Richard Picciotto
1 archived appearance · 2002
9/11FirefightingSurvival
Richard Picciotto is a retired FDNY battalion chief recognized as the highest-ranking firefighter to survive the collapse of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, having been inside the North Tower when it fell. On Art Bell's programs, his book Last Man Down and his harrowing firsthand account of survival and heroism on that day provided one of the most powerful and intimate perspectives on the events of 9/11.
On the air with Art · 1
May 22, 2002 · 2h 51m
World Trade Center Attacks
Art Bell opens with an emotional account of his wife Ramona's severe asthma crisis the previous night, when she turned blue and nearly required an ambulance from their remote home in Pahrump, Nevada. He then reports on the discovery of Chandra Levy's remains in Rock Creek Park, expressing suspicion about how searche...
