OUT OF HIS 1,200 PICTURES TAKEN AT "GROUND ZERO" ON SEPTEMBER 11, PHOTOGRAPHER RON AGAM WAS MOST AFFECTED BY FIREFIGHTER LENNY TYRELL (LEFT) AS HE EMERGED FROM A CLOUD OF DUST "LIKE AN ANGEL." AGAM FOLLOWED TYRELL AS "HE WENT TO THIS OTHER MAN [FELLOW FIREFIGHTER LEON MARASKAJ". THEY EMBRACED, AND I THOUGHT 'THIS IS WHAT AMERICA IS ALL ABOUT - THE COURAGE AND THIS FEELING OF PRIDE AND BROTHERHOOD." AGAM LATER LEARNED THAT MARASKAJ'S COUSIN, A FELLOW FIREFIGHTER, HAD PERISHED WHEN THE TOWERS COLLAPSED, AND THAT TYRELL WAS DELIVERING THE NEWS.
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