-- www.vitac.com on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, new worries of a terror plot. police are visibly out in force in new york and washington, d.c. this weekend after u.s. officials received information of a credible yet unconfirmed plot to attack those cities. there's new information on what and who police are looking for. we'll bring that to you in a live report in a few moments. meantime, a live picture from ground zero, the site of new york's world trade center. a memorial service at st. patrick's cathedral is under way right now to honor the 343 firefighters killed when the twin towers collapsed ten years ago. that ceremony taking place in midtown. the picture you're seeing right now in downtown manhattan. some ammunition is missing from fort bragg in north carolina, quite a lot of ammunition. about 14,000 rounds. they are the bullets used in the

military's m-16 and m-4 assault rifles. army officials locked down the post a couple of days ago. no one in or out allowed during the search. the ammo is still missing. u.s. officials announced this week they had credible yet unconfirmed information that a plot was under way to either either new york or washington or both. let's get right to susan candiotti in new york. susan, you're getting important new details about what or who u.s. officials are looking for? >> reporter: that's right, fred. we're learning interesting new information about the timing of this possible conspiracy. at least two of the three men involved in this possible terror plot have traveled to the united states last week. of course it remains unconfirmed as does the plot as to whether these people arrived in the united states. the authorities are still

working on the assumption that they may have already arrived in the united states. a third man that is believed to be part of this possible group was traveling in europee. now, two of the three men we've been telling you about have been described as u.s. citizens. we are also now learning that two of the three of them are also of arab descent. it's been difficult trying to track down these men because their names are very common in the mideast. however authorities are using flight manifests and logs to try to determine whether these people exist and if they did, whether, in fact, they headed to the united states and made it here. now, this discovery, remember, is only 72 hours old. that's when authorities first intercepted a communication from an al qaeda operative located in pakistan, someone that they have called who has had credible information in the past. again, the target appears to be new york and washington involved in this alleged plot.

and also the discussion was about using -- the chatter was about the fact that they were going to use either cars or trucks to load up with bombs in carrying out their attack. fred? >> and meantime, susan, how has this or perhaps even tomorrow's ceremonies -- how has that already started to impact getting around in new york city? >> reporter: let's been difficult certainly in the last couple of days because the nypd has really poured on their efforts to carry out random checks in security checkpoints at trucks and bridges and highways and tunnels and the like and doing random searches of cars and trucks as well. also we've learned that just earlier today, d.h.s. secretary janet napolitano got a personal briefing from new york's police commissioner and a tour of the joint operation center there where they conduct a lot of the surveillance. and she was given -- they had a thorough discussion, i am told, about the current threat environment here in the city.

>> susan candiotti in lower manhattan, thank you. a short while ago, former presidents bush and clinton attended the dedication of a memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. it honors 40 passengers and crew who died on flying 93 on 9/11. cnn's david mattingly joining us from shanksville. you were among the first reporters to get on the scene when that happened back in 2001. now you get a chance to see how that field has transformed. >> reporter: that's right, fredricka. it has transformed from a site of a tragedy to a site of inspiration, a very pastoral seen here, a beautiful rolling hills with wildflowers and grass planted here. today's ceremonies were to open this memorial to remember the sacrifices of those passengers onboard flight 93 who turned on their hijackers and kept that plane from reaching washington, d.c.

it has long been said that this is the site of the first victory in the war on terror. and today it was former president george w. bush who laid that out for the crowd here explaining that these people weren't soldiers. these were just ordinary citizens going about their lives who all happened to be on the same plane and made a very fateful decision. >> with their selfless act, the men and women who stormed the cockpit lived out the words "greater love hath no man than this than a man lay down his life for his friends." with their brave decision, they launched the first counteroffensive of the war on terror. >> reporter: and everything you see back here behind me, it might look like that this memorial is ready for the public and to remember the memory of these -- the flight and the crew

and the passengers of flight 93. but it's not finished. ten years after the crash of that plane here in the field behind me, they are still $10 million short of being able to complete this national monument. so what they're doing now, they're trying to make sure everybody is aware that the job is not done. and that fell today to former president bill clinton who spoke to the crowd. listen? >> since i am no longer in office, i can do unpopular things. i told the secretary of the interior, the head of your development program, that i was aghast to find out we still need to raise $10 million to finish this place. and speaker boehner and i have already volunteered to do a bipartisan event in washington. let's get this show on the road. let's roll. >> reporter: you heard him say there "let's roll" taking the words of passenger todd beemer

made famous. >> david mattingly, thanks so much from shanksville. the men who were president and secretary on september 11th, 2001, paying tribute to the 184 people who died at the pentagon that day. former president george w. bush laid a memorial wreath there this morning. his defense secretary at the time, donald rumsfeld, and the current chairman of the joint chiefs of staff also in attendance. and president barack obama spent part of this morning at arlington national cemetery, he and the first lady visited the section of the cemetery devoted mainly to u.s. military fatalities from the wars in afghanistan and iraq. here's a sight you don't see too often in new york city. thousands of people participated in a human chain in lower manhattan. it began at 8:46 this morning. that's when the first plane hit the world trade center's north

tower back in 2001 on 9/11. the theme of the event was unity. and thousands gathered in new jersey's liberty state park to dedicate the empty sky memorial. 746 new jersey residents were killed in the 9/11 attacks. their names are all etched in a stainless steel memorial on the hudson river. at the dedication, governor chris christie said people should focus on their loved ones, not vengeance. thousands of troops in iraq and afghanistan will pause tomorrow to reflect on the ten years since the 9/11 attacks. our suzanne malveaux talks with four soldiers who were serving at the pentagon that day. . and some of the most powerful, yet easy to use trading tools on the planet. it's investing with intelligence and cold hard conviction. e-trade. investing unleashed.

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u.s. troops and those from several countries will gather at a base in kabul, afghanistan, tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. local time. it's for a somber flag ceremony to remember the event that precipitated the war in afghanistan. the terror attacks of september 11th. even though many u.s. service members were still in grade school on that day, plenty of senior military men and women take a very personal view of 9/11. here now is suzanne malveaux. >> reporter: thomas carter was in room 4d 131 of the pentagon. >> i heard a loud sonic bomb. after the bomb, it was like an earthquake actually hit the pentagon. that massive building literally shook. it was a feeling of surprise and shock and then anger.

>> reporter: colonel todd key was also inside the pentagon on the other side. he had just gotten off the phone with his wife. >> i swear, i thought she was dead. i just had that feeling that she was dead. >> reporter: he realized she was alive when he reunited with her after escaping the burning building. >> i realize that everyone that died in the pentagon has a family. and it made it real to me that that was -- that it was different, at that moment, it was different. >> reporter: colonel david kumar was thinking about his 5 and 2-year-old children when he began carrying out the toddlers at the pentagon day care. >> what was painful was the thoughts that went through my head that perhaps some of those children's parents had perished. >> reporter: for captain jason gracin, the pain of 9/11 was different. he had to leave his pregnant wife to identify the pentagon bodies. >> i was the one who was taking

all the x-rays on all the victims and trying to match dental records. the toughest part was at the end of the day, they would take the victims that were ready to be transported back to the families -- >> reporter: it's okay. take your time. >> and the hearse -- >> reporter: it's okay, take your time. it's okay. take your time. it's okay. >> and the hearses would come. and the military escorts and we'd all line up and render that final salute. and you do that enough times, it wears on you.

you know that that could have been me, it could been one of these guys and they all had families. and that was the worst part. that was the worst part. >> checking some other stories from around the world now, opposition forces in libya have launched an assault on one of moammar gadhafi's last strongholds, bani walid, southeast of tripoli. but they have met stiff resistance. some of them have pulled back. the fighting broke out after a deadline for the town to surrender passed without a deal. opposition leaders believe key members of gadhafi's regime, including two of his sons, may be hiding in the area. tensions in cairo, egypt, have settled down a day after protesters attacked the israeli embassy. at least three people were killed and hundreds more hurt in clashes between the protesters and security forces. tensions between egypt and israel have been building since last month when israeli forces

killed five egyptian police officers along the israeli/egyptian border. and a ferry accident in tanzania has killed at least 158 people. more than 500 others have been rescued. the got capsized in the indian ocean. authorities say it was carrying more cargo than allowed. and dozens of unregistered passengers were on board. for hundreds of children, the september 11th terror attacks couldn't be more personal. >> anywhere you went, we're right away labeled as the 9/11 kids. >> hear from children who lost so much ten years ago, their reflections and memories coming up. [ bell dings ] [ car door closes ] ♪ are you okay? yeah, i'm okay. and the truck? i got good news for you, kid. you're getting a new truck. what do you mean? i mean it's gonna cost more to fix than it's worth. besides, the truck's older than you.

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at the top of the hour, cnn's don lemon will be coming up with more of the "newsroom." but this one's a little different. instead of being here in atlanta, he's coming from tampa. there he is right now. all of just a couple of days away from the republican presidential debate. the tea party express presidential debate. don, what more can you tell us? a little preview? >> reporter: i can tell you first, fred, i miss you because i haven't seen you in a month of sundays. >> forever. >> reporter: i actually like -- i know, what's going on? we're working, we have lives. >> i know. >> reporter: listen, i want to show you inside the debate hall and then we can chat about the debate coming on monday. let's give you and our viewers a little preview of this set-up we have here in tampa, florida. take a look. all right. cnn is back on the road again. last time you saw me, we were in manchester, new hampshire, and we had this huge set-up for the debate.

now look, everything loaded on to tractor-trailers. we've turned another arena into a studio for the folks participated in the first-ever tea party debate. look at this. this was just a regular old concert hall, an event hall. let's go up on the stage and see how we've transformed it. this is just our little walkway right here. a little fancy cnn lip, as they call it. and these things, last time we called them the chandeliers here. they're doing the lighting test, check that out. lights going off. we want to make the candidates look good and make wolf blitzer look good, who's hosting this particular debate. more than 30 large l.e.d. screens. and remember these from last time? these big 30 x 20 screens. that will be remotes from people who are not here answering questions -- asking questions.

this one is for social media. and that's the podiums where the candidates are going to be. and then the rest of the audience back there. again, it's going to be great. once again, we've transformed a regular old event hall into a super duper fantastic cnn studio. we'll see you monday night. fred, you can see it doesn't take much to get me excited. i love doing this stuff. but, again, it's going to be eight candidates. it's history. it's the first-ever tea party debate and we have the honor of hosting it. wolf blitzer is doing it. i just saw wolf a couple of minutes ago. he's here. he's flying back to d.c. to host our coverage from the pentagon tomorrow. then he's coming back here to do this on monday. >> we're going to look forward to that. and we'll watch you this evening as well when you're bringing the

"newsroom" to tampa. see you then, thanks so much, don. >> reporter: all right, fred. >> i'm going to call central casting now for you. be sure to tune in monday night as cnn, the tea party express and other tea party groups co-host the cnn republican debate. that's monday, 8:00 eastern.

action, drama and thrills at the movies this weekend. two new films, "contagion" and "warrior" are in theaters. but are they worth your bucks?

let's talk about this "contagion," the trailers are thrilling, all-star cast, gwyneth paltrow, kate winslet, matt damon, jude law. >> and cnn's own sanjay gupta makes an appearance. >> that's right. he's in it, too. this is centering about an outbreak of some deadly disease, right? >> yes. pardon me -- no, just kidding. >> hope you're feeling all right. in this clip that we're about to see, matt damon finds out that his wife, gwyneth paltrow, has died. >> yes. >> let's take a quick look. >> as of last night, there were 32 cases. >> unfortunately she did die. >> right. can i go talk to her? >> your wife is dead. >> what are you talking about? what happened to her? what happened to her?

>> this is transmission. >> there were two people and then four and then 16. in two months, it's 1 billion. that's where we're headed. >> okay. it looks thrilling. it's starting to remind me a little bit of that "outbreak," remember that one? >> yes. >> we'll stick with "contagion". >> this is a good movie, a much better movie than "outbreak" was. i enjoyed it. it's steven sodderberg. it follows multiple plot lines at once. the moment we see where matt damon gets the news that his wife has died, that's not much of a spoirl because it happens early in the film. it's a little bit clinical at

times in that that emotional scene with matt damon is probably one of the most gripping scenes in the movie. the rest of it, it kind of felt a little cold at times. >> really? >> but it is very interesting. there's a little bit of a distance to it. but that being said, it's a really solid movie. it's very interesting. if nothing else, you're going to come out of this movie knowing you need to wash your hands a lot more often because they go into -- there's these lingering shots of people touching things and you realize that's how the disease gets transmitted and you start to get kind of nervous. but it's a good movie. >> and your grade is? >> my grade, i give it a "b." i think it's definitely worth seeing. >> let's talk about "warrior" now. action-packed in a very different way, drama, two brothers who take very different paths in life, facing off in the world of mixed martial arts kind of fighting. let's check out their story.

>> i want to know who the toughest man on the planet is. that's what we're going to find out. >> brandon, it's me, pop. >> what are you doing here? >> tommy's back. >> did he say he wants to see me. >> i'm proud of you tommy. what you did for that kid. >> what was i supposed to do? let him drown. >> tommy, you saved my life. >> the bank has to go by the new appraisal figures. you're upside down on your mortgage. >> how much do you need? >> i didn't come here for a loan. i was hoping you would train me. >> are you serious? >> i thought we agreed that we weren't going to raise our children in a family where your father gets bate beat up for a living. >> you're a teacher, you got no business in the ring with those animals. >> actually i used to be one of those animals. >> what do you think of "warrior" and your grade? >> this is one of the best things i've seen all year.

i loved this movie. and i predict nick nolte is going to get an oscar nomination. i give it an "a." >> an "a"? somebody else who happens to be watching, tyler perry, movie-maker, he tweet that had he thinks it's rockyesque. >> it feels like rocky in a big way. i will admit, i got a little choked up at the end. >> you did? >> i did. i got a little verclamped. >> giving it an "a." very good. matt, thanks so much. always great to see you. >> thank you. too little too late, in pennsylvania, receding floodwaters but many people still face danger. up next, a live look at the disaster. we're cracking down on medicare fraud.

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let's make medicare stronger for all of us. top stories, on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, new worries of a terror plot. police are visibly out in full force in new york and in washington this weekend. this comes after u.s. officials say they received information of a credible yet unconfirmed plot to attack those cities. a government official tells cnn, two of the three suspects believed to be plotting against the u.s. on this anniversary are americans but of arab descent who traveled to the u.s. just this past week. take a look right now of this live image on ground zero there. that huge flag was just unfurled by the port authority of new york and new jersey. that flag ordinarily flying on

the george washington bridge there in manhattan. but it was hung on this eve to commemorate that ten-year mark for 9/11. it right now is on the south face of the 1 world trade center. meantime, some ammunition is missing from fort bragg in north carolina. quite a lot of ammunition, in fact, about 14,000 rounds. they are the bullets used in the military's m-16 and m-4 assault rifles. army officials locked down the post just a couple of days ago. no one in, no one out during the search. the ammo, however, is still missing. former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton spoke this afternoon at the unveiling of the 9/11 memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. it honors the 40 passengers and crew members aboard united airlines flight 93. and former president george w. bush laying a memorial wreath at the pentagon earlier this morning. looking on is former defense secretary donald rumsfeld and

the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. 184 people died at the pentagon in the 9/11 attacks. we're going live to washington, d.c. now. that's where the visible police presence is much higher today and will be tomorrow, of course. cnn's athena jones is at the fbi field office to fill us in on the high security in and around washington. athena? >> reporter: that's right. there's a lot of law enforcement presence all around town. every department. we've spoken to the capitol police, the park police, secret service, metro transit and of course the police department. there are more officers out, all kinds of officers, specialty teams, officers in plainclothes and in uniform, on foot, on horseback, on motorcycles. they've really got it covered. the d.c. police have added 200 to 400 additional officers to the schedule, depending on the time of day. they're doing 12-hour overlapping shifts. one of the things they're

emphasizing for the public is general vigilance, to pay attention and to report any suspicious activity. we spoke with the assistant director of the washington field office here, james mcjunkin. let's listen to what he had to say about that. we should and do give a lot of credit to the public for what they do. the public understands what they do, what their surroundings are, what it looks like when they go to work in the morning, what it looks like when they get on the trains in the morning, what it looks like in their neighborhoods. they're the best people to know when there's something out of place. >> reporter: this is very important for the public to stay engaged. as much as 85% of the tips that the fbi gets comes from ordinary people just paying attention. one more thing, the d.c. police chief we spoke with earlier today as well said in the last day they've seen a big uptick in reports of suspicious activity. they're running down those leads. not finding anything so far.

but they want to encourage the public to continue to stay engaged, to pay attention, keep their eyes and ears open. >> athena jones, thanks so much. will president obama's latest plan really help create jobs? we'll have reaction from two people who are unemployed and looking for work. ♪

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might hold up the entire plan? >> of course, definitely. i hope that those people who are against part of the plan would look at it as a whole and see how it's going to affect us as a whole and know that we are going to have to spend something to get these millions of people back to work. >> among the things that would be appealing to you, the extending of unemployment benefits, that was something in the plan and also incentives for employers to hire people who have been out of work a long time. >> absolutely because i think the problem now is that employers are looking at the long-term unemployed and not wanting -- and they're leery about hiring us. >> and maybe the incentives, then, being offered will -- >> i think the incentives being offered would definitely encourage employers to hire the long-term unemployed. generic or brand-named drugs? you would think the choice would be clear, whichever saved you the most money, right?

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times are tough and people are looking for ways to save and stretch their dollar. the high cost of prescription medicine is forcing many to turn to generic drugs. but are generic pills really best for your health and your budget. that's the subject of our weekly look at how to get healthy and stay healthy. dr. bill lloyd, our healthy living expert, joining us now from sacramento. dr. bill, tell us the difference between generic and brand-name medicine. >> the active ingredients in a brand drug and the generic pill have to be identical. but it's the other stuff in

these tablets that make up most of the weight of these tablets. materials like fillers and binders and preservatives and buffers are not consistently used in generics. there's great variation. the point being, it can affect the potency and the metabolism of that drug. if you switch generics, it's always important to get back to your doctor four to six weeks later to make sure the pill still works the way it's supposed to. if not, switch to another generic or get back to the brand-name drug. >> some generic drugs can be up to 80% cheaper than brand-name medicine. it's hard to overlook that savings. >> it could make a big difference, we see the ads for $3 and $4 generics. there's a long list of them. a lot of them are very old drugs. but you have to be careful and if you have insurance, you want to make sure, what's my co-pay and what's my deductible? this is doubly important for medicare rep recipients involved

in part "d." some generics may cost these people more out of their pocket than the brand-name drugs. always check beforehand. what's the difference in my out-of-pocket cost to get this new medication? >> and then generic pills usually white or pink. any safety concerns for people concerning switching their prescription? >> sure. if all your tablets are white, you can see the great risk in patient safety and somebody picking up the wrong pill, particularly for older people or people with cognitive problems. there's a great push by health advocates to force makers of generic drugs to not only carry over the active ingredient but also the appearance of the tablet. it should look like that little blue tablet or that red and green capsule just like the brand name. the manufacturers say, hold on, now, the patent may have lapsed but not the brand of that product. we're going to use it for an over-the-counter remedy or we're

going to make the generic ourselves. you have to figure out another solution. >> any other tips when deciding between generic or brand-name medicine? >> here's a couple of good ones. any time a doctor writes a new prescription, always ask, is it available in generic? could i save some money. you can go to fda.gov. they have a directory of all generic drugs available. double-check your insurance on what your eligibility is for both the deductible and the co-payment so you only pay the least. be sure to follow up. get back to your doctor to make sure the pill works. if it doesn't, they need to switch it to a different medication. and finally, always engage your pharmacist. don't just grab the bag and leave. take the time to look at the containers and say, this name is not familiar. what is this all about and find out if your generics may have been switched. >> right. dr. bill lloyd, thanks so much. on to pennsylvania, a zoo has to make a terrible choice

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texas. it frees up federal funding for wildfires scorching pbastrop county. blazes have destroyed almost 1,400 homes. parts of the county have been turned into a nearly post-apocalyptic scene. >> i want to get in and i can't. i want to have the peace of mind that, yes, my house is gone. i can actually look and see that my house is gone for my own eyes. i have to have that for my own eyes. >> we have lost everything. we have no insurance on our house. we have nothing. >> two people were found dead this week during a search of a charred subdivision. since the beginning of the year, more than 3.5 million acres have burned in texas. and in new york and pennsylvania, high water that chased people from their homes is finally starting to recede. nine deaths are blamed on the flooding triggered by remnants

of tropical storm lee. and then a horrifying scene at a hershey, pennsylvania, zoo as rising water traps the two bison you see right there. in the end, zookeepers had to shoot the bison to spare them from drowning. >> it looked like the animals were panicking, the two bison that were in the enclosure, their heads were barely above water and they were panicking. >> too sad. and with water levels now dropping, people are now awaiting the evacuation orders to be lifted so they can get back and see what is left of their homes. john zarrella is in harrisburg, pennsylvania. john, what is the late snes wsl? >> reporter: a few people have started coming back here. this is the shy poke neighborhood, historic district. if you look down the street this way, you can see water, although it's receded. when we got here this morning, it was literally up above the sidewalks on both sides. if you look down the street this

way, it's water. now, tony lives over here. he's already started taking out the carpeting and pulling owl that out. he had about three feet of water in his home. if you look down the street that way, there's water that way. lots of miserable, dirty standing water. there's a sheen on it. there's mud everywhere. there's debris like this log just floating in the water here. it's going going to be days before people can get back in here, before the power and gas are turned back on, before all the basements are pumped out here. but the river has receded. it's about 200 yards from me here. it's back in itself banks and it has been a beautiful sunny day here all day. that's the good news. and the people here, they have flood insurance and they're used to it here. it floods here. it flooded in 2004. it flooded during hurricane agnus. they know what to expect. and they're resilient. they don't move because most of

the time, they've got a great view of a beautiful river. >> just come with those trappings every now and then. john zarrella, thank you so much. jacqui jeras is here in the weather center now. jacqui, this northeast flooding has been significance and it's not quite over, is it? >> it's not. john mentioned the rivers are receding and they have crested. but we still have a lot of high water that you could see him standing in there. we still have a couple of days before those rivers are back below flood stage. on top of that, a weak system is going to bring additional showers. we also have some dry, windy conditions in parts of texas. those two things working together. more wet for the wet, more dry for the dry. let's talk more specifically about the wet. flood warnings are in place across about half a dozen states. rivers will be below flood stage on monday. into tuesday, the additional rainfall is in that forecast. so it's accounted for. so this is still what we're

expecting despite maybe an additional inch of rain pblly in some of those areas. as we look long term, that's our big concern. in the upcoming months, very little rain is in the forecast for texas. you've heard us talk about la nina and el nino. well, unfortunately climate experts are telling us they think la nina is making a big comeback. what happens during la nina years is we typically have drier-than-normal conditions in the south and wetter-than-normal conditions in the northeast. the drought continues for texas, oklahoma and new mexico with warmer temperatures across the southern tier of the united states. on top of that, we're coming off what was a very significant record winter for snowfall. that was due to la nina that was last fall into the early part of the spring. this year, we had the record winter snowpack, that brought a lot of melting later in the season than normal. we had the flooding that took

place in the missouri and mississippi rivers both. and the extreme drought going on in texas and oklahoma. unfortunately, we're going to stay dry in the south. staying wet in the north. certainly not something that people really want to see. let's also talk about climatology. this is the peak of hurricane season. today is the day, september 10th is the climatological peak. we have more tropical systems than any other time of the year. we have a couple of things out there. we've got nate, maria. neither we're too worried about right now. and the remnants of katia will make their way all the way over to the british isles. that's the latest on your forecast for you. [ man ] natural gas vehicles are used somewhere... but not in my neighborhood.

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returning to new york city,just in time for the tenth anniversary commemoration of the na navy's "uss new york" named after the city and built in part from pieces of steel salvaged from the wreckage of the world trade center. the ship docked in new york harbor yesterday and will serve as a backdrop for memorial events scheduled for tomorrow.

for the children of 9/11, tomorrow isn't just the anniversary of an american catastrophe. it means it has been ten years since they lost a mom or a dad. looking at the world trade center site where so many lives were lost, you can't help but think about these young faces of tragedy. >> on 9/11, i lost my father, john robinson. >> benjamin keith clark. >> my dad was alvin romero. >> i was in my fifth-grade class and my teacher said, everyone look outside the window. >> the teacher said it was just a little accident. then i realized that it was much bigger than that. >> my first thought was, is my father okay? >> we were all in her bedroom watching this tv show. >> i remember asking her, mom, what movie are you watching? >> i remember she said they're all gone. >> it didn't click to me what i was watching wasn't a movie. >> i remember looking out the

window and saying the whole thing was a dream. >> nobody else has lost a parent on national television, on the news. nobody else has seen it happen over and over again. that's something that we all have to live with. >> my mother sat us down and had every cop's kids worst nightmare talk that daddy wasn't coming home. my little sister at the time just screamed out loud. all of a sudden, i was the oldest of the family, i had to step up right at that exact minute. >> i was very angry. i punched a wall. >> and i saw the world as a gross, vulgar place full of hatred. >> i do not remember a good two years of my life because i just emotionally have blocked it all out. >> i don't really remember anything about it. sometimes i think it was a better thing that i didn't know him and that he was taken away from me or if it was the worst

thing that i would have known him. >> when your friends complain like, oh my dad's so annoying, it's like, you would do anything to have dad. they complain and they don't really appreciate what they have. >> if we're talking about 9/11 in class -- >> everybody would turn around and stare at me. >> they know i was affected by it directly. >> sometimes it makes me feel a tiny bit agitated because it's not like i would want to be known as, oh, his dad died, his dad was killed. i don't want to be known as that. i want them to know me as me, for who i am. >> anywhere you went, we're right away labeled as the 9/11 kids. >> you always get keep who are trying to help saying, i know how you feel, everything's going to be okay. >> brittany, i'm sorry this happened to you.

it makes me feel cornered when everyone around me is like, oh, you lost your father, are you okay? >> i think people expect us to fail sometimes. >> every night i need to talk to my mom and my brother right before i go to sleep because i'm always afraid something is going to happen to them, too. >> i'm afraid if i lost one parent, i'm afraid i'm losing the other. >> life is short. >> it could be taken away in an instant, just like it did on that tuesday morning. >> i cry more. i grieve more because now i recognize what five lost. >> my mother will stand in the middle of the kitchen and say, can you please stop acting just like your father? >> my mom always tells my sister and i that we have his smile or his sense of humor. >> it took me a long time to not move on from the situation but to accept the situation. but in the end, we came out pretty well. >> join us for our special 9/11,

ten years later, live coverage of remembrance events beginning tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. eastern right here on cnn. i'm fredricka whitfield. much more of the "newsroom" coming up at the top of the hour with don lemon live from tampa, florida. ah. mom? he's here. nice wheels. oh, thanks. keeps me young. hello there, handsome. your dinner's in the microwave, dear. ♪ where do you want to go? just drive. [ engine revs, tires screech ] mom? ♪ but not in my neighborhood. ♪ [ female announcer ] we're throwing away misperceptions about natural gas vehicles. more of the vehicles that fuel our lives use clean american natural gas today. it costs about 40 percent less than gasoline,

so why aren't we using it even more? start a conversation about using more natural gas vehicles in your community. the 9/11 memorial is for my 343 brothers who didn't make it. and for my brother. this shows the world that we can rebuild. and that we are strong. it's for the heroes like my dad.