"You remember Starsky and Hutch? When I was a kid, it was on TV. I remember the theme song. When that would come on, I'd run around the house and arrest my sister, Karen. Took me six years to be a cop. The only thing I ever wanted to be was a cop."

"Kassimatis said you were the best. You were the guy who knew everything down here. Dom, Antonio and Chris, nothing was gonna stop them from trying to help. We figured we might as well follow the best guy in."

"Title card: 2,749 people died at the World Trade Center, including citizens from 87 countries. 343 were New York City Firemen. 84 were Port Authority employees, of whom 37 were Police. Another 23 were New York City Police. Only 20 people were pulled out alive. Will and John were numbers 18 and 19. Will had 8 surgeries in 13 days. John was put into a medically-induced coma for 6 weeks to allow for 27 surgeries. They are now retired from active duty and live with their families in New York and New Jersey. Dave Karnes re-enlisted in the Marines and served two tours of duty in Iraq. For the fallen men and women of the Port Authority Police Department. And for all those whose who fought, died, and were wounded that day."

"Stephen Dorff - NYPD ESU Rescueman Scott Strauss"

"[narrating] 9/11 showed us what human beings are capable of. The evil, yeah, sure. But it also brought out a goodness we thought could exist. People taking care of each other for no other reason than it was the right thing to do. It's important to talk about that good, to remember. 'Cause I saw a lot of it that day."

"Maggie Gyllenhaal - Allison Jimeno"

"Jude Ciccolella - Inspector Fields"

"Michael Peña - Will Jimeno"

"We're prepared for everything. Car bombs, chemical, biological, an attack from the top. But not this. Not for something this size. There's no plan. We didn't make it."

"Maria Bello - Donna McLoughlin"

"Aimee Mullins - Reporter"

"Patti D'Arbanville - Lynne"

"Arthur Nascarella - FDNY Chief at Ground Zero"

"Dara Coleman - Officer Boel"

"Nick Damici - Lieutentant Kassimatis"

"Armando Riesco - Officer Antonio Rodrigues"

"Viola Davis - Grace"

"Danny Nucci - Officer Giraldi"

"Donna Murphy - Judy Jonas"

"William Mapother - Marine Sgt. Jason Thomas"

"Jon Bernthal - Officer Christopher Amoroso"

"Wass Stevens as Officer Pat McLoughlin"

"Will Jimeno - Port Authority Police Officer"

"Ned Eisenberg - Officer Polnicki"

"Nicholas Turturro - Officer Colovito"

"The most amazing thing just happened. I saw Jesus. And you know what? He had a bottle of water. And I could have drunk it, you know? But I didn't drink it. He's telling us something, Sarge. He's telling us to come home."

"[as the South Tower collapses] Run! The elevator shaft!"

"Jay Hernandez - Officer Dominick Pezzulo"

".w:Anne Openshaw - Ana Ottway"

"A job at the end of the world. A salaried killer for a big petroleum company. I don't know why I did half the things I've done, but I know this is where I belong, surrounded by my own. Ex-cons, fugitives, drifters, assholes. Men unfit for mankind."

"My dad was not without love... but a cliched Irish motherfucker when he wanted to be. Drinker, brawler, all that stuff. Never shed a tear. Saw weakness everywhere. But he had this thing for poems... poetry. Reading them, quoting them. Probably thought it rounded him off, you know. His way of apologizing, I guess. And there was one that hung over the desk in his den. It was only when I was a lot older, I realized he had written it. It was untitled, four lines. I read it at his funeral. "Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I'll ever know. Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day.""

"We're going to get a large branch and sharpen the end of it, and we're going to shove it up this thing's ass. Then we're going to eat it."

"I'm going to start beating the shit out of you in the next five seconds."

"Look at That"

"I don’t know man, I can’t tell"

"Don’t go, don’t leave me, where are you going"

"we’re fucking went down"

"Oh my god, Oh my god That guy’s cut in half"

"Help, hang on in a minute"

"Oh fuck man"

"come on, man"

"My head is fucked my leg is fucked! Awww fuck!"

"Hey, guys, don't do that put your head between your knees crap if this plane crashes."

"Nonso Anozie - Jackson Burke"

"Joe Anderson - Todd Flannery"

"James Badge Dale - Luke Lewenden"

"Frank Grillo - John Diaz"

"You fuckin' guys with your rules and your orders and bullshit. Where are we? Look around! This is fuck city. Population five and dwindling."