The story of two State Department security operatives who rushed to help near ground zero, and stayed for weeks

Published: Sept. 10, 2021, 1:40 p.m.

b"More than 50 special agents with the State Department\\u2019s Diplomatic Security Service joined the surge of first responders who rushed to the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. In the days and weeks that followed, they went supported emergency workers and federal colleagues at Ground Zero. Federal News Network\\u2019s Jory Heckman spoke with two of them. Diplomatic Security Service Supervisory special agent Christopher Gu. And, the voice you'll hear first, the assistant special agent in charge of the New York Field Office of Diplomatic Security, Elizabeth McAleer\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"