thank you for watching the factor edition. and right here saturday on fnc. remember, the spin stops here as we're looking out for you. it is the story of bravery, selflessness and a little bit of luck that made international headlines. and tonight, for the very first time three young americans who prevented what could have been a large-scale terrorist attack on a passenger train sit down with yours truly for an exclusive interview. what went through their minds at the time and how are they dealing with the aftermath? we will cover it all. welcome to "the kelly file." everyone, terror on a train. i'm megyn kelly reporting tonight from sacramento. it is not lost on us that this is also a day that our nation pauses to grieve and remember the nearly 3,000 innocent souls who lost their lives on a september day 14 years ago.

tonight we honor them and the heroes who put their lives on the line every single day so that the rest of us might live in peace and security. that includes the young men you will meet tonight. friends who were in the right place at the right time. and their actions changed history. this is their story. they were tourists. was a terrorist. and without their courage scores of people could have been killed. friday, august 21st just after 3:00 p.m. three lifelong friends from california board a train in am taxpayeram amsterdam, and alek skarlatos fresh from a tour. the three met and their lives were changed forever by what

happened on board that train. >> we begin in france with a story that sounds like something out of a hollywood thriller that stars three very real american heroes. >> about two hours into the trip an alert passenger spotted a man drags a large suitcase into a bathroom. that passenger american-born frenchman mark moogalian becomes suspicious. the train was enroute from belgium to france. when the 25-year-old moroccan man comes out of the bathroom armed to kill. an unidentified frenchman is the first to encounter him. he tries to stop him but falls to the floor. what moogalian doesn't know at the time, the attacker has another gun. shots ring out. moogalian is hit. the bullet narrowly misses an

artery. while moogalian plays dead, skarlatos realizes danger is afoot. a french train employee runs away from the danger but the three americans have a very different reaction. >> alek just hit me on the shoulder and said, let's go. >> what happened next caught the attention of the american president, the french president and international media. >> right now we have late details coming in from france where two americans are injured and are being called heroes. >> two american servicemen who jumped into action when the heavily armed man prepared to open fire. >> these three americans, two of them u.s. service memeing hailed as heroes around the world as they took down the gunman. >> and tonight for the first time on u.s. television, those three americans reunited to tell their incredible story. joining us now in a kelly file exclusive college student anthony sadler u.s. airman first class, spencer stone, and

alek skarlatos. >> when you grew up here in san francisco, when you men of faith? >> we actually met at a faith school, a christian school in our middle school year. and they had been going there and i just came for that year and we all left the school but made friends ever since. >> so you believe in god? >> yes. >> you believe he has a hand in your faith and lives? >> totally. definitely. >> especially this situation if any. >> and has this struck you that as you were growing up here in sacramento learning about the kind and loving god, there was a man over in morocco growing up almost the same age as you, learning about a very different type of god in his mind, one who he apparently believed wanted him to go kill a bunch of people. the very same people you guys would wind up protecting? has it dawned on you, the

position between you and what you learned and what this man lived and learned? >> no, i haven't really grasped that aspect of it -- >> we didn't really care about -- >> how do you feel about him, this terrorist? >> i'm not really a fan. >> i think it's weird that he was only three years older than all of us you know like what is going on in his head that makes him think that that is okay? i mean, and like when everything was going down we were not thinking what religion does he practice or anything like that. he was just there to kill some people. and we were not going to let that happen, i guess so -- >> and you were there to stop him. so you're on the train on your way to france. and you're the one who first notes a sign of danger, alek, what was the first sign? >> well there was a lot of noise and breaking glass. it sounded like gunshot -- i thought it was on the train. i didn't really think much of it

until i saw the train porter running away from him. and then i looked back that is when they woke up, too. >> what did you see? >> the guy coming into the car with an ak. >> what was he wearing? >> nothing, shirtless, with a backpack on the front. and pretty much mostly was just shooting the gun at that point. i was like oh man no way. >> even with your military training does it dawn on you at that moment he is here to kill you? >> oh, absolutely, we knew that right away, i think all of us did. it was just kind of there was the shock of there is no way this is actually happening. and that is about the only thought i had. >> did he have it pointed? or where was the gun on him. >> he looked like it wentasn't really working for him -- >> he was trying to charge it. >> did you hear screams? >> no it was actually pretty quiet. >> i heard screams when the glass started to break.

but then it stopped once -- all i could hear was his footsteps walking in. and then him chargeing the gun. >> was he saying anything? >> when we were fighting him i didn't hear a grunt or anything. >> now when you first heard him, you were awake -- >> the commotion of like the train employee running by is what woke me up. i never heard a gunshot or the glass breaking. but like when he sprinlted by us, like i kind of felt that movement. and then i woke up to look at them. and they were already ducking down. >> like i looked over at you -- >> i kind of like -- it was hard to comprehend. when i looked back, they looked back, first thing i seen was the guy cocking the ak i was like is this real? this can't be real. >> and then you said something

to your friends, what did you say? >> like, let's go, let's go get him and we did. >> was there ever a thought on your part of let's not go? let's stay right here? >> no not really. >> frankly, more my thought, i didn't actually think that he was going to go -- >> alek told me later he was like yeah, i didn't actually get up and go until you were half way there. and you were just kind of like go get him! >> and you did. >> he was there quick. >> what happened was, i told them to go but when your adrenalin is going you get tunnel vision. so i'm just like staring at the guy and i didn't even notice that spencer had already left and didn't even see him when he crossed my path and he was about already there. i was a good four seconds behind him. so he already was like -- tackled him, beating on the terrorist. >> let's talk about that moment. essentially you just go. and anthony is not far behind. you're first to approach this

terrorist. what do you do? what was your first approach to him? your first contact? >> i never really looked at him. i don't remember like being anything -- i am pretty sure, i closed my eyes. but i don't remember running up to him. i just remember thinking i'm about to get shot. >> you might get shot. >> and i'm just going to get mowed down. and then so i hit him and i'm pretty sure he -- like hit me with the gun as i came up to him because i immediately started to bleed. and my eye was like half way closed, kind of blurry. and then i was just feeling for the gun. couldn't really get it. kept pulling away from me. and that is when i put him in the choke. >> i got around him and put him in the chokehold. >> i just kind of tossed him -- >> you're there as well you're getting behind him and take the gun from him. is that what happened? >> when i came up to him, the ak was already on the floor i guess he dropped it. i don't know exactly know. but when i got up to him again,

i kind of blacked out for part of it. the first memory i have is seeing him pull out a handgun, and i just grabbed the gun out of his hands and tried to shoot him with him. and that was about the time -- i'm not sure exactly -- >> because it was weapon after weapon, the ak-47, the handgun the box cutters where was he getting all of these weapons from? >> i different necessarily watch him pull it out. but it's just like, we're all like surrounding him. spencer has him like in a bear hug at first. he doesn't put him in the rear naked choke until like the weapons are dropped for the most part. then when he put him in the rear naked choke that is when the box cutter came out -- he tried to get him with that. >> what is a rear naked choke? >> something like when you practice jujitsu where you stop

him. >> before anybody picks up a gun, like we had hit him a few times. it was like a scuffle. like spencer was always engaged with him. like they were always body to body, grabbing him in some way. and i just remember when me and alek first ran up i don't how i hit him or where i hit him. just like to hit him some way. that is when the box cutter comes out. spencer screams get the knife get the knife. we didn't really notice that at first. this all happens in a second, and we fight with him some more, he ends up dropping the box cutter and alek tries to charge that. and it didn't work. >> it was jammed? >> it wasn't jammed until when i picked it up, i believe it was on safe, but he had fired it already. when i ejected -- yeah, after it all settled down i picked the ak

up through the rest of the train. i knew it wasn't working. when i ejected the previous round i saw that the primer just did not ignite. he had tried to shoot spencer. >> and didn't go off. >> that -- i mean, when you think about that moment, spencer, that is what happened, god was there protecting you? the answer to that is next. plus, what these three young men had to say about how this has changed the way they view 9/11. >> they just charged. they acted unilaterally without asking permission this islamist did not want a job. he wanted to kill a lot of people and you guys had a split second moment to decide what to do. that is what is so incredible about this. why i love this story. they never hesitated.

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when you think about that moment spencer, that is what happened? god was there protecting you? >> oh, of course, that never happened -- that is just one question -- and but -- >> and if he had gone to the bathroom he never would have

known that anything was happening, because of the commotion at the bathroom. >> originally what happened, one passenger saw him going into the bathroom. he took too long in there with his suitcase. he wound up shooting another man, a french-american. >> he was waiting to go to the bathroom. this is a guy who didn't want to be recognized and when he came out of the bathroom this is what he told us anyway. when he came out of the bathroom they just stared at each other for a few seconds. then he just -- i guess just grabbed his neck and they got in a scuffle. and then a train employee broke them up thinking it was just a fight. and when he broke them up that is when he entered our car, shot mark in the neck and then that is when he intervened. >> right, mark moogalian, who is a french-american, he got shot, his wife saw it. and that is when you entered the scene. when you were in the scuffle with this guy did you ever wonder where the other people on the train was? where where as where was the backup?

>> no i was more worried that he had other guys coming up he had backup -- >> the three of us between one guy. >> we knew we had it, but he just kept pulling out weapons. we were like man, we need to knock him out. >> there was not really any other room for anybody else to help us out. >> how long did it take the whole scuffle from beginning to end where you first approached him and had him restrained? >> i would say tops three minutes. >> it was pretty quick. >> the longest time was just waiting for him to pass out frankly. >> i want to get to you with that. he is slicing you with a box cutter. did you feel it? he has gotten you in the eye -- >> i feel something go like this, something drag across my neck. i looked over my finger and then that is when i saw it cut to the bone. i saw them scream hey, he has a knife, get the knife. i just kind of pushed him away, kicked him a little bit, and he

ended up on the train. >> did you feel pain in that moment? >> not at all. >> not at all just pure adrenalin. did you have a conscious thought of have i been injured in the neck? am i dying? >> i had to tell him, after he crawled over to ms. moogalian and he was already giving him the treatment, i had to tell him because i didn't notice when i was standing over the top of him. i was like spencer, don't move. like he was already given first aid. i was like try not to he was like what happened? your neck is cut. but not too bad. >> he tried to lie to me a little bit -- >> all right. it ain't that bad. >> from the video, it showed it was pretty bad. but i didn't want him to start to panic because he was saving somebody else's life, so -- >> you have video you took on the train which was incredible to see of the scuffle. we see one shirtless man. >> it was after he was tied up

and he was already giving first aid. it was not like during the ordeal. >> what is incredible about this, when you finally get him restrained you're bleeding out the back of the neck. and if he sliced just a little deeper -- >> i think that is when my jujitsu came in because they teach you to tuck your body right. i had all the right movements. i was pretty deep and kind of hugging his back. i don't think he would have even had the opportunity to do it. but it could have easily happened if he was stronger and managed to get out of my grip. no biggie. >> maybe an inch away. >> you could have been killed in that moment easily. >> even if he was stabbed instead of slicing it could have been completely different too. >> and yet while you're bleeding out of your neck and your thumb is almost cut off, you went to save the life of mark who was the first one shot by this

terrorist. and while you're doing that you're patrolling the rest of the train looking for other bad guys, which is -- i mean, there was no stopping you guys in terms of your bravery and courage and willingness to put yourself in the line of fire. what the viewers may not know is that you exactly had medical training. that is what you were doing in portugal for the military -- >> yes, an emt. >> you're getting promoted. >> had you ever had to save somebody's life in this way before? >> never, i mean, i only worked in a pediatric clinic -- people want to get out of work the next day. >> not severed arteries? >> no i have never even seen that. >> you get this guy down and wind up restraining him.

is it true you used scarves to tie him up -- >> that was mostly chris. he was a great help. he helped tie him up while i was looking down to the other cars and spencer was obviously saving mark's life. so he -- not only did that but actually he translated for us with like a lot of the french train employees that were doing a lot of ridiculous stuff. so he was actually a great help just for his language skills. and his great ability -- >> the terrorist -- >> i don't know where he learned that one. >> that comes in handy. what were the ridiculous things that the french train employees were doing? >> random employee first time we had seen him, he just ran over. this is like really toward the end, like the guy slipping away. he runs over let him go -- >> he is telling you to let go of the terrorist. >> he says stop he is unconscious, unconscious and i screamed at him something else. i was like get away from me.

and then he was like -- >> like don't let him -- >> put the ak down, we're like no, we got to handle it. where were you five minutes ago, get away. >> and so the first thing he did after all that once we got him away he comes back with wet paper towels to wipe our hands off. i'm like spencer is still holding him, we're like dude we're not done yet. >> and you needed somebody to restrain the employee from you as you restrained the terrorist. >> he was like like we have this. >> what about you when you go control -- these guys have the terrorists under control. you guys go to see if there were any other bad guys. was there any fear that you might find one? >> no, honestly, like -- it sounds cool and whatnot. but like i just charged the ak, i extended the end, i was fairly convinced there was nobody on the train. because you could look back and

see it. it was empty. i was not even thinking that far ahead -- >> when you were walking to the train car -- >> again, i went three cars back, completely empty. >> straintrain still moving at this point? >> it had just stopped or was stopping, first stop. it was not at the station. everybody was crammed back into about the third or fourth car back. >> they were altogether? >> yeah, everybody pushed back together, and they were all crammed back in that little car. and i just asked them if there was anybody else hurt that we didn't know about or any other gunmen, so i just started to go back and help spencer with the gunman. >> in the meantime, spencer, you were there with your hands inside mark's neck, basically. >> and we got him a first aid kit. he was trying to instruct me what to take out of the first aid kit. so i had to let it -- >> i knew --

>> in french. >> and i kneeled down next to him. he had blood coming down his face, spencer did. so he could barely see. i was like opening the first aid kit, do you need this, do you need this. i was trying to do that hold him -- >> it was not helping. >> i told his wife, isabella, to grab the scissors and cut his shirt off, i wanted to check if he had any other wounds or anything like that. he could have been still dying. we didn't cut his shirt off. by the way we should have. we didn't find anything, i was like did he get grazed in the neck or something like that? >> i thought he got stabbed. >> he got shot through the back and came out the neck. >> it hit him back here -- >> when i first seen him after the gun was passed out, i turned around. this is the first time i have

ever seen mark throughout the whole ordeal. he has a hole in his neck. and then he is bleeding down his shirt. so i'm thinking he had gotten stabbed. i still at that point had not heard the gunshot. >> what were you going to stay, alek, about his wife? >> he kept insisting he was cut in his shirt. i looked at his chest there was nothing on his chest. >> was he pretty high up here -- >> it wasn't funny, i was like -- looking back, i said do you want to say a prayer? he was like no i think i'm good. i was like what? all right man cool, i said a prayer for him. >> did you -- >> he was complaining about his arm. >> in that moment -- bleeding out of the back of your neck and saving his life, hands in his artery, did you take the time to

say a prayer? >> yeah i said one for myself, too. >> amen. >> yeah, it was crazy. >> unbelievable. in any of this did it dawn on you, was there a conscious thought of i may be about to die? when we come back these three will not only respond to that but they also tell us how this moment has changed their lives now. >> there is an old greek saying, it's better to die like a lion than to be slaughtered like a sheep. a and especially this one, the terrorist coward. people need to really take a listen. why do so many people choose aleve? it's the brand more doctors recommend for minor arthritis pain. plus, just two aleve can last all day. you'd need 6 tylenol arthritis to do that. aleve. all day strong.

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rush through the danger -- >> we said we would. >> when you were in afghanistan, you were there for nine months with the national guard. did you see combat? did you have any experience that would prepare you for this? >> i mean, training, it was like the firearms and stuff like really helped afterwards once i got the ak and things like that. but frankly, afghanistan was nothing like the train. we got rockets from time to time things like that. but nothing like that. >> so now you're on your vacation celebrating your down time with your best friends. and you appreciate you know the irony of danger coming to you then. the terrorists coming to you then as opposed to i mean, afghanistan. >> again, not just that, the sheer odds of that. the one time i'm in france, the one time i don't have a handgun on me. the one time we're altogether again, just a coincidence -- it's amazing, just the sheer

odds of it happening then and there. >> you hear terrorists in america all the time. but you never think okay that is going to happen to us. like we talked about it, and we all were like the same mentality, but you never know when will it happens. >> you have to be at least somewhat conscious of the fact we're in a war and we have an enemy and they want to kill us and kill civilians. >> it lets you know always be aware of your surroundings. don't let yourself be known as military and american. >> but you were not in military gear when you were on the train, were you? >> we were not the targets, we were the only ones who did something. >> but how hard is that? you're young guys, 22. >> he is the baby. >> so it's not like you had a lifetime of being in the armed forces or being cops or whatever, where you trained for years and years and years to be alert where you understand there could be danger on every corner. did it still come naturally to

you? >> literally spencer got up out of his seat. i had to ask him, we didn't see him for hours because he was at the hospital actually until the next day. i asked why did you get up that fast? even i have to know that i am talking like -- i look back over, alek says go literally within five seconds of all that, that whole ordeal was five seconds. spencer got up out of his seat. i was like i guess we're going. >> when it was all over and the train stopped and the authorities came on the train from that point forward was there a moment between the three of you when you looked at each other? >> no i was sitting at the table and they were kind of working on me with ids and stuff. i didn't want to be taken by the french police, my phone, my laptop -- >> which our stuff was four cars back in the original spot we were. >> i was actually screaming for them to take a photo.

i was like get it on snap chat! >> when was the first time you had just the three of you? >> the ambassador's mansion. >> the police station, and we hopped from there and went to the motorcade. >> and -- >> we laughed like half the way. >> it was like a joke, almost like a party, it was great. i was like, it was crazy. >> and then all of our stories were totally different, i was like no that is not what happened. this happened. you don't know what you're talking about. >> did you realize how enormous it was, what just happened? stay with us for the answer to that. plus, wait until you hear what they say when i ask these young men about their most emotional moments. >> officials in france opened a terror investigation into the attack on the high speed train. they say there is clear evidence that the gunman stopped by the americans on board, planned to

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in august, 2015, a few brave men risked everything to save a trainful of passengers from a terrorist in france. as the world learned of their heroic acts, a tribute began. president obama called to express well wishes to the inspiration to a nation. >> those guys on the train make you proud. >> as you know evil arrives in the form of a heavily armed gunman on a high speed passenger train in europe. what the government did not expect however was a confrontation with our very own captain america. >> nearly every presidential camera weighed in. >> they obviously figured out something was going on and took

matters into their own hands and potentially saved maybe dozens hundreds of lives. >> you know what i want to say about these guys. they represent themselves and the military in our country so well. >> you know what is so inspiring about these three young men? their humility, their modesty. they're not talking about how great they are. >> french president hollande praised their heroism as a source of inspiration, saying that quote, faced with the evil of terrorism there is a good. that of humanity, you are the incarnation of that. back in their hometown of sacramento there was a parade. >> and it's not lost on me as a mayor that the story we are celebrating here today could be entirely different if it was not for the bravery of anthony, alek and spencer. >> the guys they say, don't call us heroes.

but as we say at fox we report. you decide. >> did you realize in that moment the enormity of what had just happened and how this could be a worldwide story? >> they kept telling me no alek was like we're about to go home. >> i knew it was a big deal when i was sitting in the hospital and they told me to go to bed and i was like yeah, right, i won't be able to fall asleep. and they come back an hour later saying you're on tv big hero. >> what has been the most emotional part of this for you? >> well just the appreciation people have shown for me. it's just -- when i flew into newark airport, first time hitting stateside there was about 2 or 300 police officers there. it was like the most touching experience, probably the appreciation and how grateful everybody has been. how nice the french were to us. i mean we -- i mean everybody has been treating us amazing. >> everybody says my family

rides that train all the time. i've been on the train all the time. it's a popular route from paris to amsterdam. it's kind of humbling. i'm not in the military. so when tons of high-ranking people come you willup to congratulate me, and a lifetime of combat, that is very humbling for me. >> how about you spencer? >> for me it's the same. i had this moment where this little girl was asking me like if i could fly and things like that. and that literally made me melt. and i'm like oh, my god, i'm these kids' heroes just appreciation from everybody, people on the train, what do they have to be appreciating us for, but it's true. >> was it true your nickname was captain america before this? >> i don't like to -- but yes, it is. >> way to live up to your

nickname. what was it like telling your parents for the first time? >> i didn't get ahold of my parents for a while. i tried to call my mom and dad. my little brother was the first one that picked up. i was just like, hey, we were just involved in an active shooter outside paris, on a train. tell mom and dad and google it if you don't believe me. >> all right, here is a tough question for you because you are three american heroes. but i want an honest answer. have there been any tears? >> have i cried since? >> yeah. >> i have, yeah. >> the first time i cried was when the girl was telling me that i'm her hero and asking if i could fly. that was embarrassing, in front of like my whole family and her whole family at some dinner. but it needed to happen -- >> what about you they're on record. >> yes -- >> maybe well, the interview is not yet over. >> i will say --

>> what brought you to tears? >> i was having a conversation with somebody and they were just trying to explain to me basically how -- much they felt that they almost lost me. and i was just like you don't understand like how i feel. >> and like -- >> you're getting all this publicity and stuff, but really. >> reporter: just-- >> really, we're just happy to be alive. on a train outside of paris. >> other than you are still here, you're still standing, how has life changed for you? >> being a hero sometimes comes with rewards. in the final part of our interview we'll hear about that. >> we know you didn't have a car. and we heard you're moving back to sacramento. do you know how to drive stick? >> i can, i can, i learned in portugal. >> well, beautiful, because this camaro is for you, as well. [ cheers and applause ]

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going to welcome a band of brothers, who by taking some action by doing good saved hundreds of lives and worldwide movement. ladies and gentlemen, our sacramento hometown heroes. anthony stadler, spencer stone and alex scarlotto. >> other than you're still here how has life changed for you? >> i haven't even had time to sit down and think about it. >> totally upside down. >> life's changed like that. >> you were on jimmy kimmel. they gave you a car. you have a new gig. >> i'm doing dancing with the stars. >> how does that happen? >> shut up. shut up. i guess i got in contact with one of the guys that produced good morning america the day i was on it and kind of like floated it to me as like a rumor. then i got a phone call a few hours later and they asked me if

i wanted to do it. i was like, i'll have to think about it. in my head i knew i was going to do it. >> do you dance? >> no. >> what do you think of that? >> out of three of us i would have never pegged him to do that. >> why? >> just wouldn't have thought. just wouldn't have thought. >> he's going to loosen up soon. >> he's looking good. he showed us a video. i think he's going to go far. >> what do you think is next for you? you had dreams of becoming a police officer. do you still think that will happen? >> eventually. we have no idea what is in store for us, even now. so i'm sure eventually we'll all get back on our intended tracks, i guess. for now we're just trying to figure out what we're doing next week and stuff like that. and it's been insane. >> do the honors that you received mean anything to you? you got the legion of honor in france. you got a phone call from the president of the united states. in those moments does it dawn on your you're a hero?

>> no. >> hero is like a word. i don't know if we'll ever claim that. i'm appreciative to everybody who says it but i don't think we can ever claim that. we're thinking -- >> if we were like, totally safe and we were in an armored box and we left the armored box to like, stop this train attack then, yeah, maybe we could live up to the word hero. we were just -- doing it to save ourselves, too. it's not like we really intended to do it for somebody else. it worked out that way and it worked out great. don't get me wrong. >> it wasn't purely denevolent you deprive yourself of the title. i think our viewers will have a problem with that. let me talk to you about today. you're going to go off after this and be honored in a parade in your hometown. this is the 14 year mark since 9/11 and the 9/11 attacks. and already we've heard in the past week or so many people compare what you did on that

train to what the brave souls on board united flight 93 tried to do in stopping a terrorist. you guys were kids on the day of 9/11. eight years old or so. do you have a different appreciation for what happened on that day this year? >> for sure. >> of course. >> yeah. just hearing you say that gives me chills. it's -- i feel so much more connected to like terrorist attacks and things like that and victims of terrorist attacks. i mean, that easily could have been us. if any one of six or seven things went a different way. >> i visited the 9/11 memorial a week ago. that was my first time in new york, first time at themorally memorial. this was about less than a week after our ordeal happened. it gave me a whole new perspective. i was just like, appreciative of the names, just like on the stones out there. that could easily have been us just as easy. >> does it underscore to you at all what it means to be an

american? what youry duty is as an american? >> i don't think so. our duty is to act. a lot of people have told us that said americans would do that. i don't know if i'd go that far. i can't speak to everybody. i just feel like as americans we do grow up wp kindith kind of that sense we're not going to lay down. we'll take the fight to whoever it is. that's exactly what we did. >> good for you. thank you all so much. >> thank you for having us. >> god bless. >> thank you. we'll be right back. today every sacramentoen has their chest puffed out walking with a little extra pep in our step. knowing the city's native sons who came to rescue and thwarted another potentially grisly terrorist attack sent a message to terrorists everywhere as americans, as californians, as

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♪ have you ever thought, "i could never do that"? have you ever thought... you just didn't have anything left in the tank? well - you do. because the courage is already inside. as you travel across this country you sometimes spot the signs that read if you see something say something. a daily reminder of 9/11. tonight we were honored to share with you the story of three young men who saw something and did something saving lives. they don't call themselves heroers heroes but we do. take a moment tonight to remember the victims of the horrible attack 14 years ago.

and the heroes who tried to save them. and say a prayer for the families and the survivors. thank you for joining us. i'm megyn kelly. today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil despicable acts of terror. well, it was a gorgeous day. the president arrived, just as