Son achieves dream of becoming FDNY firefighter, following in steps of father who died on 9/11

Son achieves dream of becoming FDNY firefighter, following in steps of father who died on 9/11

Nearly 300 new firefighters were sworn in Friday for the FDNY's 150th anniversary class. Every one of them with some kind of back story, but none, perhaps, like Brendan Stackpole's. He's wanted to be a firefighter, "Since I was born," he said.