Port St. Lucie Police Chief Leo Niemczyk shares 9/11 story after 25 years

Port St. Lucie Police Chief Leo Niemczyk shares 9/11 story after 25 years
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Port St. Lucie Police Chief Leo Niemczyk, a former New York police officer who worked the World Trade Center wreckage after the September 11 attacks and lost a childhood friend in the disaster, is breaking decades of silence to share his story as the city marks 25 years since the attacks.

Niemczyk was a Queens police officer assigned to

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