8 years. 8 years of suffering. Yet, the guy says; _”can’t complain”_ … unbelievable character and courage. Intestinal fortitude off the charts. Don’t be sad that Ray is gone. Be happy he existed. 🙏 Much respect …

Damn... Jon Stewart is a national treasure and his dedication for this cause and others makes me proud to call myself a longtime fan. This breaks my heart for all the right reasons.

Rest easy Officer Pfeifer. No-one will forget what you did on that day.

Jon made a great eulogy; he reminded everyone of the humour of this man, along with his humble spirit. Its a disgusting shock that they didnt want to keep the funding for these men and women who ran into hell without hesitation.

Helluva place we live in where "a kid from New York" and "a kid from Levittown" can be the best of friends fighting for what's right. Sadly we lost a good kid in Mr. Pfeifer.

Ray pfeifer was a hero for what he did on 9/11, but he deserves to be immortalized for the work he did post-9/11. His name, out of all names associated with 9/11, stands out the most to me and when I want to feel humbled or cry, I watch this eulogy and the speech JS made to (empty) Congress.

the best comedians can take you from tears of laughter to tears of sorrow in a matter of seconds. there will never be another Jon Stewart.

What a great man and good use of celebrity to promote a cause.

That eulogy really was something!!! God bless John

I recently watched the documentary No first responder left behind, and a cried like a baby. All these guys are amazing. Massive respect.

Bear with me on this one. There was a high rise fire near Ray’s firehouse. When FDNY showed up the doorman told the members the fire is to the left as you get upstairs. that was correct if you took the elevator, but, as our procedures call for, we get off the elevator two floors below the fire and walk the additional two floors. This of course, would put us at a different perspective. The fire would be at our right. The initial members were crawling in the wrong direction. with the apartment door left open they were crawling towards the fire with the hallway being fed with blowtorch proportions from the winds at the high level of the building as the windows had already given way. Ray, who was the nozzleman ( lead man at the hose, responsible for directing the the hose stream) took a peak at the conditions in the hallway from the stairwell saw two reflective stripes of his brothers bunker pants go by him, he knew they were headed towards the blowtorch, he grab both of them by the ankles and pulled them into the stairwell, saving their lives. I’m not sure if those two men made it out of 9/11 alive but Ray had given them more days to live. To me, anyway, that is the definition of a wonderful human. It is one of the great honors of my life to have known Ray, as a brother firefighter and as someone who can say we had a mutual respect for one another. I hope everyone that reads this can know that feeling with 4:09 someone they love and respect. R.I.P. Ray. Your example has made me a better person.

When he talked about the prayer cards, I was bawling 😭

Heartfelt and heart wrenching. Thank you Jon for your resolute work towards getting our 9/11 responders taken care of.

We have some truly evil people representing us.

I have a newly found respect for Jon Stewart...

And he didn’t care about Ray’s politics.

Guy in a hospice, dying of cancer: “Meh! Can’t complain.” Me: “…but my dishwasher broke down.”

Ray would be DAMN proud of you.

Regardless our beliefs, political ideologies we are humans and should all love each other

Never forget the courage and commitment these men and women showed the world to inspire all of us. Thank you John Stewart ❤

Exquisite eulogy. We should all be so lucky to be remembered so warmly x

Can’t get better then Stewart

Jon Stewart is a great man.

This is heartbraking. Rest in peace, Ray.

There are no words to describe how incredible, selfless and serving both of these men are and were. The only word that can come close to describing them is "heroes."

What an amazing friend Jon Stewart and what an even more amazing warrior that Ray Pfeifer is. Godspeed to the both of you. 💗💗🙏🙏🙏

Who tf would dislike this??

Rest in Peace, Ray... and all the 9/11 heroes we have lost... and those who continue to live and struggle. Thank you all. And thank you Jon... for being maybe the loudest, most eloquent voice to have spoken up for them... and for all of us in the United States.

He fights for free speech like nobody else and I hope hes never forgotten

Just goes to show you, 1 man, 1 man with a mission can make a difference. God bless you John.

Jon Stewart you are exactly who we need to run America. You are always standing up for the hero's of this country.

Rest up Ray. You were a real hero and we will keep your name ringing.

That's why we love you Jon. May Ray rest in heavenlies ⚘️

I watch this heart wrenching stuff sometimes to remind me that it isn’t all about me. Golly time flies.

Thank you Ray I didn't know you but I know the world is a little better now because of you. We should all be able to be q little better this man was a hero to the end. We can just be kind.

Jon is an amazing guy.

Rest In Peace Sir... Thank you!

LOVE!!!! Our family loves Jon Stewart regardless, but we live in Kentucky. Honey, our basket should have been filled with bourbon!!!!

Great story. Great eulogy!

He was lucky. He was loved. Money can't buy the love of family and our furry friends. A life well lived.

What a man! Wow!!!

Sure seems Ray was a good man,,,,right on Jon

Ray was my grandfathers name. A name given to Greats ! 😢😢😢

Incredible hero Ray Pfeifer. Thank you John Stewart God bless you

Ugh I’m crying 😢

What an amazing man!

I wish I could have met this man

Jon Stewart is a pretty liberal guy. I used to watch him every night on The Daily Show. There are some things I may not agree with him on, but Jon is ALWAYS a reasonable man.

RIP Sir

Jon, you make me laugh in one breath and cry in another. I wish you were running for President, you couldn't fuck it up anymore than Donnie Dumbo has, in fact, laughter might heal the hurt inflicted on so many people by the incompetence of the last 2 1/2 years!

You have made me laugh in the past...watching this, you moved me to tears. Keep up the flight for what is right. I will follow you to hell and back.

long live officer ray pfeifer gone but always remembered....

Rest in peace Ray....attaboy Jon

Amazing.

Ray had every right to throw a pity party for himself - instead, he soldiered on for his brothers and sisters even as he was dying. Whenever I hear some goober talking about how places like NYC are not home to "real Americans", I get sick. This man was an example of the best among us, and the horrible "liberal elitist" Jon isn't such a bad example of our best either.

Gentleman and American hero

You did it, Ray, you did it.

You hear the heavy breathing throughout?

This story should be made into a movie, including Jon's congress speech.

RIP

RIP, and sorry for asking, but what is that card? I don't get the word

Who the fk are the 10 people who downvoted this.

I cant think of a better Commander and Chief, than John Stewart.

I would have pressed "Like" sooner, but my eyes got blurry with tears and I couldn't make out the icon on the screen.

Jon Stewart you totally redeemed yourself in my eyes. Yes good for you 😘. How quick we all forget I thought we said Never Forget. Were all a bunch of hypocrites

😭😭😭😭

I hope Jon develops his filmmaking skills and eventually directs a film about Ray

Jon Stewart For President

46,000 views and only 8 dislikes

Wow

Who the f*** is disliking this video?

It’s the oldest known calendar known to mankind the Gregorian calendar

US senators gave the thumbs down

"We didn't talk politics much" that means a lot. Everyone there knew that Ray and Jon would disagree on almost everything. Like me and one of my best friends. We did like to talk politics but did not make that the be all and end all of who we were. He could joke that I was a pinko commie, and I could joke that he was a fascist pig, but we would give each other the shirts off our backs if needed. In 2003 his adopted son (who was troubled when John adopted him) got steaming mad at John, but took it out by stealing his dad's gun and shooting up my house in a very stoned rage. I stood with John and David to get him into treatment rather than the prison term he had in mind, and visited him regularly and he straightened out. Years later, I was in deep clinical depression after a divorce and relocation. Who showed up to pull me out of it? John. I did not want to see him at the time, it was pride and embarrassment that I had let my life devolve, but he would not be stopped. My family tried to help, but the closest one was nearly 1,000 miles away, without John showing up in person, putting up with my bad mood and temperament and reminding me in person, who I was, I don't know what would have happened. Mt "fascist" friend saved his "pinko" friend.

Adam was made on Monday and eve was made on Tuesday

2.800 veiws! Sad? Never forget!😢😢

Elk jerky is friggin fantastic....

If only Ray was born in a Good country

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And to think that they gave the nobel peace price to a president during conflict and war time. I'm flabbergasted.

Democracy: get in, make money, get out and run. Not the best form of government. Time to upgrade it.

man that sux they fot so hard =[

I'm a Conservative who the man Jon Stewart

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Nothing to do with asbestos poisoning or anything else that happened on that day.