changed everything in this country. i've covered this year in and year out for 20 years now, and i will never stop as long as i'm working because what happened that day changed the fabric of who we are. not only the beautiful lives lost, but the message that from death they're sending to us, do not forget. ♪♪ >> 20 years later this is a day of tears and tributes of solemn and respectful remembrance as america renews its promise to never forget. our country coming together on saturday afternoon to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost on september 11th, 2001 after hijacked airliners crashed into towers and pentagon and

pennsylvania field after passengers and crew on board try today regain control from the hijackers and the braver and daring effort to fight back against radical islamic terrorism. hello, everyone, welcome to fox news live coming to you live from the memorial site, we call it ground zero in lower manhattan. ia, arthel. arthel: i'm arthel neville. a monohonnorring all the selfless acts on that day. she was flight attendant from flight on north tower. >> it was also a time where many people acted above and beyond the ordinary as we carried these 20 years forward, i find

continuing appreciation, all of those who rose to be more than ordinary people. arthel: we have live fox team coverage bryan llenas in pennsylvania, jennifer griffin is at the pentagon but we begin with laura ingle who is in lower manhattan. laura. >> ceremonies to mark the 20-year anniversary taking place here in new york and all across the country. paying tribute to those we lost while honoring and remembering them today and giving you a live look at the world trade center site where the terror attacks began the september 11th morning under similar blue skies, the bells have tolled and bag pipes have played and as tradition goes names of those killed were read out loud 2 decades later. >> and my father david miller, we love and miss you.

>> 2,753 names read out loud in new york where the twin towers once stood including first responders lost 343 members of fdny and law enforcement members as well. >> we love and miss you more than we could ever imagine. our son is a spitting image of you. he lights my world every day. i see you in everything that he does. >> president biden and the first lady along with former presidents barack obama and bill clinton and their wives were on hand for the start of today's ceremonies and toured the 9/11 memorial and museum. remembrances go on, survivors and responders of 9/11 have upper respiratory conditions, copd, some with multiple types of cancer. ptsd and depression and then, of

course, what happens tonight tribute in light, the twin beams that reached 4 miles in the sky will go on tonight for the 20-year mark, eric and arthel. arthel: thank you very much for the report there from lower manhattan. eric. eric: well, arthel, president biden and the first lady attended a wreath-laying ceremony in the last hour in shanksville, pennsylvania, flight 93 crashed into the field near a coal mine after the 40 heroic passengers and crew members on board they voted to rush the cockpit in an attempt to overtake the armed hijackers sealing forever their defiance against terror evil. bryan llenas in shanksville. how can we ever forget infamous let's roll as a way to fight that. >> eric, good afternoon. the reality is that 20 years ago today the entire nation was watching as those planes went into the world trade center and

the pentagon and at that moment we did not know what was happening on united flight 193 but today we do know and the family and friends on those on flight 93 really are working hard to make sure that all of us remember their names beginning today with today's ceremony. listen. >> alan anthony simmons. [bells tolling] >> the bells rang as they read the names of each of the 33 passengers and 7 crew members that were on board united flight 93 that morning. they fought back against those hijackers and as a result saved countless lives on the ground. today former president george w. bush spoke about their heroism and how united they were on that flight, listen. >> these americans were brave, strong and united in ways that

shocked the terrorists but should not surprise any of us. this is the nation we know. and whenever we need hope and inspiration, we can look to the skies and remember. reporter: president biden and first lady dr. joe biden layed a wreath at the wall of names today before walking through the gate to the crash site of flight 93. the site is marked by 17 and reserved for family and friends of those who died on flight 93 and those invited, guests like the president today. the legacy of flight 93 heroism displayed by strangers who less than 30 minutes decided to fight back on hijackers based on phone calls made, they knew what happened to previous 3 planes that had gone to world trade center and the pentagon and they chose to take decisive action.

the 40 on-flight 93, they struggled for 6 minutes before the plane crashed at 10:03 the morning. the plane was 18 minutes away from washington, d.c. flying time and likely headed to the capitol where there was a full session of congress underway who knows how many lives they saved on the ground and eric gordon spoke today, the president of the families for united flight 93. his brother edward was on that plane and he says that when people come to visit the flight 93 national memorial, he wants people to think, what would you have done on that day on that flight, he said all of us should really think about that we can all, you know, whether or not we are worthy of the selfless actions on that day on that flight and obviously in new york and in washington, d.c. eric. eric: heros all, bryan, thank you. arthel. arthel: what would you have done in memorial outside of the pentagon where 184 people lost their lives inside the building

and on american airlines flights 7720 years ago. jennifer griffin with part of the story, jennifer. >> arthel, you can hear the planes flying up above us taking off every few minutes. the weather at the pentagon much the same as it was 20 years ago. >> our responsibility to remember and it is our duty to defend democracy. we cannot know what the next 20 years will bring. we cannot know what new dangers they will carry. >> since that dark day 20 years ago, the men and women of the united states military have fought tirelessly to defeat terrorists in afghanistan and around the world both at home and abroad. >> this morning here at the pentagon a giant american flag over the exact spot where the

plane hit. 183 people killed, 59 on board american airlines flight 77 which took off from dulus airport from los angeles at 8:2t into a missile that struck the west side of the pentagon near corridor four. i've spoken to many survivors who called out on hands and many deployed in the middle east and until few days ago there's been constant deployment of troops in 20 years. ramón colon lopez, rescue men or pj and senior listed adviser to the chairman of joint chiefs. he helped escort jamid into kabul after the taliban fell. a few now know better than the u.s. military and their families

exactly 20 years ago at 10:10 a.m. part of the pentagon collapsed. at 10:53, donald rumsfeld ordered military to increase death conradyness and prepare for war. a war has not ended even though politicians say it has according to many of the families of survivors who you can feel their pain today when they were at the ceremony. we spoke to many of them. arthel. arthel: of course, jennifer griffin live at the pentagon, eric. eric: arthel, the u.s. did have an opportunity to try and nail osama bin laden before septembea leader became the most wanted man in the globe. nearly 10 years after he struck a may second, 2011 seal team finally found and killed him. in the concrete in pakistan. the hunt to find him a testament to the dedication of our intelligence agencies and

bravery of our armed forces for an inside look at the raid chris wallace joins us. he, of course, is a fox news anchor and author of new book, countdown bin laden which chronicles the month leading to the daring raid that killed bin laden. chris, it's been very emotional and poignant day in shanksville and the pentagon, what are your thoughts as we observe this 20th year? chris: well, i think -- i don't know that it surprises me, eric, was bun of the things listening to the relatives of the victims of 9/11 read that list of names as we hear -- have heard every year since 2001, it still has an enormous emotional wallet. you know, you just -- your hearts go out. each one of those names is a story of terrible loss and the names, you know, are so american in the sense that it's not irish

or italian or african or whatever, it's all of them. they are all americans and all kinds of races, all kinds of religions and it just has a tremendous emotional toll even 20 years later. eric: it does. many people here saying this really has affected them this year. your book meanwhile countdown bin laden you go behind the scenes and how they were able to track him down. >> well, you know, i -- it's interesting. i timed the book to come out in the 20th anniversary. never occurred to me that taliban which was in charge of afghanistan in 2001 would still be in charge today. it doesn't end or takeaway from the grief that we all feel of what happened 20 years ago but just over 10 years ago, we did bring the master mind of 9/11 to justice and an extraordinary mission that brought together the very best of our intel,

political and military professionals. they gather the information that after all the years of dead ends, they came together with the information, the political community, debated it and then those great navy seals, practiced and rehearsed and went on a mission and one of them, the man, in fact, who killed osama bin laden rob o'neil, he said one way ticket. suicide mission, if bin laden was in the compound they didn't think they would be coming home. they thought it was booby trapped or al-qaeda guards but as he said and as residents today, he said i was doing this for the woman who went to work on 9/11 in the world trade center and at one moment sitting there and there's inferno inside because the plane hit 2500 degrees fahrenheit and she looked out the window and

decides the better choice is to jump 90 floors to her death and we avenge that as sad as this day is from 20 years ago, that was a day when we took the battlefield which was in ground zero in shanksville, the pentagon and we brought it back to that part of the world. eric: that's amazing. in your book you go behind the scenes into the offices when penneta was told that they had the clues and especially with the courier, they were able to figure out who the courier was and that led them to the house. chris: it's so interesting because what happened, eric, they had a few leads. they didn't come up with it for nine years but they didn't ever stop trying for the nine years. they thought a member of the bin laden family, that didn't work. maybe a al-qaeda leader and we certainly caught some of them and they didn't give anything up. their thought is bin laden isn't going to be risking

communicating with other people in al-qaeda with electronic footprint. if he's doing it the old-fashion way, giving message for a courier to take and they ended up finding this courier abul ahmed and able to trace him back to a compound in a pakistan and what is extraordinary there is that, you know, they thought he was in a cave in remote area in tribal region between afghanistan and afghanistan. he was in upscaled community, retirement community in central pakistan where the pakistany west point was in million dollar compound. in effect, he was hiding in plain sight and one of the most dramatic things is when president obama approved the raid, he said it's no better than 50-50 that he's even there but he decided to take the chance and we all are better for it because bin laden was brought to justice and al-qaeda was decapitated and for 20 years we prevented a terror attack from

afghanistan on the u.s. homeland. eric: and as you say much better for it. chris, good to see you, chris wallace. the book countdown bin laden. thank you. chris: thank you, eric. arthel: eric and chris, thousands of off-duty new york city firefighters and ems personnel also responded on 9/11 swifting through mountains of debris to search for survivors. our next guest is one of them. fire fighter who despite being off that day rushed to ground zero after the towers fell. jim mccarthy joins us now. president of fdny uniformed fire association and jim if i may start with how did you first hear about the attacks, what were you told and what did you do, also what were you thinking when you heard the news? >> well, i was at home with my father having breakfast. he had come up the day before so

he stayed at my house. my brother denise lived in florida. called me and said the plane has hit the trade center and we turned the news on and we are looking at it and as i was talking to him on the phone, how that happened and then we watched the second plane hit the towers and then i spoke to him and i told him that i had to go because we are under attack and i would have to go to fire house and i called 3 other firefighters at the same time, jerry, jim and al, he took off but before we left, we went to visit judy jonas, the wife of jay jonas who was in ladder 6. she survived the collapse in

stairwell. we made our way down to the trade center after that. arthel: when you arrived to lower manhattan, where did you go first and what did you see and how did it strike you when you saw it face to face? >> new york city bus and all the firefighters went on it and we drove to lower manhattan and came around the tunnel and came in through the american express on the rear side and got off the bus, walking through 6 to 8 inches of dust and the cloud and smoke and we went to american express building and came out the other side. all the windows had been blown out and you can finally see all the collapse, all the material from the two towers that had been in the collapse and the other pieces in the air. it was overwhelming at the time and then we broke into our small groups and we started searching for survivers.

arthel: what visions or smell or emotions lingered in the days, the weeks, and years after that, jim? >> at first it's overwhelming. i remember i had been to the world strayed -- world trade center plaza and now to see it all collapse and bridges collapse, it's a bit overwhelming. the magnitude of the disaster and you could smell the smoke as well as the other material and very active smell and walking around and kicked the dust up in the air and that got and consumed a lot of that stuff and really haven't had the same

sensory experience since then but you think about it. it's burned into your memory at least for everybody. arthel: i can tell just when you're recalling the story for us just now, i can sense the pain that is still very present. how is your health, by the way, jim? how is your health? >> i'm doing better than many -- many people at the department. we have about 3,000 fdny firefighters and we lost 257 firefighters since september 11th, 2001 due to cancer and everybody -- just about everybody has some kind of illness, so although i do have a few things, i consider myself lucky compared to so many others. arthel: did september 11th, 2001 change the way you live your

life? >> well, it changes everybody's, everybody saw what happened that day, the attacks and the aftermath and i think that we spent more time enjoying the day and the pleasures you can get in life and also very serious and were very close and a commodore, and very important thing and certainly -- [inaudible] >> all over the country. arthel: well, we cannot thank you enough for what you did and you continue to do and the way you live your life, a great example for all of us. jim mccarthy, thank you very much for joining us at fox news. >> thank you. arthel: eric. eric: jim, highlight it is

bravery and commitment of law enforcement. that was exemplified by those who ran to help. i caught up with new york city police commissioner shae. >> i wasn't at work when it happened and to this day i will never believe what i saw that day. just the sights of the travesty, the building down, everyone wanting to help and really the saddest thing was that there really wasn't much to do that day. it's certainly an interesting time right now. we are well aware of the incidents worldwide particularly on this 20th anniversary. whether it's the nypd or our partners that are walking hand in glove, we are out here today to make sure that new york is safe. eric: here in new york the sky is clear and blue as it was on september 11th of 2001 but, of course, a very sowerful and

somber day as we remember the nearly 3,000 lives that were lost here 20 years ago in the attacks that dragged the u.s. into two wars overseas and ongoing war against terrorism. president biden fourth president at the helm of the battle. peter doocy with the very latest on that, hi, peter. peter: president biden is about to start taking a completely different approach to the war on terror. >> a key component of the biden doctrine is. >> overhorizon capability. peter: including obama whose antiterror strategies relied heavily boots on the ground in afghanistan. >> there's a future there that's brighter not only for the afghan people but most importantly for american security. and you guys are the tip of the spear.

>> american military muscle will be hundred or thousands of miles away. >> we will retain an over-horizon capability to be able to take them out. peter: critics charge this won't work. >> let me say it's over the rainbow. peter: biden secretary says it's no question that it will be difficult to identify and engage threats that are from the region. >> to the gulf to afghanistan is extensive. in that period targets can move and hostages can move. peter: the president made the promise? >> we will not forgive and not forget and hunt you downs to the ends to have world and you will pay the price. >> over the horizon capacity can work and will work going after

isis targets and those who killed our troops. >> i would say this, without soldiers on the ground with the cia present helping them, the likelihood of another 9/11 has gone up by 70 or 80%. peter: but now the president is not looking back. >> the war in afghanistan is now over. peter: the president defends the way he pulled out by arguing if the men who plotted 9/11 years ago had done so in country other than afghanistan, the united states would have never gone there and he's counting on advances in military technologies to keep tabs on terrorists who could try to do it again. eric. eric: all right, peter, thanks so much. arthel: we want to take a look now here at former president donald trump. he's in new york city visiting the 17th precinct there, nypd in midtown manhattan. let's listen to see what the former president is saying. >> what incredible job.

i grew up with you and you are new york's finest, you're incredible people and i know many of you and i appreciated during the election that new york city police endorsed trump, you know that, right, first time they've ever endorsed a candidate. first time, maybe they do it every time. i don't know. first time they've ever endorsed a candidate for president. and it's a great honor. i think that endorsement meant more to me than anything. i really appreciate it. i thought i'd do, you heard so many words, all you hear is words and they become meaningless after a while when you hear politicians talking but if you have any questions, i will give you a little chance you can be a star. i see the fake news behind you. [laughter] >> anybody have any questions? the size of that guy. [laughter] >> you have a question? >> are you going to run again,

mr. president? >> that's a tough question. actually for me it's an easy question. i know what i'm going to do but we are not supposed to be talking about it yet from the standpoint of campaign finance laws which frankly are ridiculous, okay, you want to know the truth but we have to live with it but i think you are going to be happy, let me put it that way. i think you are going to be very happy when i see what's going on. we had the greatest economy in the world. we did things that nobody felt even possible. everybody had the best jobs. we are getting along with the other side. they were starting to come -- the radical left i call them. they couldn't compete with what what we were doing, job, regulations, they gave 85 billion away, apache helicopters. they gave them away? why would you give them away. you fly them out and take them out and they had the time in the world. we had everybody on hold, the taliban was on hold. i dealt with the top guy abdul and there was nothing he was

going to be doing with us and all of a sudden we have a rigged election and all of a sudden we flee afghanistan and that's why i'm saying what timing, what horrible timing, the 20th anniversary and i watched the speeches and not one person spoke about the fact that 3 days ago we fled afghanistan and we left americans behind. we left $85 billion worth of the best equipment ever made. much of it that i bought, they left it behind. why would they leave it behind? we could have stayed one month or 3 years, they weren't going to be able to do anything. they left but when they left there was a vacuum and then they came in and filled the vacuum and whoever thought of this, a 5-year-old would have said the military goes out last and that's what they wanted. they couldn't believe they were leaving. so it was gross enpottence and i hate to talk about it on this day but people are saying why are they talking about what the hell we did so i think you're going to be very happy.

>> mr. president. >> yes, please. >> truly an honor. >> my honor. >> i have a question for you. >> yes. >> if, you know -- [inaudible] >> would you strongly consider having days of recognition for the service of men and women of the police departments around the country? i would speak on behalf of the departments of the entire country and consider having more recognition. arthel: we will break away. former president donald trump visiting the police station, 17th precinct in midtown manhattan. he did not miss any opportunity to air grievances claiming that the election was rigged which was not and proven in court multiple times and proven that it was not rigged by election officials, but it started out on a good note. former president saying that he grew up with the firefighters

because he's from new york and he thanked them for their service. so we move on now and we get back to what the news of the day and that is that so much has happened in the last 20 years from the time that u.s. troops first touched down in taliban controlled afghanistan to 2001 till last month when u.s. troops withdrew from the country allowing the taliban to regain power. greg palckot takes a look at what happened, greg. greg: we are in grover square in london. the uk's memorial to 9/11. sign of a global impact of these attacks. in fact, these attacks triggering a global war on terror still playing out today. take a look a bit of what we saw and what we heard back then right up till now. >> out of the 9/11 horror the

haunt was launched for master mind osama bin laden even in the caves of afghanistan. >> they don't have specific information that osama bin laden and fighters are here. >> tangling with the taliban terror hosts. the taliban to be as close as 101 -- 100 yards where we are. attacks continued. >> along with the global war on terror. >> terrorism was no longer a police issue. it was a true national security threat. now this 9/11 anniversary as 20-year war ends. >> to see perpetrators of 9/11 -- >> greg: hope is terror lessons learn will keep attacks at bay.

>> all the struggles and sacrifice i've made, it was worth it. greg: arthel, what we have seen in the last few days more fallout from attacks that happened 20 years ago today. at the base of this memorial, arthel, there are flowers, there are messages, there are candles, 67 britains died on that day in these attacks, that's the biggest number outside of the united states as one message, one wreath, let's not forget 9/11. i think a lot of people are remembering. arthel: absolutely. greg palkot in london, thanks, greg. eric: fox news headquarters in midtown manhattan, you can see on the ticker the name of the fallen as the sense of remembrance and for us here to honor each of those killed and

many of those who died on this day, mothers and fathers who left children behind. >> robert pasenti. eric: 2 years after 9/11 when 10-year-old caitlin stood before grieving families at ground zero and spoke from her heart. >> and my dad firefighter lieutenant joseph levy, we miss you and love you. >> her father 45-year-old fdny lieutenant joseph was one of 343 firefighters killed that day as he led manhattan's ladder 15 up the stairs of the world trade center south tower reaching the impact disown on the 78th floor. [inaudible] >> eric: before the building collapsed. >> admirable to hear how it must have been a very scary situation

and there's calm and collectiveness and that's the man that my dad was. he was a alabama of light and he was a leader. eric: caitlin says that was a day sered in her memory. >> it wasn't until a few days that my mom was calling hospitals and, you know, looking for him and she said, i think coming home. eric: caitlin is now 30 year's old and has found strength and renewal in the charity tuesdays children named for that september tuesday that took the lives of thousands of parents. the charity brings together those who lost a loved one as a result of terrorism by sponsoring volunteer programs, offering counseling, mentoring and organizing trips to sporting events for. >> incredible opportunities for mentorship, job interviews,

they've had linkedin events and they really mean a lot to me and my family. >> they gave me resources to deal with this tragedy and probably wouldn't have been able without it. eric: you share a bond with those like you, military family or 9/11. how special is that? >> i mean, it's incredible. for -- for someone to, you know, what has gone through the same thing as me and, you know, be able to just sit down and talk about it and not have to explain myself, it's still important. eric: tuesdays children created 3 months after 9/11 and still growing today. tera as executive director. >> it's about filling in as much as you can for that loved one

lost. it's really something that continues to evolve. eric: throughout the years caitlin has been helped by tuesdays children but helps back for volunteering for the group. >> that was my way of healing, was helping others and tuesdays children offer this program where a group of us went to new orleans and we were in musician village doing work with habitat for humanity, building houses. eric: since its founding, tuesdays children has expanded to offer support and comfort to children of military service members who have given the ultimate sacrifice. >> 20 years later we have 9/11 surviving spouses mentoring gold star kids so they are giving back in ways that you never could have imagined. eric: tuesdays children are not children anymore, they are adults. >> yeah. eric: what do they leave for their children? >> it's inspiring they have a

piece of them and they carry on their legacy whether it'd be through career or a hobby or, you know, becoming parents of their own. it's just so beautiful. 9/11 was a day that was awful and pain and so much beauty that came out of it and the spirit and resiliency from 9/12 and honor men and women that passed away and all of the heroic acts of recovery workers and civilians who stepped in, be able to educate the younger generations on that and saying you know, this is something we came through and it was -- it was an awful and difficult day but there was so much light that came out of it. eric: police and firefighter offspring are following their fallen parents to new york's finest and bravest to police and fire department as others enlist

in armed forces. for more you can go to tuesdayschildren.org. a very special charity. arthel: so nice to hear optimistic remembering but also looking forwards a bright future. i really appreciate that, eric. listen, the youngest first responder killed on 9/11 was only 18 years old when the planes hit the world trade center. richard pearlman raced alongside police officers to help. he dreamed of becoming emt and scheduled to begin classes the following month. his mother doory pearlman. thank you so much for joining us and excuse me although not officially not an emt in 2001, your son richard pearlman had four years experience in emt as i understand and at the time richard was office clerk and sent out to run an errand to one

police plaza, tell us more, please. >> i just -- he went to work that day and i said good-bye and he went to one police plaza to deliver some papers and he was in the lobby there when he heard through loud speaker anyone with training to please report to an area. at the time they thought it was an accident and not a terrorist attack and he reported and they assigned him to a police officer who took him down to ground zero and he went in and out helping save people's lives and this was his life and the interim, his boss called him and said come right back to the law office he worked in and he said i cannot, it's my job to help and that was the last we heard of him and he

just -- we postpictures in various magazines and he was 18 year's old. usually the child run it is other way and he was always in and he said it was my calling to save the lives of people. arthel: what true heroism for sure. you obviously did something wonderful you and your husband as a parent to instill that foundation in your son richard. what have the last 20 years been like for you, ms. pearlman? >> it's been a challenge to tell you the truth because i never saw him graduate his emt class to become what he wanted to do. i -- constant remembrance of him. i would go to the window looking for him to come home from work and my daughter would say, ma,

he's not coming home and as the years go on, it doesn't get better. you learn to adjust that i will never see him get married or have grandchildren from him. i have a granddaughter in his name -- named after him. i have a cousin named after him and his legacy carries on and the boy scouts that he belongs to. that's his life. arthel: i know that you're proud of what your son did, the legacy he leaves behind. he may not have graduated from the emt classes but trust me, he has a master in helping people and the compassionate love that he exhibit is beyond and we thank you, ms. pearlman for sharing your son with us, we

bless his memory and your family. >> thank you. thank you. eric: remarkable young man. let's take a live look at the world trade center site in lower manhattan. they call it ground zero. there's another museum just around the corner. it's called the 9/11 museum because that museum is run by the families. we will have the head of the museum to tell us all about it when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪

arthel: heros homecoming for the 3 marines among the 13 u.s. troops killed in afghanistan last month. wyoming crowds lined the street to salute the remains of

20-year-old lance corporal riley mccallum. in laredo, texas lance corporal david lee espinoza. at omaha, nebraska to honor according to page. eric: we are back here what we used to call ground zero but the 9/11 memorial site as we commemorate 20 years of terror attacks you can learn of the faithful day and aftermath at the 9/11 tribute museum in manhattan. it's a very personal story. this museum is run by 9/11 families and focuses on the stories of the full 9/11 community. not just the families but first responders and residents who lived here. this is after all thriving neighborhood. jennifer adams joins us.

she's the ceo of the 9/11 tribute museum. jennifer, thank you so much for coming in this afternoon. what are your thoughts about today. the museum is open and what is it like to have this day arrive? >> well, 20 years it's hard to believe. we've been doing this 3, we do this 365 days a year and first responders, survivors, rebuilt the neighborhood comes to us it's a sense of support. it's a somber day but a day that we come together and feel good with each other for that support and that resilience that we rebuilt this community and we are moving forward. eric: the message really is that there's rebirth, there's hope, there's optimism in what was the most evil horrendous example of human negativity here. >> that's one thing that we always try to remember, that unity of the country and

countries from around the world that we were at war several years ago that came to our aid, that came to support us and came together and that's something, a tribute that we always highlight. it's the personal stories of those individuals that came together and continue to their stories, their journey of healing that people find incredibly inspiring in tribute. eric: maybe some people cheering right now. we had a fly-by of military helicopters as we were talking. we were talking at some of the artifacts and exhibits inside the museum. why -- what differentiates this museum from the larger one that many people think of here at the site? >> the memorial museum at the site is a beautiful museum. mainly artifacts based at the 9/11 museum we are the community that was directly affected and when someone can come in and connect with someone, it's a win-win not only for our community who is sharing their stories and their journey of healing and decompression of

whether it was trauma or health-related illnesses it's hard to believe but hundreds of thousands of people still affected by this today and while it's in the news and we are hearing these stories now, we are -- we are on this journey all year long, 365 days so when you come to tribute as a visitor and we have seen over 5 million visitor that is have come to tributes since we have opened back in 20 06, they are given a gift, a gift of connecting with our community and understanding why this event was such a milestone in history and how we've moved forward and that's an incredibly inspiring story that people are surprised to come to this somber place but walk away with something that is a gift of hope. everyone has some sort of trauma in their life at some point and it really helps them move forward. eric: i would encourage anyone who is watching right now to go visit the museum if you're in new york city just don't go to major memorial, go also to the 9/11 tribute museum.

jennifer webb-adams thank you for doing what you do at the special museum. arthel: listen, 20 years ago baseball helped heal a grieving nation and tonight the yankees and mets face off at cififield and what promises to be an emotional night at the ballpark. we will have more on that. ♪ ♪n ♪

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arthel: in the days and weeks after 9/11 baseball helped bring back a sense of normalcy to many americans and the mets and yankees became lots of the 9/11 became staging area where groups met, volunteers as well as the team to help prepare packages to send to ground zero. all of the supplies that were needed after the attack. >> i think reflect the most important time in my career, the most important time maybe in any

of our career and baseball. >> when the crisis hit there was need and the need was presented in a very big way. 3,000 people were dead, families were left without husbands and moms and brothers and sisters, et cetera. in baseball the mets and the other supports understood it was time giving and you had to fill the needs. >> many of those players and coaches will be back here today for this game to celebrate and honor the brave men and women who responded days after the horrible 9/11 attacks 20 years ago. arthel: yeah, really sad what is happening there. i'm smiling because we are feeling a sense of being, you know, fellow americans and coming together on this day. we are back in a moment.

♪ ♪ ♪ arthel: our coverage continues now as america reflects and mourns 20 years after the 9/11 11terror attacks. many people would never be the same. complete destruction of twin towers and survivors trying to make their way out of safety and firefighters digging through debris for signs of life.

today the nation renewing its promise to never forget. hello and welcome everybody to another hour of fox news live. i'm arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hello, arthel, thank you for joining us. i'm live in lower manhattan at the 9/11 memorial site formerly what we call ground zero. americans gathering here to honor the nearly 3,000 lives that were lost on september 11th, 2001 of the hijacked airlines jacked into new york city twin towers and pentagon outside of washington and fourth crashed in field after passengers and crews tried to regain control from the hijackers and the aftermath the world witnessed our nation's unity and resolve. >> we saw that americans were vulnerable, but not fragile, that they possess a core of strength that survives the worst that life can bring and we learn

that bravery is more common than we imagine emerging with sudden splendor in the face of death. >> let us resolve here yet again today on this hallowed ground to never forget, to never forget those who were murdered by terrorists, never forget those who rushed to save their lives and gave theirs in exchange. eric: we will never forget, laura ingle live at the world trade center site with the details honoring the victims. hi, laura. >> we remember those lives lost on 9/11 and 20-year mark plenty of words of remembrance hope and resolve. the commemoration of ground zero began today with a tolling bell and moment of sigh tense exactly 20 years after the first plane hit the world trade center.

2,753 names read out loud here in new york as tradition goes where the twin towers once shooed including first responders lost 343 members to have fdny and 71 law enforcement officers names as well. >> tj who we continue to miss and love every day. the world -- is a lesser place without him. >> my father joseph p mcdonald. i miss you every day. >> cassie, we have never gotten over it. we've tried to live life fully each day. >> president joe biden and the first lady along with former presidents barack obama and bill clinton and their wives were on hand for the start of today's ceremony. one retired firefighter we spoke with, lone survivor of fire house in staten island and now volunteers with his son john at

9/11 memorial museum to help educate a new generation and has a special way visitors can honor the message of never forget while visiting the reflecting pool. >> i bring that name home and google it, i'm sure that you will find something. i learn about that person and so many individuals that have interesting stories that we lost that day and represent each and every one of them. >> i want to mention that our full interview with him is on our fox news website. it is a powerful interview. security has been extremely tight here all day long as it always is but especially on the 20-year anniversary. the mayor of new york city bill de blasio saying there are no credible threats but always reminds all of us to be vigilant, eric. eric: first responders are amazing, laura, thank you, arthel. arthel: indeed, eric, thank you.

memorial ceremonies are taking place in shanksville, pennsylvania at the site where the fourth hijacked plane united airline 93 crashed 20 years ago, the crew and passengers on board acted as one in an effort to overtake the terrorists and spoil their plan to crash the jet intohe u.s. capitol building. bryan llenas picks up coverage live from shanksville, bryan. >> arthel, good morning, the national memorial -- [inaudible] ♪ ♪ >> nearly 500 family members and friends visiting to pay tribute to their loved ones. the bells tolled as they read the names of each of the 33 passengers and 7 crew members, heros who were on board united flight 93 from newark to san francisco when it crashed into an empty field here in shanksville, pennsylvania. for 20 years the family and

friends of those on board flight 93 are working to ensure that their loved ones and heroic actions are not forgotten. less than 30 minutes after their flight was hijacked passengers and crew called loved ones on the plane where they were told planes had been flown to world trade center and pentagon, together the group of strangers voted and unit today attack the hijackers, vice president kamala harris spoke earlier today about the power of unity. >> in a matter of minutes in the most dire of circumstances, the 40 responded as one. they fought for their own lives and to save the lives of countless others at our nation's capitol. reporter: after 6 minutes of fighting together to gain control of the plane, the terrorists crashed it into the ground. today president biden layed a wreath at the wall of names and visited the crash site hollowed ground marked by 17 bolder, this

is an area reserved for family, friends and invited guests. last night family and members lit candles for each of the 40 loved ones and the mother of bradshaw, flight attendant, visiting this memorial brings her comfort knowing this was the last place that her daughter was and captain david clerk, arthel of the uss summerset spoke today. named after the county where flight 93 crashed and not only did he speak today but he said the 435 sailors on his ship were either too young or not even born yet when the crash of flight 93 happened to he brought 40 sailors today so they can understand the story behind the name sake of their ship and to understand the ideals that they fight for every single day, service and sacrifice. arthel. arthel: service and sacrifice, bryan llenas in shanksville, pennsylvania.

thanks, bryan. eric. eric: ceremonies taking place at the pentagon today. 184 people killed. president biden set to lay a wreath later today and jennifer griffin with the very latest on the observances there. hi, jennifer. >> hi, eric. a lot of wounds were reopened with the fall of kabul and the return of the taliban. that anger was reflected today in remark by the chairman of the joint chiefs and the defense secretary. >> daily lives were paid for with the blood of the fallen on this place at 9:37 on september 11th, 2001. those ideas were and still are hated by our enemies, the fascists, the nazis, communists, al-qaeda, isis, the taliban,

authoritarians, dictators and tyrants of all kinds. >> at dawn this morning at the pentagon a giant american unfold over the exact spot where the plane hit. 184 people killed, 59 on board american airlines flight 77 which took off from dulus airport for los angeles at 8:20 a.m. i spoke to many pentagon survivors who crawled out on hands and knees and many deployed the next day to begin hunting attackers and until a few days ago constant deployment of u.s. troops to afghanistan for the 20 years. among those, ramon colon lopez, a tier 1para-rescue man or pj, now senior enlisted adviser to chairman of joint chiefs, he helped escort jami into kabul after taliban fell and even saved his life and served in afghanistan almost every year since then. >> the events of that day

affected my personally is an understatement. i think it affected a lifetime. don't let anyone take your honor and your pride away for everything that you did over the last 20 years. >> a few knew better than the military and what akated 20 years, exactly 20 years ago at 10:10 a.m. part of the pentagon collapsed at 10:53 then defense secretary donald rumsfeld ordered the military to increase the death conreadiness and prepared for war and that according to families and survivors that i have spoke with here today at the pentagon, eric. eric: and we thank them. arthel: one man is remembering his mother today.

navy peti officer marsha, one of -- 184 people who died when american airlines flight 77 was hijacked and crashed into the pentagon. rodney, jr. joins us now. rodney, thank you for joining us. i understand that you were 11 years old at the time, what do you remember about that day and what do you remember most about your mom. >> what i remember most of the day was the tragedy and the fire, flames, phone calls, people everywhere talking. it was a lot to go through especially as a child. >> what do you most remember about your mom? >> all the great things. all the great times, the adventures that we had, us

living life. i remember everything about her. not too much -- not too many little details that i do not remember. arthel: do you remember your favorite dish that your mom cooked for you? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. macaroni. [laughter] arthel: very good. have you dedicated the way you live your life to the memory of your mom and to honor her? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. everything that we do is in honor of her. one thing me and my sisters we got our chance, we do it for marsha. we do it in her memory no matter how far we use to see the light, where we go next, the next best thing, we look at it, whatever it is, you know, we always say, we are doing it for her. everything that we do we do it for her legacy. arthel: you seem to be very strong, you and your sister, you

mentioned between september 11th, 2001 and now has there been emotional struggle? >> yeah, from that time then and up until now, it's always an emotional struggle, always a mental thing. mental illness is real whether you are going through depression, anxiety or just living the weight of the world in your shoulders and my mom most definitely made sure and my mom and my family made sure that we are most strongly that strong family. arthel: your mom, u.s. navy pety officer marsha ratchford, what would she be most proud of you today? >> i think succeeding in life and where i am in life and i think the way i am, the person that i am, the man i've become.

i'm pretty sure, more than certain that she would be more than happy of who i am and who i became today and the father i am, the friend i am. things of that nature. arthel: you keep being a great father and great friend and always keep your mom very close because she's right there watching, rodney rathford, jr. eric. eric: just wonderful. one of the daunting challenges in the aftermath of 9/11, that still continues today. identifying the remains of the victims that were killed here. it's a process that's ongoing. in fact, just last week the new york city medical examiner, well, they identified two more people who died in the attack. our next guest lead detective in the medical examiner's office in charge of setting up the temporary morgue in ground zero. retired nypd detective audrey valentine. thank you for your service. >> you're welcome.

eric: bring us back, of course, bring us back to that day. what were the orders -- how do you face such an overwhelming task? >> well, in the beginning we didn't really know what was going on like most americans did that say. we did realize that there was a plane that hit the building and when the second one hit, my entire squad knew that we were not going home because our job was people that perish people in new york and we would have to set a temporary morgue and get them identified as quickly as we can. so that particular day we realized that the site was unstable, so as for dr. hersch, medical examiner at the time, we had to set up 521st avenue as holding place for remains. we didn't know that we were going to get as many but when we started getting them later on in the evening, first gentleman was

father mike was first number. eric: father mike, new york legend. he was a catholic priest, father judge, apparently hit with something and there's the iconic photograph being carried unconscious it seems. he may have had a heart attack. very special beloved new yorker. >> yes. eric: detective, what is the process like. we all know michael judge, we all knew father judge? >> right. so basically what we do as detectives, it was 18 of us at the time. it was not enough us doing this so we had to put the new york police department put bulletin for cops, detectives or sergeants that had medical background or funeral directive background to help us 18 detectives that were solely in the unit, so we ended up doing is we received the remains that

we would have to unclothe them and we would have to take wallets out and we would have to identify any markings on them and we would take wedding rings off and read the inscriptions on the wedding rings that could possibly help them identify faster and we went through their wallets to see if there was any indications of who they were which was very difficult because we got to know these victims through what they had in their wallets and christmas photo that is we got to see, the wedding bands that a few of them were just married a month before 9/11 happened. so after we got them identified through fingerprints, dentals or chest x ray, then we would -- another set of detectives upstairs would end up interviewing the families and getting them the whole bodies identified quicker than

individual parts. eric: that is such heartbreaking and outstanding work. thank you for your dedication for doing that. there are still 1,106 victims who have not been identified and the medical examiners identified two more, barbara morgan, broker. how difficult was the process as you and your fellow detectives go through it. obviously you're professionals but as you said, it seemed so personal when you're going through someone's personal wallet. >> right, and unfortunately in situations like that, when they were in pieces, they were dry-freezed until the dna could get further advance so we can get the people identified and through the rest of my career every day or every week we would get another number that would match a victim and most of the time 9 out of 10 times the emi

number was matched with a victim that we identified but still we would have to call that family and let them know that there was another piece of their loved one that was identified and it was up to them if they wanted that piece to be given to them and if so then we would arrange for that piece of whatever it was that was under the emi number to be given to the families and that was the most difficult part because some cases had 20emi numbers which would indicate -- >> eric: it is a difficult process and we thank you and we thank your detectives obviously and the families also thank you. former detective valentine, arthel. >> thank you. arthel: absolutely. as we reflect on those we lost in the september 11th attacks, eric, we ails realized that america is still at war against terrorism. we are live at the white house with more on that up next.

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people but most importantly for american security and you guys are the tip of the spear. peter: without americans in afghanistan anymore, american military muscle will be hundreds of thousands of miles away. >> we will retain an over horizon capability if they were

to come back to be able to take them out surgically moved. peter: critics charge that won't work. >> let me say it's over the rain boy. peter: secretary says it's no question that would be difficult to emanate threats from the region. >> the hours it takes to fly man or unmanned mission from the gulf to afghanistan is extensive so in that time period targets can move, hostages can be moved. >> however, when the president made this promise -- >> we will not forget, we will not forgive and you will pay the ultimate price. peter: that happened. >> over the horizon capacity can work and has worked and killing people who went after the troops. peter: some doubt the effectiveness of leaving terrorists alone in afghanistan. >> i would say this that without

soldiers on the ground without cia helping them the likelihood of 9/11 has gone up 70%. peter: but the president is not looking back. >> the war in afghanistan is now over. peter: we are getting a realtime look at risks of over the horizon technology because the pentagon a few weeks ago claimed that a drone strike they ordered killed some isis fighters but now the new york times reports they may have killed an aide work and innocent civilians, arthel. arthel: peter doocy, live at the white house, thanks, peter. eric. eric: arthel, our next guest was not only a top official in the presidency of president george w. bush but only senior white house staffer to lose a family member in the 9/11 attackers. blare blakeman was watching news on television not knowing he would lose a loved one, former

army medic and senior court officer, thomas took a jury van, usually to transport jurors and filled it with army supplies and road to twin towers after first plane hit and try today rescue people. his body sadly never reported brad blakeman, former deputy assistant to george w. bush, brad, consolences at -- condolences of loss of thomas. you start thinking strategy, professional, responsibility, not knowing what was unfolding here? >> it was supposed to be a typical day, eric, at the white house. i had the president scheduled for 21 days and after the 9/11 the schedule went out the window and scheduling by the minute. when i saw the second plane the

second tower, it was clear america was under attack. they were watching things in realtime because as you know there's a lag of what we see and what we know and then we were told to muster in the white house mess which is the dining facilities for the white house staff and there we were told to evacuate that a plane was coming toward the white house. a relocation place i was responsible for about 100 staff and we went to work and we continued that work until such time as i was told to release that staff back home and then handful of us would turn to the white house to receive the president that late afternoon so we can address the nation that night and while i was working my sister was calling me because she had not heard from her son tommy and my brother was calling me concerned about his nephew but also he was a commissioner of the port authority of new york and new jersey which owned the trade center. so our family has a special connection to 9/11 and i can

tell you how proud of was not only the people i served with but the president who led this country to a most difficult time. he was focus and deliberate, he was calm, he was collected and i'd never been more proud than to be at the white house that day. eric: i can't imagine trying to balance that with getting the call from your sister and also from your brother, talking about tommy saying if you heard, what can you find out, can you reach out to him, tell us a little bit about thomas. we are seeing a picture of him right now. the type of guy that would come in a jury van and run over here. >> well, you know, we used to kid tommy. so what uniform are you wearing today. he was a senior combat officer and army medic and volunteered firemen. his life was about service. so, you know, when my sister was calling me, i had no doubt that tommy was in the area, of

course, and only seeking to help people, whether from afar or entering the world trade center south tower that was fully engulfed in flames. you know, tommy was told on his radio to leave and his last response in radio was, i can't leave, people need my help. so there's -- >> eric: wow. >> there's no place he would have rather been to help people, body was never recovered, badge was. he rests where you are and that's where he will be and we will always remember his bravery. eric: thomas, an american hero, we thank him and your family for the service to the nation and we remember him along with the others today. brad blakeman, thank you. and we will be right back.

eric: 20 years since the attacks of september 11th also means 20 years since our country in longest war, of course, in afghanistan finally ended last month when the final u.s. troops left. senior foreign affairs greg palkot in london for a look back at last decades of our service in afghanistan, hi, greg. greg: absolutely, eric. we are in grovener square in london. behind us the uk's memorial to 911, sign to global impacts of these attacks. 57 britains were killed on this day 20 years ago. that's the biggest group by nationality outside of the united states, also 640 britains were killed in the two cars triggered by these attacks. we, yes, followed these conflicts throughout the last 20 years including in afghanistan.

we went to the tour bora cave that osama bin laden last lived in and we went to heartland of the taliban. we went to host, we went to hunar and involved conflicts a man named ryan crocker, u.s. ambassador to afghanistan, to pakistan and iraq. he was in the middle of it all. our paths crossed a few times. we spoke with him recently. here is out he reacted 20 years ago. >> we knew somehow that my life was going to dramatically change as would everyone's life in this watershed moment and that certainly turned out to be the case. subsequently i spent years as ambassador to pakistan and iraq.

greg: ambassador does believe that our quick withdrawal was a mistake and says, however that the u.s. learns from mistake and the u.s. will be secure in the future. those would be reassuring words not just the u.s. but the uk and all of its allies, back to you. eric: greg palkot amazing reporting, greg in london thank you. arthel. arthel: reporting is amazing. eric and greg, as we remember those who died in the terror attacks that changed our country forever 20 years to date, we must never forget the thousands of u.s. servicemen and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the war against terrorism. lieutenant colonel daniel davis now retired with twice deplay dd in afghanistan and 11th hour in

america. if i could get personal right off the bat, what. >> your personal thoughts when you woke up this morning, september 11th, 2021. >> i think sobering is the nicest thing i could come up with because i remember so distinctly like most of americans who were alive at the time in september 11th, 2001, i was in reserve and was in dallas, texas and mobilized to active duty shortly thereafter to the pentagon and it was still recked from the bombing while i was working there every day. ten years ago on the tenth anniversary i was in kunar province in a small can he remember in i talking about the ten-year anniversary which seemed so long and now today ten years after that that the -- the enemy that we were fighting for all that time has prevailed and now they are back again in control of all of that and, of course, i think about the

individuals, the troopers that i personally knew that died in the war, the thousands of others, the hundreds of thousands of ptsd and post traumatic stress disorder and it's grievous to think now that all that we sacrificed for, all the blood, all the treasure, all of the time and now that it is as though we didn't go into the country. arthel: yeah, we definitely cannot forget. we can never forget those invisible wounds from the war, so to your point while we are always honoring our military heros including you, of course, many americans are trying to comprehend, come to grips with what to make of what's happening in afghanistan today. i mean, what do you tell them and how do you reconcile with afghanistan today. >> well, you know, i think that there needs to be analysis of what went on and who knew what and when. we could have gotten out of here several times before and avoid

sod many casualties. president bush could have gotten us in 2002 when the taliban had been wiped out and there was no taliban to be worried about so the afghans could have formed their own government. president obama could have gotten us out and should have gotten us out some time after 2011 after osama bin laden was killed. even president trump tried to get us out but military officers who pushed against it and now that finally biden did it, the rot from afghan military and government, you couldn't hide it anymore. so it was much, much worse than it needed to be and that's what i think we need to investigate to find out why it happened earlier when we could have done it better conditions. arthel: definitely complex, what is your desire on how we proceed

as a nation, the united states of america? >> let's learn the lesson that just leading with the barrel of the gun is not the only way to do business. let's defend ourselves without any hesitation but then let's look for other ways to stay safe long term. arthel: and remain together as a nation. lieutenant colonel daniel davis, thank you very much for joining us. take care, sir. >> thank you. arthel: eric. eric: arthel, can you believe this, 20 years after 9/11 and five men accused of plotting the attacks here. they haven't been to trial. fox news went to guantanamo bay to find out when will there be justice. ♪ ♪ ♪

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proclaimed mastermind mohamed, pretrial proceedings held exclusively at guantanamo bay and fox news was given rare inside access. lucas tomlinson has more. lucas: pretrial hearings dragging on nearly a decade at the u.s. military's death penalty case held education excn guantanamo cuba and granted access inside of maximum security courtroom along with ten members of family victims all sitting behind thicked reinforced glass. a dozen other men transformed gitmo to cia black sites. >> the united states does not torture. it's against our laws and against our values. i have not authorized it and i will not authorize it. >> former gitmo defense attorney says the hearings would move much faster on the mainland. >> holding a trial in cuba where none of the lawyers, the judges,

the interpreters, the court personnel are stationed there. lucas: president obama tried to close gitmo. born in kuwait ksm went to small college before turning to life of terrorism beginning in afghanistan. in court this week questions to the new judge appointed the case with only 2 years on the bench one day over the minimum required. the seventh judge is signed here at gitmo. costs the taxpayer $13 million a year to house each prisoner, 39 remain. congressman mike wlatz before being elected says it's worth it. >> we don't need the capacity to detain the folks and detain the individuals and not put them in the united states. >> others doubt these cases will ever go to trial. retired lieutenant colonel lost his brother on 9/11.

>> knowing that mohamed still sucks air on planet earth. this should have been disposed of years ago. >> the prosecutor hearsays no information obtained from the cia black sites will ever be used in court. right now there's no trial date set. in guantanamo bay, cuba, lucas tomlinson, fox news. arthel: thank you, lucas. still ahead reflecting on the legacy of those we lost 20 years ago, a special tribute from fox sports tom renaldi is up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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arthel: touching moment in army football as fans return to stadium, the black knights coming on to the field that west point with every player carrying an american flag to honor the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. by the way, army went on the beat western kentucky 38-35. eric. eric: wow, what a great slight, look at that. more from tom, fox sports.

>> 20 years later we say the names, we hold the memories, we carry the legacies. how in the stories we share, in the lives we honor, in the promises we keep. to them and to each other, for sure there is weight in memory but there is beacon and that lasts and it rises and it binds

us to each other. ♪ ♪ >> a generation has passed since but the message and moral of strength over loss, of will through pain, that endures. >> the question has already been answered. should we be here, yes. >> that given day is joined to this one, bound by respect and remembrance and shaped in all a day can bring, its possibility and its energy, its passion and its connection, its unity. in all we share and all we are and the challenge of how we

honor them by all we may be now american. ♪ ♪ ♪ eric: that is fox sports reporter tim renaldi with special meaningful tribute. arthel, each year i come to report and it brings my back to that morning when the first plane hit the world trade center flew over my head and it's not as if one day has gone by so we take this day to honor and remember and we thank you our fox news viewers who do the same and, arthel, i think because this is the 20th, the emotion here is especially poignant and painful, we are reminded that the american spirit remains and still shines very brightly. arthel: there is no doubt about that, eric. i agree with you and i do hope that this gives us, you know, a

remembrance in that we should stick together in a strong way as americans in all of the variety of packages that we come in so let's remember that now and take it with us because we had the feeling for sure 20 years ago, so that is going to do it for us today. thank you for watching fox news, our continuing coverage of 20th year commemoration of the september 11th attacks continue in a moment. thank you very much for joining us. ♪ ♪ ♪ coverage customizer tool? sorry? well, since you asked. it finds discounts and policy recommendations, so you only pay for what you need. limu, you're an animal!

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>> paul: welcome to the "journal editorial report" as we mark the 20th anniversary of the september 11th terror attacks. i'm paul gigot. solemn remembrances across the country today for the nearly 3,000 lives lost with president biden paying his respects at three sites today, ground zero in lower manhattan, the flight 93 memorial in pennsylvania, and the pentagon, even as the fallout from his withdrawal from afghanistan continues to reverberate at home and abroad. let's bring in retired four star general and former army vice chief