NEW YORK — People shouldn't wait for a tragedy to focus on their priorities and should enjoy and value what is important more often, retired New York City Fire Chief Richard Picciotto told attendees at the America's Credit Union Conference & Expo today.
Picciotto, who was the conference's keynote speaker, gave a detailed description of his efforts to rescue people trapped in the World Trade Center on 9/11. He also talked of his own near-death experience in being trapped under debris and thinking that he was about to die.
"I thought about my life, my wife and kids. I prayed. I didn't want to die but if I did, make it quick," he recalled about his thoughts on that day.
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