Former NYPD detective diagnosed with 9/11-related terminal illness speaks out

Though 20 years ago, the impact of 9/11 is still seen in first responders. Former NYPD detective spoke to Fox News about September 11, 2001 and his current health.

Frey had been assigned to the Manhattan detective borough. After his partner was "clobbered" with debris, Frey took him to the emergency room. After that, he said, he went back to site of the World Trade Center, which he referred to as "the pile." "We went to work on the pile, pulling buckets and looking for survivors," Frey recalled. "We kept doing various assignments: going to the morgue, traveling to DNA testing sites and then heading back to the pile. The death certificates came later." He continued, "We weren’t prepared. There were no hazmat suits, no masks. You learned a lot from it. It was a devastating day, which became a devastating year and then a devastating three years."