Fire Chief Richard Thode speaks during the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Fire Headquarters, in Bridgeport, Conn. Sept. 11, 2020. It was 19 years ago when members of the terrorist group al-Qaeda claimed they coordinated a series of attacks with commercial airliners that destroyed the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and damaged the Pentagon, claiming 2,977 lives and more than 25,000 injuries - the deadliest terrorist attack in history. Some 343 firefighters and 72 law enforcement officers were killed in the attacks. "We remember all those who chose to run into the burning buildings as others were running out," continued U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. "We take for granted the automatic emergency response; we don't question the fact that every single time there is a fire, there will be firefighters running into that building."  