They were there to answer duties callThat day we saw the twin towers fallThey knew the job was full of dangerBut it was theirs, to help friend or strangerTo answer a call, they could not pick and chooseThough their lives they might even loseHearth and home, they had to leaveTo do, in what they believedA quiet morning, to be had by someNothing much but routine to be doneBut when the alarm sounded, they sallied forthTo those soaring towers, both south and northThe first responders, from throughout the city cameAll knowing things would never again be the sameSmoke and flame, high up in the skyNo time to hesitate, no need to question whyFlame and smoke poured from aboveBut no-one had to give them a shoveInto the building they went with all their gearThings had to be done, no time for fearFire, police, EMS’s tooAll knew the job that they had to doUp they went, seemingly without a carePeople were in dire need of their help up thereThrough the flames, smoke and dust They did the things they knew they mustThen came those terrible, ominous soundsThat heralded the towers crashing to the groundThe dust and smoke are all settled nowIn prayer and remembrance our heads do bowFor all who perished on that fateful dayWe honor the price that you did pay.
They were there to answer duties callThat day we saw the twin towers fallThey knew the job was full of dangerBut it was theirs, to help friend or strangerTo answer a call, they could not pick and chooseThough their lives they might even loseHearth and home, they had to leaveTo do, in what they believedA quiet morning, to be had by someNothing much but routine to be doneBut when the alarm sounded, they sallied forthTo those soaring towers, both south and northThe first responders, from throughout the city cameAll knowing things would never again be the sameSmoke and flame, high up in the skyNo time to hesitate, no need to question whyFlame and smoke poured from aboveBut no-one had to give them a shoveInto the building they went with all their gearThings had to be done, no time for fearFire, police, EMS’s tooAll knew the job that they had to doUp they went, seemingly without a carePeople were in dire need of their help up thereThrough the flames, smoke and dust They did the things they knew they mustThen came those terrible, ominous soundsThat heralded the towers crashing to the groundThe dust and smoke are all settled nowIn prayer and remembrance our heads do bowFor all who perished on that fateful dayWe honor the price that you did pay.