COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho – Jerry Kane, a retired detective sergeant from the New York City Police Department, vividly recalls the day the Twin Towers fell. Living just six miles from the towers, Kane was at home when the call came in.

"If I died that day, I know what I signed up for. Right?" said Kane.

Kane considers himself fortunate, noting, "I'm probably the luckiest person you'll ever meet in your life, because certainly people all around me got killed."

Later that night, Kane was stationed at the city's morgue where 11 bodies arrived from the devastation.

"That was pretty depressing, to tell you the truth. We were hoping to find more. More people, but it was tough. It was tough to find people," he said.

The aftermath of 9/11 continues to stay with Kane. He described the dangerous con

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