8 years. 8 years of suffering. Yet, the guy says; _”can’t complain”_ … unbelievable character and courage. Intestinal fortitude off the charts. Don’t be sad that Ray is gone. Be happy he existed. 🙏 Much respect …
Damn... Jon Stewart is a national treasure and his dedication for this cause and others makes me proud to call myself a longtime fan. This breaks my heart for all the right reasons.
My sentiments also! I will always love our first responders, even law enforcement who Democrats seem to hate daily!! I thank God for them!! Our wonderful EMTs, fire fighters, ICE, our brave soldiers, all if them! They make our country great!!!
The way the first responders are treated is mind blowing,,sick and wrong,,,been Irish, I'd expect it from the courrpt Irish government, but the so called greatest nation under the sun treats it's hero's like this. . What a letdown..👎👎👎
Helluva place we live in where "a kid from New York" and "a kid from Levittown" can be the best of friends fighting for what's right. Sadly we lost a good kid in Mr. Pfeifer.
Jon made a great eulogy; he reminded everyone of the humour of this man, along with his humble spirit. Its a disgusting shock that they didnt want to keep the funding for these men and women who ran into hell without hesitation.
Ray pfeifer was a hero for what he did on 9/11, but he deserves to be immortalized for the work he did post-9/11. His name, out of all names associated with 9/11, stands out the most to me and when I want to feel humbled or cry, I watch this eulogy and the speech JS made to (empty) Congress.
Bear with me on this one. There was a high rise fire near Ray’s firehouse. When FDNY showed up the doorman told the members the fire is to the left as you get upstairs. that was correct if you took the elevator, but, as our procedures call for, we get off the elevator two floors below the fire and walk the additional two floors. This of course, would put us at a different perspective. The fire would be at our right. The initial members were crawling in the wrong direction. with the apartment door left open they were crawling towards the fire with the hallway being fed with blowtorch proportions from the winds at the high level of the building as the windows had already given way. Ray, who was the nozzleman ( lead man at the hose, responsible for directing the the hose stream) took a peak at the conditions in the hallway from the stairwell saw two reflective stripes of his brothers bunker pants go by him, he knew they were headed towards the blowtorch, he grab both of them by the ankles and pulled them into the stairwell, saving their lives. I’m not sure if those two men made it out of 9/11 alive but Ray had given them more days to live. To me, anyway, that is the definition of a wonderful human. It is one of the great honors of my life to have known Ray, as a brother firefighter and as someone who can say we had a mutual respect for one another. I hope everyone that reads this can know that feeling with 4:09 someone they love and respect. R.I.P. Ray. Your example has made me a better person.
The uninformed American public is responsible. Bush lied to invade and kill millions of Iraqis and got re-elected and this explains everything about the American public.
@@ericmharper I had not paid much attention to him lately. Busy working and raising my children (widower). I started liking him a few years back when he saw through the Obama deception, and I just got too busy to keep up. But the way he blasted Congress about the 9/11 First Responders and the issue of not funding their health care had me really moved. That is an American issue, not Identity politics. If we could as Americans, unite for the right reasons, we would be an even greater nation. I don't care about your spiritual belief, your sexual preference, or how you identify. This is America, and we should all be treated with respect. No group of people is any better than anyone else. Straight White Men deserve the same respect that I, a Native American Man deserve. No one group has the right to claim to be a protected class of people. We are all Americans. Period! Ok, I'm getting off my soap box now.
Rest in Peace, Ray... and all the 9/11 heroes we have lost... and those who continue to live and struggle. Thank you all. And thank you Jon... for being maybe the loudest, most eloquent voice to have spoken up for them... and for all of us in the United States.
There are no words to describe how incredible, selfless and serving both of these men are and were. The only word that can come close to describing them is "heroes."
Thank you Ray I didn't know you but I know the world is a little better now because of you. We should all be able to be q little better this man was a hero to the end. We can just be kind.
@@JE-eb2tn I'm not completely sure about that because even a Trump supporter still loves America. They just don't understand that they're voting for those who love money more than America.
@Bryan Dalton dalton don't ignore the incredible amounts of money given to Republicans and right leaning Democrats from lobbyists to fuck over our democracy and the American public. shut the fuck up and sit down
Jon, you make me laugh in one breath and cry in another. I wish you were running for President, you couldn't fuck it up anymore than Donnie Dumbo has, in fact, laughter might heal the hurt inflicted on so many people by the incompetence of the last 2 1/2 years!
Jon Stewart is a pretty liberal guy. I used to watch him every night on The Daily Show. There are some things I may not agree with him on, but Jon is ALWAYS a reasonable man.
Ray had every right to throw a pity party for himself - instead, he soldiered on for his brothers and sisters even as he was dying. Whenever I hear some goober talking about how places like NYC are not home to "real Americans", I get sick. This man was an example of the best among us, and the horrible "liberal elitist" Jon isn't such a bad example of our best either.
Jon Stewart you totally redeemed yourself in my eyes. Yes good for you 😘. How quick we all forget I thought we said Never Forget. Were all a bunch of hypocrites
"We didn't talk politics much" that means a lot. Everyone there knew that Ray and Jon would disagree on almost everything. Like me and one of my best friends. We did like to talk politics but did not make that the be all and end all of who we were. He could joke that I was a pinko commie, and I could joke that he was a fascist pig, but we would give each other the shirts off our backs if needed. In 2003 his adopted son (who was troubled when John adopted him) got steaming mad at John, but took it out by stealing his dad's gun and shooting up my house in a very stoned rage. I stood with John and David to get him into treatment rather than the prison term he had in mind, and visited him regularly and he straightened out. Years later, I was in deep clinical depression after a divorce and relocation. Who showed up to pull me out of it? John. I did not want to see him at the time, it was pride and embarrassment that I had let my life devolve, but he would not be stopped. My family tried to help, but the closest one was nearly 1,000 miles away, without John showing up in person, putting up with my bad mood and temperament and reminding me in person, who I was, I don't know what would have happened. Mt "fascist" friend saved his "pinko" friend.
Kal El ....the U.S. is not a democracy, it is a Constitutional Republic....ANY form of gov't is better than socialism or communism, and if need be, there will be a bloody civil war to beat down any and all commies....
You don't know me. We have never met. You know nothing about me and nothing about my politics. But your arrogance suggests you easily give in to your agency. You have rushed to a convenient conclusion based on your need to have a tidy little ending. Typical American naivete. Attacking me because you don't understand sarcasm is about your own ignorance and stupidity and has nothing to do with me clarity or the reality of what happened on 11th September. The fluoride is working and unfortunately you are a victim of poisoning and I feel sorry for that. I could care less about your conclusions or your belief that you know me. You still don't.
+Rodney Stevens So quit aiming your ignorant comments at me! Since you pay none of my bills, I could care less about you, what you think of me, what you think of my opinions, your analysis of my thoughts, feelings or how/what I believe in or dont! Just quit using my name in your comments and you won't hear from me again k? However, when you talk smack and aim it my way, I'm not going to let you bully me and win! I will always defend myself and my beliefs! Obviously you have an overwhelming need for attention and this is getting boring and I do have things to do on my days off!! So...you may want to run to your mommy or your desperate wife/girlfriend for your attention needs! I'm running out of patience with you...as I'm sure they have and probably told u to go play on the computer!! "yawn"!
