Nov 18, 2014· "We were the end of a long, long time of grieving," he said. "We were everybody on that mission. You know, we were the Port Authority, the police department, the NYPD, the FDNY, we were the American people, the 9/11 families, and we were able to go there and just that I was able to be a part of that is just the greatest honor that's ever been asked of me."