Det. Raymond Clair and Det. Patrick LaScala are part of New York's elite bomb squad, a unit whose size is a closely guarded secret.
CNN was given special access to the unit in order to find out what a more typical day can be like.
During one recent 16-hour shift, I watched the same five-man team who worked the bungled bomb plot in Times Square check their equipment, catch up on paperwork and make sure Dan-O, their explosives-sniffing dog, was raring to go. The K-9 is named for a member of the squad who died in the 9/11 attacks when one of the twin towers collapsed.
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