Went to see World Trade Center yesterday, and like most reviews I've read I also thought it was an amazing movie. From the moment I sat down, into the previews, and through most of the beginning I can honestly say I was the most tense I had ever been in a theater. You can't help but go through what you were doing that day while Port Authority Police Officers John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno were stuck in the rubble. And just like everyone else in the theater, I did tear up a few times, and noticed many still crying on the way out. Long story short, I highly recommend seeing the movie.

What I wasn't expecting though, were the stories of the men who found and rescued officers McLoughlin and Jimeno...the two ex-marines that found the officers, and the NYC police officer and former paramedic who first went in to rescue them. These couldn't have been four more different guys, but they all dropped everything and went to lower Manhattan that day, because they needed to do whatever they could to help. Obviously, these are just four examples of heroism, out of the thousand that took place at ground zero. But the stories give you a sense of the types of people on the scene on September 11th, all wanting to help with the rescue.

Click through the links to read about NYC Police Officer Scott Strauss, former NYC Paramedic Chuck Sereika, former Marine Jason Thomas and Staff Sgt. David W. Karnes. It's definitely interesting to read about the details the movie portrayed correctly, and the ones they missed.