He vanished at Ground Zero saving 9/11 victims. His sons went looking for him.
This episode recounts the story of Lieutenant Kevin Dowdell, an FDNY firefighter who vanished during the 9/11 attacks, and how his sons, Patrick and James, carried on his legacy by searching Ground Zero and ultimately forging their own paths in service—Patrick in the military and James in
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