Memorable Quotes from Armando Riesco
7 quotesDetermination in the Face of Adversity
Officer Colovito
Nothing's gonna help them.
[after watching a victim jump from the Towers]
Antonio Rodrigues
No, we'll get up there.
Officer Giraldi
How are you gonna save people that high up? It's impossible.
Will Jimeno
We gotta try.
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Urgent Evacuation Instructions Amid Crisis
John McLoughlin
Okay, listen up. Where's Kassimatis?
Officer Colovito
He's looking for you, Sarge.
John McLoughlin
We got to evacuate the Tower. Who knows how to use a Scott Pak? And don't give me any PBA bullshit.
Officer Colovito
Hey, Sarge, to tell you the truth, I haven't used one in like four years.
John McLoughlin
Look, what did I just say? Who's coming? Step forward.
Will Jimeno
I got it, Sarge.
Antonio Rodrigues
I'll go.
Dominick Pezzulo
I'm with you, Sarge.
John McLoughlin
All right. All right, we got a team. We're headed into Building Five. The rest of you wait for Kassimatis. Follow me. Stay together.
John McLoughlin
Jimeno.
Will Jimeno
Sarge?
John McLoughlin
Take everyone's memo books, nightsticks, hats. They're useless here. Put them in the Suburban. It's over on Church and Vesey. Meet us back at the police desk in the lobby of Five. You got it?
Will Jimeno
Which one's Five?
John McLoughlin
There's two towers. North Tower is One. South Tower is Two, right behind it. There's Five, right in front of us, which is where the police desk is. Take the alley. Hurry up.
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Fashion Choices and Their Perceptions
Frank Slaughtery
You know, you're wearing a striped shirt with a striped tie, you know that, right?
Phelan
Yeah, I do it for the ladies.
Frank Slaughtery
Oh - the ladies ever tell you that you look like a fucking optical illusion?
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Speculation on a Tragic Event
Officer Polnicki
Can you believe this? What schmuck would fly a plane into the Trade Center?
[watching TV]
Officer Colovito
Maybe they ran out of gas or something.
Officer Polnicki
Yeah, Colovito. Right.
Officer Giraldi
Just some jerk-off forgot which lever to pull on his twin-engine.
Antonio Rodrigues
That's not a small plane.
Officer Polnicki
Hell, no.
Inspector Fields
All, right, listen up! Let me have your attention here! They're telling us it's a commuter plane. Tower One is being evacuated as a precaution. They've asked us to send a team down to assist. Sergeant McLoughlin.
John McLoughlin
I've got a list of names here. Step out when you hear it. We're going downtown.
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Skepticism About News Source During Crisis
Officer Colovito
Hey, guys, you won't believe this! My wife says the other one got hit, the other tower.
Officer Polnicki
What?! How the hell did the other tower get hit?
Officer Colovito
She was listening to ] and they said it.
[[w:WQHT|Hot 97]
Officer Polnicki
What? Who gets their news from Hot 97?
Antonio Rodrigues
I told you it was no damn private plane.
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The Impact of Unemployment on Job Markets
Phelan
Uh, what's the big deal with the unemployment number anyway?
Frank Slaughtery
Fellan...
Phelan
It's, uh, Phelan.
Frank Slaughtery
Whatever. Look... More jobs means fewer people looking for work. Means it's harder to find good people to fill those jobs. Means you gotta raise wages to get them. Means inflation goes up. You got it?
Phelan
Yeah.
Frank Slaughtery
No, I didn't think so. That's why I'm doing what I'm doing and you're handing out junk mail.
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Urgent Call to Action Amid Crisis
Chris Amoroso
Now you're talking! Got the BT dogs up in here.
John McLoughlin
Chris.
Chris Amoroso
What's up, Sarge? Sarge, I'm telling you we got to get up. There's a ton of people stuck up there.
John McLoughlin
We're going up.
Chris Amoroso
Yeah? I gotta go with you.
John McLoughlin
Sure, Chris. We can use you. We need more equipment. get a tank on.
Chris Amoroso
A-Rod!
Antonio Rodrigues
Yo, what's up, Chris?
Will Jimeno
Yo, what happened to your eye, man? What happened to your eye?
Chris Amoroso
Ah, I was carrying this woman out, something whacked me in the freaking head.
Will Jimeno
She okay?
Chris Amoroso
Yeah, hey, Sarge, we ain't gonna find any equipment left in One.
John McLoughlin
Lynch has got gear down at the B-1 truck docks next to Two. There's a staircase right over there at Ben & Jerry's.
Chris Amoroso
I heard they were evacuating Two, Sarge.
John McLoughlin
Must have caught fire from One.
Chris Amoroso
I heard Two got hit, that there was a second plane.
John McLoughlin
No, Fields just said one plane, Tower One. Now, stay together.
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