Ray Flood, NYPD Emergency Service Unit (ESU): Remembering the 9/11 attacks, Ep. 59

The Team House

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History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government

4.7 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2020

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Ray Flood served in NYPD's Emergency Services Unit which deals with high risk entry and rescue missions. Ray talks to us about how he joined ESU, the training, the equipment, and the mission. We discuss talking to, and if need be grabbing, jumpers on bridges and buildings in the New York City. One notable operation was when passengers got stuck in the tram that runs from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island. ESU successfully rescued everyone from the tram that night. Next, we talk about his experiences at ground zero and the horrific days proceeding the 9/11 attacks. Support the stream on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/TheTeamHouse SubReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheTeamHouse/ Jack Murphy's memoir "Murphy's Law" can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Murphys-Law-Journey-Investigative-Journalist/dp/1501191241 The Team Room Reading Room (Amazon Affiliate links): https://jackmurphywrites.com/the-team-room-reading-room/

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0:48.0	Welcome to the Team House episode 59.
0:51.0	I'm Jack Murphy here with co-host Dave Park. We have a special guest on tonight. This is our 9-11 show. You know we stream live at 8 p.m. every Friday evening. This episode just happened to fall
1:07.1	actually on 9-11 and as you guys know we normally interview special operations veterans members of the
1:14.8	intelligence community but this one following on 9-11 we really felt like we
1:19.5	should do something to recognize that event and recognize the people who passed away that day.
1:24.8	And since this show is a sort of conversational interview-based show with veterans, we figured
1:30.0	the right way to do that was to get a first responder on the show.
1:33.8	So tonight we're joined by Ray Flood.
1:36.8	Ray served, I believe it was 22 years, he'll tell us all about it in NYPD with the emergency services unit and we'll get into what
1:46.2	ESU is as well but they can do the hostage rescue, the high-risk entry type jobs jobs and I believe you guys also do
1:55.9	high risk rescue right that's that's part of the mandate yes we're certified in
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