well being. God bless and protect you all.

Sorry for your great loss 🙏❤️❤️❤️🌹May God Heal your Great Pain ♥️

Such a moving story! My thoughts and prayers are with you!! 🙏🙏😢😢

It must have been so hard for all of you, and especially for him, to witness such senseless devastation. You felt some of it. Your husband, father is at last at peace, in the arms of angels. No more pain or suffering,or heartache. It's now the healing time for each of you. It cannot be hurried. Just know that the weight is lifting, and take comfort that you will all be united in a most powerful love, that transcends all. It's not far away. Almost within reach. He wants you girls to stay strong and to be able to move forward and be truly happy and he knows how much he was loved by you, and always will be. I wish you all very soon to be free from all grief and sorrow. Your tears will wash away the sadness, and in their place will come fresh hopes and dreams. He will stay close, always, and be with you, right in your hearts, so never be afraid or feel deserted. You will find him in prayers, sometimes, and at other times when you least expect to. Each time you do, you will start to regain the joy that was shared at the happiest moments, and the memory of sorrow will clear like clouds when the sun shines. All those who lost loved ones will find this pure love, eventually. We nearly all have lost someone over the years. We wish it to be peacefully, but sometimes it's in the most tragic way, and very painful to imagine, but there are many Angels of God at work, and devoted to saving the souls of those caught up in disasters. Every one of those who passed on that day will now be at peace. You have testified to your father's, husband's love today, and how hard he worked to do all he could for his brethren and to what lengths he went to help clear the wreckage and honour his friends. He is proud of you, as you are proud of him. Now you must trust in God. Although God has the power to save our souls, he does not interfere in what man does, and has given man free will, and cannot be blamed for acts of war and terror. Humans have to learn what love is, in order to create heaven on earth. Without that,there will be periods of suffering before peace. Each one of those who prayed that day, when they were facing death, and believe me, I am sure that every soul in the towers did, they will have been taken up to relieve them of their suffering, and caught by God's angels to stop any more pain, in a flash, so don't torture yourselves. All you can do is offer up prayers, and be glad they are now at peace. After sorrow, comes joy, and I sincerely wish you joy and thankfulness for the time you shared with your loved ones. Thoughts and blessings to each one of you, and thank you for sharing all the moments with the watchers and readers, and touching our hearts.💓🙏💓🙏💓

Love and thanks to all of you xxx

God bless you and your family. I learned a valuable lesson from you in this video - you were very smart to not accept any of the jobs at the WTC and your gut always told you to stay away from that building.

I'm so sorry girls. You're such a nice family. I wish you a happy life filled with joy and gifts from above.

God bless yall

Deepest sympathies to this family.

So sorry for your family, but just know I got know alittle about your Dad, so I’m sure he’d be proud

Your father is looking down and what does he see an image of himself , his flesh and blood so brave, he lives on in your DNA. That's what I told my children when their father died.they send a balloon up with a message on it for him every father's . All my love to you's

Your dad is a HERO also. He gave his life to help others.....

I am so very sorry for your loss. May God be with you all.

What an intimate story of a brave man who gave his life for mankind . To be a wife of a 1st responder you have so much pride . You know that every time he goes to work he is making a difference and saving lives but in the back of your mind it's there that one day he might not come back. But this was something American people never knew was possible. A terrorist attack so huge on American soil. All those beautiful lives . The ones who were on the planes in the sky helpless and terrorized afraid . The ones who went to work that day and had the misfortune to work in the world trade center or pentagon. The brave who were there to run in when everyone else was running out. All the 1st responders . To hear that he survived that day and the hell he endured AFTER was even far worse than that is unthinkable. He still died from the attack on 9/11. To hear that he hugged his friends I actually experienced the same when my younger brother died at 22yrs old suddenly. The week after I saw him 3x and I ran out to hug him each time and it was a stranger of coarse. I saw my Dr and he diagnosed me with a nervous breakdown so despite everything he had a nervous breakdown while he was working . God bless Ritchie. God bless his beautiful girls. I will never forget Ritchie .

Beautiful strong woman….god bless

Praying for healing and peace for all of you. God bless you.

This is just heartbreaking… I’m so sorry for your pain & loss… the heroes that did survived really died inside along with their colleagues & friends that day.

May God bless u and ur family. So sorry for ur loss. Ur husband was and is a hero.

We hear of the stories of those who rescued gotten rescued & some became hero's but, never do you hear of these stories the one's that took care of cleaning up that aftermath along with returning loved one's back to there families to be put to there final rest some not being whole I can't imagine just recieving a leg or a arm nothing else . My heart goes out to those left living with illness as well as haunting torment of 9-11. Thank you for sharing its important that all who gave there heart & soul and love for humanity and this Country . Blessings to you and your beautiful baby girls thank you for sharing your husband's story . Blessings to all ..🖤

So many sacrifices in 1 day! 💔

God bless your familys dont worry God is looking after yous hes in heaven praising him n joy all the time.

Amazing HERO!!! This was such a great detailed count of not only their experiences during 9/11, but the aftermath and what their dad went through for the rest of his life. I can’t even imagine how he felt, and it breaks my heart for him and for everyone; for those who lost someone, for the survivors; for everyone. I don’t know if anyone can answer a question I have. I’m mot sure I understand all the terminology for fire fighters. If I’m understanding correctly, he wasn’t at rescue 5 on Sept 10 & 11. I think he was at Engine 250 co. Are these both firehouses? and did he belong to both firehouses? I’ve been seeing a lot of stories on 9/11, and sometimes I’ve heard places referred to as firehouse or engine or rescue. Since I’m not familiar, I just want to make sure I understand correctly because sometimes it seems like they are used interchangeably, but I’m not sure.

I'm so sorry.

Im so very sorry for all that you and your family have been and continue to go through. Thank you for your service, and all those that we lost that day, both physically and mentally. I pray for all those affected and your family's, your health and financial well being. God bless and protect you all.

💔really beautiful family glad they stick together

This brings-out a dimension I had not really been to aware of in 9/11: _survival-guilt._ --- And the IMPACT that had on some, if not all, for the rest of their lives. And how THAT trauma affected their families over time. The wife-mother says _"he was never the same",_ and _"he was a different man"._ Its now burned-into-my-mind, that too many additional souls suffered and died than those who perished at the attack-sites upon initial-impacts, and were later crushed to death at implosion of the WTC buildings. _Those who worked on the "Pile" were doomed to pay a steep price as well,_ only delayed by months or years, sadly. I hope the family is doing as well as can be expected, absent their beloved. --- May the God of Mercy comfort them.

God bless you and your family but most of all your amazing Dad! Our American hero! I hold you all in my heart.

❤ Thank you for sharing so honestly ! How very difficult for your your first responder and each of you as well, are Hero’s ! I hope you have at least been financially compensated for his service. ❤

Very moving. Thank you.

Adding that Q104 obnoxious promo at the end was very inappropriate and in really bad taste.

God bless you all 🙏

Breast cancer comes from the same gene as pancreatic cancer. If you can get tested for the BRCA 2 gene. My 27 year old daughters have the gene and one of my daughters developed breast cancer. Her grandpa and great uncle passed away from breast cancer.

Their dog sounds EXTREMELY UNHAPPY in the background.

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I'm so sorry for your family's loss! I many times wonder if they all could have had the for thought that those towers were going to go down fast! Just admitting they had no time! Just have one crew at a time to go quickly up those stairs get on a loud speaker tell these people to get out as fast as they could! I think I'd refrain from letting the police officers in you know? It's like a small kitchen no one can move around only two tops can work freely you know? I wasn't there but one crew at a time as one NY FIRE CHIEF said after the fact the people up at the top were already dead! Spare your guys and work on the ones living! Leave police officers to do what they do best keeping people out of the area you know? I'm so sad! God Bless you all who worked so hard that day 9/11/01!🙏🗽🙏🌃🙏🌆🌇🙏

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Where is the story about the masses of the airborne personnel had a trainings-mission in Canada at the time of the attack......?? The alarm wasn't taken seriously by those who knew there was a training-program going on......?? Is that all subverted by the ones that were responsible for that attack....?? And the missing trillions of dollars were suddenly forgotten ???

TURN THAT GODDAM PHONE OFF!!!

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