Families piece together stories of lost firefighters

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Emotional relatives of firefighters killed in the collapse of the World Trade Centre pored over newly released transcripts and recordings, listening intently for the voices of their loved ones and clues to their final minutes alive.

The records released today show some firefighters never heard the order to get out of the tower, said Antonia Fontana, who lost her son Lieutenant David Fontana on September 11, 2001. Batteries in some firefighters' radios died; others never worked.