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In Their Own Words

Episode Number: 45    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Monday October 15, 2001    Prod Code: 227708
This was a special non-fiction episode which told, in their own words, the real stories of the police officers, firefighters, paramedics, emergency services personnel, and their families in the aftermath of 9/11/01. The regular starring cast members did brief introductions to each of this documentary's segments, which featured the real police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and emergency services personnel who work as part-time technical advisors and cast members in the production of every regular "Third Watch" episode.

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Writer: Edward Allen Bernero
Director: Christopher Chulack, Julie Hébert
Star: Coby Bell (Ty Davis Jr.),  Chris Bauer (Fred Yokas (Episodes 45-110, recurring otherwise)),  Amy Carlson (Alex Taylor (Episodes 32-88, recurring previously)),  Jason Wiles (Maurice "Bosco" Boscorelli),  Skipp Sudduth (John "Sully" Sullivan),  Anthony Ruivivar (Carlos Nieto),  Kim Raver (Kim Zambrano (Episodes 1-111)),  Molly Price (Officer (Now Detective) Faith Yokas),  Eddie Cibrian (Jimmy Doherty (Episodes 1-101)),  Michael Beach (Doc Parker (Episodes 1-103))

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This episode has only aired twice, the first being its orginal air date and the second was on the first anniversary of the attacks, where it aired on A&E. (edit)
On March 27, 2002, this episode received the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting. (edit)
Molly Price, who plays Faith Yokas, did not do a segment introduction. Since her husband is a firefighter who was involved in the rescue operation, she was interviewed in one of the segments. (edit)

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Officer Mike Keenan (NYPD, ESU): All the stories of kids asking mommy “when’s daddy coming home?” I’m sure along with thousands of other families. (edit)
Firefighter Hughie Lynch (FDNY, Squad 1): I’d love to sit and talk about Pete and Espo and all the other guys and all the crazy shit that they did, but it’s like, you’re not gonna get to everybody. And I’d like you to know everybody. It’s impossible. So take us a whole. (edit)
Firefighter Hughie Lynch (FDNY, Squad 1): I’d love to sit and talk about Pete and Espo and all the other guys and all the crazy shit that they did, but it’s like, you’re not gonna get to everybody. And I’d like you to know everybody. It’s impossible. So take us a whole. (edit)
Skipp Sudduth: So after hours of discussion and debate we decided that the only appropriate way to continue was to first honor these people by giving them the opportunity to tell their own stories, in their own words, before we return to telling our fictional stories. (edit)
Skipp Sudduth: These are the people that we portray on “Third Watch” and this is the reason we portray them. (edit)

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