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Losing My Dad on 9/11, 25 Years of Grief & Learning How to Live | David Ferrugio

September 10, 2026·56 min
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David Ferrugio is the host of the DEAD Talks podcast and author of You’re Not Dead Yet. After losing his father in the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11 at just 12 years old, David turned his experience with grief into a mission to help others navigate loss, death, healing, and what it means to truly live. Through hundreds of conversations with guests ranging from near-death experiencers to grief experts, he explores the lessons adversity can teach us about presence, purpose, love, and life. Today on the show we discuss David’s experience losing his father in the Twin Towers on 9/11, why grief can still feel fresh 25 years later, how vulnerability and emotional expression helped him heal, what near-death experiences have taught him about death and the possibility of an afterlife, why letting go of control and staying present can change how we live, and how turning pain into purpose can honor the people we’ve lost and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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