9/11 at 25: Ground Zero 'will never escape my mind' ALYSSA JOHNSON Lincoln Journal Star Sep 5, 2026 2 hrs ago 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Lincoln Fire and Rescue's Mark Majors remembers the sadness, fear, anger and anxiety.kAmqFE 6G6?EF2==J[ E96 7:CDE C6DA@?56C D:56 @7 9:> E@@< @G6C @? $6AE] ``[ a__`]k^AmkAm“(96? 2 =2C86 :?4:56?E 92AA6?D … 2 =@E @7 E9@D6 6>@E:@?D[ E96J DE2J H:E9 J@F[ 3FE E96J <:?5 @7 8@ E@ E96 H2JD:56[” |2;@CD D2:5] “(6 H2?E E@ 36 :? E96 C:89E A=246 2E E96 C:89E E:>6 E@ ;FDE =6?5 D@>6 2DD:DE2?46] x7 :E’D 92?5:?8 @FE H2E6C[ :7 :E’D 36:?8 A2CE @7 2 3F4<6E =:?6 E92E H6 2== H2E4965[ x E9:?< H6 2== <:?5 @7 925 E92E 2?I:6EJ[ =:<6[ ‘{6E’D 8@]’”k^Am Battalion Chief Mark Majors made his first Task Force 1 deployment to New York following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. 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Nebraska Task Force 1 recalls, physical, mental and spiritual toll of being at Ground Zero after 9/11
Nebraska Task Force 1 recalls, physical, mental and spiritual toll of being at Ground Zero after 9/11
