our i-reporters are sharing their experiences as they remember the 9/11 attacks today. i-reporter kathy cordison took these photos of steel beams recovered from ground zero on display at the richard nixon presidential library in yorba linda, california. she said she was overwhelmed with emotion. she says that anniversary just brings back all the memories of that day. i-reporter julio ortiz visited two firestations in new york city today. he says while the world trade center memorial is being seen by millions around the world, many smaller intimate memorials are appearing in firehouses and neighborhoods throughout the city. neighbors came to visit the men on duty over this weekend. some bringing flowers, some stopping to say thank you and remembering the firefighters who sacrificed so much for 9/11. i'm don lemon in tampa, florida. the next hour of the "cnn

newsroom" begins right now. all right. straight ahead we're going to talk about the cnn debate, the tea party republican debate. we'll talk a little bit later about this this hour. but first we want to let you know that the president of the united states is expected to speak in just a few minutes on this, the tenth anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks. you're looking live now at the kennedy center in washington, d.c. this is going to be a concert for hope in washington and as soon as this gets under way when the president makes his remarks we're going to bring that event, in part, to you live right here on cnn so don't go anywhere. but before that, i want to tell you about a developing story. it is about the war in afghanistan. it began less than a month after 9/11 and today a reminder that tens of thousands of americans remain in harm's way there. a suicide bombing at a base in eastern afghanistan has wounded as many as 77 american troops and killed at least two afghan

civilians. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks that used a truck carrying explosives. officials credited a barrier at the base's entrance with protecting the soldiers inside. most of the injuries are not thought to be life threatening. we'll update you on that. in new york, washington and pennsylvania, a day of solemn remembrances on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. >> bernard c. brown ii. >> patrick john brown. >> lloyd stanford brown. >> sandy wa bradshaw. >> a somber reading of all the names of people who died in the terror attacks exactly ten years ago today. readings were interrupted only by moments of silence at key times. president barack obama and new york mayor michael bloomberg were among the dignitaries onhand for the formal dedication of the memorial site at ground zero. the footprints of the twin

towers now transform into deep fountains. in shanksville, pennsylvania, a ceremony at the site where united airlines flight 93 went down in a field. the passengers had fought back against their hijackers forcing it down before it could reach its target. ♪ i once was lost but now am found ♪ >> ceremonies were held at the pentagon as well. 184 people died when american airlines flight 77 flew into the side of that building. cnn's poppy harlow is live for us in new york. poppy, it is a sad occasion but for people who were at ground zero today, it is an uplifting experience. what's it been like? >> reporter: it really is. i've been watching it all unfold since 8:00 this morning when it

was a beautiful crisp september morning. a lot like it was on september 11th. and throughout the day, after those names were read all the family members, don, this was a very touching moment, were led inside the memorial for the first time to find the name of their loved one. and that was an incredible moment. i also spent a lot of the day talking to people, talking to folks that were here that were survivors. and that is something that is incredibly uplifting. where the buildings were behind me, the world trade center, over 2,600 people died. but tom cavanaugh was not one of them. we had a chance to talk to him this afternoon about his experience. to set it up here, he worked on the 47th floor of tower one, the north tower. and he certainly felt that explosion, as everyone did. he managed to escape to get down to the ground level but then as he was trying to get out, don, the south tower completely collapsed on top of him. he was buried in the rubble and amazingly -- amazingly -- he got

out. he thought he was going to die. his pants were on fire and he climbed out. he dug his way out along with another man. he lost, however, three of his close friends and co-workers. so take a listen to his survivor story. >> the world just went black at that point. from that point on the last thing i remember was hearing some sand trickle and then it got really quiet. i like to say it is the cloudest quiet i've never heard and at that point i thought i was dead. i couldn't see my hand in front of my face and the first thought was i'm dead. and then my second thought was right away, you know what? it's not that bad. i didn't feel any pain. >> how did you come back here today? >> i have to come back here. i come back here every year. okay? it is very important for me. the only way i can deal with what happened to me is by humor and by being with the people that mean the most to me that were here that day also. or that i've come in contact with. because no matter how bad things were that day, what happened,

the greatest people i've ever met in my life i've met because of what happened here. >> pretty uplifting. i want to show you photos of tom for the first time going into the 9/11 memorial, putting his hand on the names of the colleagues that he lost on that day. he is indeed a survivor who he says has really found a new family here, don, on this day. so rather uplifting when you look at all the devastation and despair of september 11th. don? >> poppy, appreciate your reporting. thank you so much. president barack obama visited all three of the 9/11 sites today to pay tribute to those who died ten years ago. listen. we want to go to the kennedy center now because moments ago our very own anderson cooper is serving as a master of ceremony, he's introducing alan jackson. after alan jackson sings, the president will make his remarks on the anniversary of 9/11. alan jackson gets to play his

continue beaut to so many, almost 3,000 people who lost their lives on 9/11. let's listen in now in washington, d.c. ♪ ♪ where were you when the world stopped turning ♪ ♪ on that september day ♪ were you in the arms of your wife and children or working on some stage in l.a. ♪ ♪ did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke rising against that blue sky ♪ ♪ did you shout out in anger and fear for your neighbor ♪ ♪ or did you just sit down and cry ♪ ♪ did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones ♪

♪ pray for the ones who don't know ♪ ♪ did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble sob for the ones left below ♪ ♪ did you burst out with pride for the red, white and blue ♪ ♪ the heroes who died just doing what they do ♪ ♪ did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer ♪ ♪ look at yourself and what really matters ♪ i'm just a singer of simple songs ♪ ♪ i'm not a real political man ♪ i watch cnn but i'm not sure i can tell you the difference in iraq and iran ♪ ♪ but i know jesus and i talk to god ♪ ♪ and i remember this when i was young ♪ ♪ faith, hope and love are some

good things he gave us ♪ ♪ the greatest is love ♪ where were you when the world stopped turning on that september day ♪ ♪ teaching a class full of innocent children ♪ ♪ driving down some cold interstate ♪ ♪ did you feel guilty because you're a survivor ♪ ♪ in a crowded room did you feel alone ♪ ♪ did you call up your mother and tell her you loved her ♪ ♪ did you dust off that bible at home ♪ ♪ did you open your eyes hope it never happened ♪ ♪ close your eyes and not go to sleep ♪ ♪ did you notice the sunset the first time in ages speak to some

stranger on the street ♪ ♪ did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow go out and buy you a gun ♪ ♪ did you turn off that violent home movie you were watching turn on quit love lucy" reruns ♪ ♪ did you go to a church hold hands with some stranger ♪ ♪ stand in line and give your own blood ♪ ♪ did you just stay home and cling tight to the family ♪ ♪ thank god you had somebody to love ♪ ♪ i'm just a singer of simple songs ♪ ♪ i'm not a real political man ♪ i watch cnn but i'm not sure i can tell you the difference in iraq and iran ♪ ♪ but i know jesus and i talk to god and i remember this when i was young ♪

♪ faith, hope and love are some good things he gave us ♪ ♪ the greatest is love ♪ the greatest is love ♪ the greatest is love ♪ where were you when the world stopped turning ♪ on that september day ♪

ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, barack obama. >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. the bible tells us weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. ten years ago america confronted

one of our darkest nights. mighty towers crumbled, black smoke billowed up from the pentagon. airplane wreckage smoldered on a pennsylvania field. friends and neighbors, sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, they were taken from us with a heartbreaking swiftness and cruelty. on september 12th, 2001, we awoke to a world in which evil was closer at hand, and uncertainty clouded our future. in the decade since, much has changed for americans. we've known war and recession, passionate debates and political divides, we can never get back the lives that were lost on that

day or the americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the wars that followed. and yet today it is worth remembering what has not changed -- our character as a nation has not changed. our faith in god and in each other, that has not changed. our belief in america, born of a timeless ideal that men and women should govern themselves, that all people are created equal and deserve the same freedom to determine their own destiny, that belief, through tests and trials, has only been strengthened. these past ten years have shown that america does not give in to fear. the rescue workers who rushed to

the scene, the firefighters who charged up the stairs, the passengers who stormed the cockpit, these patriots define the very nature of courage. over the years we've also seen a more quiet form of heroism. in the ladder company that lost so many women and still suits up and saves lives every day, the businesses that have been rebuilt from nothing, the burn victim who's bounced back, the families who press on. last spring i received a letter from a woman named suzanne swain. she had lost her husband and brother in the twin towers and said that she had been robbed of so many would-be proud moments where a father watches their child graduate or tend a goal in a la cross game or succeed

academically. but her daughters are in college. the other doing well in high school. it has been ten years of raising these girls on my own, suzanne wrote. i could not be prouder of their strength and resilience. that spirit typifies our american family and the hopeful future for those girls is the ultimate rebuke to the hateful killers who took the life of their father. these past ten years have shown america's resolve to defend its citizens and our way of life. diplomats serve in far-off posts and intelligence professionals work tirelessly without recognition. 2 million americans have gone to war since 9/11. they've demonstrated that those who do us harm cannot hide from the reach of justice anywhere in

the world. america's been defended not by conscripts but by citizens who serve straight out of high school, guards did the men and reservists, workers, businessman, immigrants and fourth-generation soldiers. they are men and women who left behind lives of comfort for two, three, four, five tours of duty. too many will never come home. those that do carry dark memories from distant places and the legacy of fallen friends. the sacrifices of these men and women and of our military families reminds us that the wages of war are great, that while service to our nation is full of glory, war itself is

never glorious. our troops have been to land unknown to many americans a decade ago, to kandahar and kabul, to mosul and basra. but our strength is not measured in our ability to stay in these places. it comes from our commitment to leave those lands to free people and sovereign states and our desire to move from a decade of war to a future of peace. these ten years have shown that we hold fast to our freedoms. yes, we're more vigilant against those who trhreaten us and ther are inconveniences that come with our common defense. debates about war and peace, about security and civil liberties have often been fierce these last ten years but it is precisely the rigor of these debates and our ability to resolve them in a way that honors our values and our democracy that is the measure of

our strength. meanwhile, our open markets still provide innovators a chance to create and succeed. our citizens are still free to speak their minds and our souls are enriched in churches and simples, our synagogues and our mosques. these past ten years underscores the eurobonds between all americans. we have not succumbed to suspicion, nor have we succumbed to mistrust. after 9/11, to his great credit, president bush made clear what we will re-affirm today -- the united states will never wage war against islam or any other religion. immigrants come here from all parts of the globe. and in the biggest cities and the smallest towns, in schools and workplaces, you still see people of every conceivable race and religion and ethnicity, all

of them pledging allegiance to the flag, all of them reaching for the same american dream. e pluribus unum. the pentagon is repaired and filled with patriots working in common purpose. shanksville is the scene of friendships forged between residents of that town and families who lost loved ones there. new york. new york remains the most vibrant of capitals of arts and industry and fashion and commerce where the world trait center once stood, the sun glistens off a new tower that reaches toward the sky. our people still work in skyscrapers. our stadiums are still filled with fans and our parks full of children playing ball.

our airports hum with travel and our buses and subways take millions where they need to go and families sit down to sunday dinner and students prepare for school. this land pulses with the optimism of those who set out for distant shores and the courage of those who died for human freedom. decades from now, americans will visit the memorials to those who were lost on 9/11. they'll run their fingers over the places where the names of those we loved are carved in the marble and stone, and they may wonder at the lives that they led. and standing before the white headstones in arlington and in peaceful cemeteries and small town squares in every corner of the country they will pay respects to those lost in iraq and afghanistan.

they'll see the names of the fallen on bridges and statues, at gardens and schools, and they will know that nothing can break the will of a truly united states of america. they will remember that we've overcome slavery and civil war. we've overcome red lines and fascism and recession and riots and communism and, yes, terrorism. they will be reminded that we are not perfect. but our democracy is durable. and that democracy reflecting as it does the imperfections of man also give us the opportunity to perfect our union. that is what we honor on days of national commemoration. those aspects of the american experience that are enduring and

the determination to move forward as one people. more than monuments, that will be the legacy of 9/11. a legacy of firefighters who walked into fire, and soldiers who signed up to serve, of workers who raised new towers and citizens who faced down their private fears. most of all, of children who realized the dreams of their parents. it will be said that we kept the faith, that we took a painful blow and we emerged stronger than before. weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. with a just god as our guide, let us honor those who have been lost. let us rededicate ourselves to the ideals that define our

nation and let us look to the future with hearts full of hope. may god bless the memory of those we lost and may god bless the united states of america. >> the president of the united states at the kennedy center in washington. and i want to remind you that this event was supposed to be held at the national cathedral because of the daniel that the cathedral received during hurricane irene, it was moved to this venue. so that shows you that americans can move on and get past things. the president i thought was very poignant at the end. he said something that a lot of people who grew up in church, they know this verse -- weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. i think that's apropos as we stand here on the eve of a political debate where so often our country is divided over rhetoric and what happens to the

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we are less than 24 hours away from the republican debate right here in tampa. co-hosted by cnn and the tea party express. i'm joined here by amy kramer, chair woman of the tea party express and mark preston is back, cnn's senior political editor. before we go on, i think it is really respectful to say the president just spoke about 9/11 and we talk about divisions and the political process but really we're all americans when it comes down to it. when we work together we get things done. >> absolutely. i'm a former flight attendant who was flying on september 11th. we need to celebrate those lives today and we're all americans. we all love this country and we want what's best for this country so it is nice to see us all come together over this. >> we talked a lot about

partisanship in washington but i think in the end an event like this really does show that we are all americans and the fact is everybody wants what's best for america. people just have different ideas. >> let's get back to those different ideas then. i thought it was really important that you said -- it stuck out to a lot of our viewers who had been e-mailing me -- you said the tea party's going to pick the next republican presidential nominee and thus the next president of the united states because people are so upset with what's happening in washington now. >> that's right. absolutely. all anybody cares about is jobs, jobs, jobs. president obama, his administration and the democrats have put forward stimulus packages before. that's what he talk about the other night. stimulus packages don't work. washington is not the answer. it is not washington's responsibility to create jobs. it is a private sector's responsibility to create jobs and look at cisco systems. they just laid off 15% of their workforce. and why? because of the uncertainty and because of the overburdening

cost of obama care. >> in the president's speech earlier this week he said the reason why some of this isn't happening is because there are people in washington, particularly he said republicans and some freshmen congressman who have come in as tea party members, even if he proposes the same plans and initiatives that republicans have proposed, they'll say no just because they don't want to work with him. >> but don, that's simply not true. look, you can't spend your way out of debt. you can't spend your way into prosperity. at some point washington has to wise up and say we can't do this. we've got to make significant cuts. you cannot spend more than you make. >> that's what we're going to hear on the stage tomorrow night, in less than 24 hours really. we're going to hear that -- they're going to speak to exactly what amy is saying here, tea party members. >> they're going to try not only to reach out to tea party members but all republicans across the country. while they will be focusing on president obama, what they're trying to do is differentiate

themselves from everyone else on the stage because they have to win the nomination. >> so tomorrow, who is it? who stands to lose the most, mark? we hate to say that, but there really is a strategy behind it. >> it is a game who's up, who's down, who's a winner, who's a loser. but they all stand to lose the most. what we didn't see at the last debate and will see this debate is a real appeal by most of the people on stage to the tea party movement. we won't see mitt romney i think overtly go out there over the top. we saw in the last debate that he wouldn't call himself a tea party member, though he said he liked the ideals. someone like jon huntsman will try to be the middle of the road republican. the rest of them? watch out. >> just being honest. it almost feels disrespectful to the country to hear the president talk about that and to see what happened today down at ground zero and all over the country. then here we go again with this sort of back and forth with the

about the political process. don't you think most americans tomorrow night would like to hear people say, hey, here is how we work together -- let's work together instead of like taking barbs at each other that are really meaningless in the end? >> what's great about america is that we are allowed to do, have differences of opinion and argue it. what's been bad about the whole political process -- but it was like this back whether we founded the nation -- is that sometimes it gets personal and that part of the rhetoric has to be toned down. >> it's not easy. nobody wants to go and cut. nobody wants to make these big tough decisions. but it's got to be done. do you want the united states of america to go bankrupt? absolutely not. i don't want it. i don't -- if our country goes bankrupt, do you think our children and grandchildren are really going to care if it was republicans or democrats? no. >> on a more personal level and about the influence -- really short answer, if you can, about what the tea party has

accomplished. there is a debate happening tomorrow night within just two or years or so, the tea party has had a major influence. >> look what happened last november. that was a first step. we've affected legislation. look back to cut cap and balance. it started as an online pledge. people got behind it. it is another accomplishment for us. >> it is going to be interesting to watch. because this is uncharted territory. >> must-watch tv. >> yes, absolutely. thank you. don't miss tomorrow night's republican debate co-hosted by cnn and the tea party express. it starts at 8:00 eastern right here at cnn. lots of buzz out there on social media about the tea party debate. i'm online and have been getting lots of messages from you. check me out on my blog, on twitter or facebook. i am reading all of your comments, trust me. thank you for sending them. your top stories are ahead and a developing story from libya.

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i'm richelle carey at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. back to don lemon in tampa in just a moment. but though, let's take a look at the top stories. in new york, a tree-filled plaza now surrounds where the twin towers once stood. one by one the names were read aloud of the people who died on this date exactly ten years ago.

ceremonies were held at the pentagon as well. 184 people died when american airlines flight 77 flew into the side of the building. in shanksville, pennsylvania, let's listen there. ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of grain >> there was also a ceremony at the site where united airlines flight 93 went down in that field. on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary, the taliban showed coalition forces are still in danger. in afghanistan, 77 u.s. troops were injured when militants launched a suicide bomb attack overnight on a nato base. at least two afghan civilians were killed and 25 others hurt in that blast. none of these injuries are believed to be life threatening. militants used a truck loaded with firewood to hide the massive explosives. four people are behind bars in sweden after being arrested

on suspicion of plotting a terror attack. they're being held on probable cause of preparing attacks. sweden's security service just last week warned that islamic terrorism is the country's biggest threat. the wildfire disaster in texas is growing tonight. officials now say the number of homes destroyed by the still-raging flames has risen to more than 1,500 and 17 people are unaccounted for, but officials believe perhaps they are just out of town. more than 180 fires have erupted across the state in just the last week. another son of moammar gadhafi has fled libya. they were all accepted on humanitarian grounds at the same time, fighters loyal to the new libyan government were trying to stamp out the last pockets of pro-gadhafi resistance. government forces are

re-grouping outside bani walid while cutting off supplies to gadhafi's hometown. let's head back to tampa where my friend, don lemon is. >> thank you so much. see you a little bit later on. they have a lot to gain and a whole lot to lose as we gear up for the big tea party debate in tampa. we are hearing abostrategies. we'll share that with you coming up.

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alex castlelanos. let's talk -- we know they have to perform. they've got appeal to the people who are watching. let's talk social security. that's going to be front and center. not only perry and romney by michele bachmann. the social security thing, is it going to hurt perry in the long run? >> in the long run, i'd say, no, don. perry will stand up tomorrow night and say, yes, i call it a ponzi scheme because it is bankrupt but i'm the guy to tell you the truth about it and fix you. i think he'll do everything but bring his mother up on stage tomorrow. >> as we put up this flyer they've been dispersing here in florida -- it's these two guys. is it going to help romney? >> i done know why romney is

wanting to go down this road because he's out there saying it's not broke, it's totally -- we just need to restructure it a little bit. i like how perry -- he's saying what needs to be said. >> hang on. is it bankrupt or is that we continue the way it is, that it will be bankrupt? >> it's both. there's one reason and one reason only why social security hit up the treasury to cash in these ious. it is a mathematical game of cups. all it is. >> on to romney said. >> i don't know why romney is picking this as a strategy. ind that he's eager to find an issue, to blow up some issue as a way to contrast where he stands and where perry stands but perry actually came out and said what needed to be said, b, what the base wanted to hear. he threw red meat out to the audience. romney's standing back there, oh, but it's not completely dead, we can save it. >> when you say ponzi scheme, you think of bernie madoff. >> there is a difference in that a ponzi scheme isn't as bad as what social security is because social security is mandatory.

you don't get a choice -- you can choose whether or not you want to get involved in a ponzi scheme. >> but say that to the 70-year-old woman who needs her social security. >> that's what i'm hoping to hear perry and what he absolutely has to deliver on tomorrow night. you can't just say tough talk like that and not tell how you're going to restructure it and ensure that retirees and going-to-be retirees still have their benefits. >> social security may be old news. there's something else that may be -- may be -- it will be new news tomorrow. alex will tell us about that and the two people at the top, the two people at the top may have the biggest issue with it. we're going to talk more about that right after the break. hello there. i'm here to pick up helen. 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 ]

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welcome back to tampa. we are previewing tomorrow night's cnn tea party express deba debate. we're never going to get everything solved. people are saying, challenge her on social security. in a five-minute segment on television we're never going to get all of it worked out. if they can't do it in washington in years. right? >> exactly. yes. >> we talked about social security. alex, you said even bigger issue is going to -- for romney because he's done it in his state, then perry also has his issue when it comes to health care. >> health care. romney has a problem with the mandate.

he mandated a health care plan in massachusetts. mandates don't go over very well with republicans. but perry has his own health care mandate, too. in the state of texas he mandated the hpv anti-cancer sex vaccine to 12-year-old girls. they could opt out but it was a mandate from big government. now that's very personal and whatever you think of the vaccine, good idea or bad idea, the idea that you're going to mandate this, that's perry care. now who would have thought we'd have a battle perry care versus romney care. >> he did finally say i was wrong to do that. >> it was a weak defense. i haven't figured out which particular candidate i like out of this primary just yet and i don't -- even if i hear the defense all the time, well there was an opt-out -- i don't care. if you have to have an opt-out there's something wrong. while it is not as bad as what romney did and not as devon stating to the economy as what romney did if you look at tick lars of the romney care mandate,

it's still something and i don't -- he said i want to err on the side of saving lives. that's a weak defense. >> perry care. i think the bachmann camp will listen to you and tomorrow say perry care. guess what? there are eight people in this! a guy the ceo of a pizza company. libertarian ron paul. there's a bunch of people in there. >> michele bachmann has got to get on stage tomorrow night. this is one of the last remaining chances she has to steal some thunder from rick perry and gain some traction on the right. if she doesn't her fund-raising will dry up. perry's vote will strengthen so she's got to score. newt gingrich, big trouble. he's $1.5 million in debt. most of it to tiffany's, i think. >> i think he gave up the last debate before the last debate. i like this about him -- he was very antagonistic toward the moderators. which i thoroughly enjoy.

>> don't miss tomorrow night's republican debate co-hosted by cnn and the tea party express starting at 8:00 p.m. here on cnn. 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. >> they lost so much ten years ago. their reflections, their memories right after the break. [ bell tolls ]

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were lost you can't help but think about these young faces of tragedy. >> on 9/11 i lost my father john robinson. >> benjamin cook. an executive chef. >> my uncle's name was edward. >> sergeant john coughlin. >> i was in my fifth grade class and our teacher said everyone look outside the window. >> my 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 like, our mom, what movie are you watching? >> i remember she said that they're all gone. >> i guess it just didn't click to me what i was watching just wasn't a movie. >> like i remember looking out the window just thinking 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. and 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 outloud. all of a sudden i was the oldest of the family. i had to step up right at that exact minute. >> i was very, very angry. i know i punched a wall. >> i saw the world as like a gross vulgar place full of hatred. >> i do not remember a good two years of my life because i like just emotionally have blocked it all out. >> yeah. i don't really remember anything about it. sometimes i think it was a better thing that i didn't know him and then he was like taken away from me or if it was a worst thing that i didn't get to spend like the little time that i would have known with him. >> and when your friends complain like, oh, my dad's so ann annoying, like he won't let me go out or he won't let me do this, it's like you get mad because you would have anything

to have that and they complain and they don't really appreciate what they have. >> if we're talking about 9/11 in class -- >> everybody would like turn around and stare at me. >> because they know that 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 just want them to know me as me, like for who i am. >> anywhere you went, we're right away labeled as the 9/11 kids. >> you always get people who are trying to say look, i know how you feel, everything's going to be okay. >> brittany, i'm sorry that this happened to you, or brittany, is there anything we can do. it makes me feel kind of cornered when everyone is around me is like, oh, yeah, brittany, you lost your father, are you okay. >> i really think people expect us to fail sometimes. >> every night i need to talk to my mom and my brother right before gi to sleep because i'm always afraid something's going to happen to them,