veterans, what is their interest. >> a lot of people have interest in healthcare. they might start off in media, but media is a lot tougher some people really do well. some people maybe not do as well. healthcare is one of the areas people find they are probably not going to get laid off as much as perhaps if they were in finance. >> ainsley: 22 years old n. or probably 40 years old at this point you could still find a job in healthcare, right? >> we can get a job for anybody. >> ainsley: i know rupert murdaugh, the ceo of our company, the owner, the founder of fox news has actually done this. so you have people at the highest level, people at the lowest level mentoring our veterans, right? if someone watching wants to be a mentor how do they find out the information? >> our website is available to anybody. it's acp hyphen u.s.a.org. people can sign up to be a mentor. we are also looking for financial support for those people who have an interest and wanting to contribute.

the biggest challenge for most of the people getting out of the military is figuring out what they want to do. and we have had almost 30,000 people complete our program so it's been helpful. >> ainsley: thank you. god bless you. thanks for doing this for so many people. have you been friends for pete hegseth for a long time. he said you are going to love this guy you are so great. >> pete and i go back a long way he is a terrific guy. >> ainsley: so are you, sid, god bless you. the second hour of "fox & friends" begins right now ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ >> brian: hi, everybody, it's 9/11, september 11th. we are honoring those killed in the terrorist attacks on america 22 years ago. >> ainsley: that's right. it's hard to believe. it's very somber here in new york city. 22 years ago we all remember where we were when we found out that news. pete, you served in the military. >> pete: i sure do. just like everybody out there, remember this morning a beautiful day that it was in new york city that changed earn's lives it. changed the trajectory of my life a jerks of warriors, but also americans in every single way how we conducted ourselves as a country, the wars that we went into, the things that changed domestically and it's really important. whatever the president does today, we're going to talk a little bit about that. that we actively remember what happened that day; otherwise, we do a disservice to the next generation about the real history of our country.

>> brian: also, i worry about education and in school you got to make sure the history books, it's been long enough now, 23 years. it should be in there. pearl harbor, world war i, world war ii. let me tell you about 9/11 happened in your parent's lifetime. maybe not yours if you are a fourth or fifth grader but this is what happened and you could go see it in the memorials in the new york city. make sure it's a stop every time you come to the number one tourist attraction in the country. i just think parents, while you wait for schools to catch up in some of your cities don't let this day go by to explain what happened. easy to retrieve especially online. can you see the video of what happened. that reminds me the city can i visit now. it's not a sketch from 100 years ago. >> ainsley: is it triangle? yes, is it history? yes? children need to know how special our country is afterwards we all vowed not to forget. we have american flags flying on

democrat and republicans house us such a time of unity for our country. if you go to the world trade center memorial 12500 artifacts. 23 still images and moving images. spectacular. hard to go through there without tears. my sister and i did it. we were in there for a few hours. it's something that i recommend for everyone. down, obviously in the southern part. >> pete: really moving. one time a year we replay that 23509 damage of 9/11 brian, to your point for our kids it's hard to look at but in the 8:00 hour of "fox & friends" we will replay those events in real time here on this show as we have done for 21 years now. to make sure we don't forget. those searing images that are so painful for those that went through them but need to be cedar into the brain of the next generation as well. >> ainsley: where is the president going to be today? every president since 9/11 has been at one of these sites but president biden, instead, is heading to alaska to commemorate 9/11 from a military base in

anchorage in a break from tradition. >> brian: all right. now, it comes as he wraps up his trip to vietnam where some of his comments got a lot of attention. >> pete: peter doocy joins us now with more. hey, peter. >> peter: the whole reason president biden came to this part of the world, came to hanoi was to counter chinese influence, in this part of the world. south asia. but what we heard from him was quite the deviation from bidenomics. he said and this is a quote: i want to see china succeed economically. >> so, really what this trip was about -- it was less about containing china -- i don't want to contain china. we're not -- we're not looking to hurt china. >> peter: the president says he wants china to follow the international rules of the road, but he did not apply any kind of pressure on then to do that. and he says he hopes to see mr. xi sooner rather than later. but for all the boasting he does about spending more time with xi

than any other world leader ever, the two haven't spoken in 10 months. this all unfolded during a very limited q and a with a press corps that traveled all around the world to hear from the president. and the president, who is usually very curious and willing to entertain shouted questions, was very concerned about sticking to his script that his staff sent him to the stage with. >> the staff, anybody haven't spoken. [shouting questions] >> no, i ain't calling on you. i said five questions. i don't know but, but i'm going to go to bed. thank you. >> peter: they eventually played off with music as though he went too long with accept ago grammy. not something you usually see at a solo press conference from the president but neither is an announcement that he needs to go to bed. the president is now aboard air force one. is he going to be in the air the

entire time that the real time commemorations of the september 11th terrorist attacks are happening this morning we expect to see him in the 4:00 p.m. eastern hour there in alaska for an event with first responders and military there back to you. >> ainsley: peter, i'm sure every president is tired when they travel so far and time changes are different. have we had had a president in the history stand up at the podium and say i'm tired. i'm going to bed. >> peter: it's possible. evidence did have a long night in terms of working eastern hours. so, like he was up basically from 11:30 p.m. eastern through that comment was made in the 10:00 a.m. eastern hour. but, you know,it was like early evening here. it was morning back in the states. and so it was surprising to hear that he didn't have a few more minutes for questions for a press corps that did travel all

the way to vietnam to talk to him. and that he had to go upstairs at the hotel where that event was to call it a night. >> brian: hey, peter. i understand diplomacy matters and sometimes you can't say exactly what you think or your tactics. i get it. but for vietnam to be almost as concerned about their security from china, a communist country, as we are, says something about the magnitude of the threat. also, i did not know they had rare earth. so, how real is this deal about rare earth and some type of trade exchange there? >> well, we'll see. because vietnam wants to be friends with all the super powers that will have them. so we expect in the next couple days, couple weeks for xi to come and make a visit of his own here but you are right. china has the second biggest deposit of these rare earth minerals in the world after only -- sorry, vietnam has the second biggest deposit of these rare earth minerals after only

china. that's what you need for semiconductor chips that president biden says he wants to emphasize making more of at home. so we will see if it is a real deal or not. but, president biden didn't come here for no reason. he came here because they don't want china to have total control, total influence over this part of the world. but that just did not match his public comments. his public comments were very cheery. china is having a tough time economically but we hope that they turn things around because when china does well, everybody does well. we wish them the best. so the reason -- and, it was important enough for the president to come here that they blew out a 9/11 morning schedule. so, that he could be here two days. they could have left yesterday after the event to at least get to alaska in time. they could have scheduled this for before the g-20 so that he could be back in new york, pennsylvania, or northern virginia.

but, they decided this was such a strategic visit, so important that they just had to do it and everything else could wait. >> pete: had to do it. skip 9/11 ceremonies. and leave us confused. your reporting has been clear but confused what advantages we gained from there visit in vietnam. peter doocy, go ahead and go to bed. if the president said he was, then you are allowed as well. thank you, period. >> peter: thanks, yeah. >> ainsley: send a strong message to vietnam that we support this new relationship, this stronger relationship with you as a country, what's the message it sends to the 9/11 families. you are breaking with tradition? this has been something for the last 21 years every president has been at one of the sites. and then with 9/11 families. what message does it send to those families here at home? >> pete: peter mentioned with us over the weekend and this morning that white house officials have said people were

there people visiting memorials at pearl harbor 22 years after the pearl harbor attacks on december 7th? so we should stop now? we should forget? we should move on? part of this is what happened in afghanistan. the way it all ended. they want to forget about that, too. because of the debacle that happened there. we are not going to forget here. >> ainsley: 13 family members that died at abbey gate think otherwise. >> brian: now gotten the scrutiny should have got two years ago. a man who focuses on this the house select committee on china chairperson. bipartisan in many respects. they are working together. he is in new york now to try to get wall street to understand the threat of china. i asked him about his feelings about the president's remarks yesterday. listen. >> from when the president campaigned in the last election, he sent mixed signals at best on china. what and what we have seen from

his administration in recent months is a full throated revival of diplomatic and economic engagement with china as a foundation of their foreign policy. despite the fact that engagement as a strategy has failed for 20 years. i think when you are dealing with marxist leninist regime like that. they respect strength and find mixed signals provocative. >> ainsley: what do you make of xi jinping not attending the summit. there is a great article by microsoft network talks about the president of china his absence is sending a stark signal to the rest of the world that china is done with the established world order. that he is positioning his country on a full-on opponent of the west. and he is focused on developing alternative institutions that beijing can control. that the west can't control. and then they give examples. they formed the asian infrastructure investment back to revival washington's world bank. they are promoting competing international forums like the shanghai cooperation

organization whose members include russia and iran. they are saying that sending the premier instead of sending the president is a significant snub. and that xi jinping is attempting to discredit the g-20. >> pete: fact, fact, fact. add brics to that the attempt to create currency and financial institution that suspect plants what we have in the west. they don't wanted to sit around the table climate change. that's what they're talking about g-20. spend millions to get over that sham. they are not interested. >> brian: we have to write checks to nations incentivize them to use solar panels buying from china. the belt and road program you are talking about extortion and the countries are beginning to realize that we have the opportunity to walk in and say this is a deal that would actually help your country. not put it flat on its financial back. so the question is now are we safer 22 years later than we -- are we safer now than we were on

9/11 2001 now general frank mckenzie, now retired. he had to preside over president biden's decision just to pull out without doing any research or talking about any type of strategy. he had to try to put it all together. he didn't put stars on the ground and quit. but he knows what is left behind. here's what he said yesterday. i believe on cbs. watch. >> what do you make of the president's alexandria ocasio-cortez of the u.s. working with the taliban? >> of course, i don't see that intelligence reporting anymore, but everything up until april 2022, which is when i stopped reading it, led me to believe that the 258 ban would act only in the light of their very best interest and while they might -- they might make some temporary accommodation as they did when we withdrew from afghanistan, they weren't to be trusted and they actually have a long-term familial and customay relationship with al-qaeda. and it's very difficult to think that would change. i think that relationship is far

stronger than any potential relationship they choose with the united states. >> pete: what if we went back 22 years to let's say november of 2001, and said we're going to go to war and then 22 years later the taliban will be back in charge, closer to al-qaeda than they are to us. with our weapons and oh by the way, we have a wide open porous southern border here where we are letting anyone. in and we don't know where they are coming from after attempting to -- i mean, it's fundamentally unserious. it's a disservice to those 9/11 families, to all those who sacrifice. it's a shame. it's a failure of american foreign policy, that's what it is. >> ainsley: asked about al-qaeda and said historic low point. revival is unlikely. he said that's great news about al-qaeda. he said isis is more of a threp threat. isis is taking advantage of the ungoverned sphats. we are allowing them to gather strength. pretty scary.

>> brian: bottom line is everything we went over you know. we all went to school on al-qaeda the threat and how it's never going to stop. we always have to be vigilant. the president is pretending we don't her how to fight the war on terror and don't understand the threat. that's why let our collective guard down. >> is he the general we were talking about last week who wrote the book. >> he didn't write the book but general mckenzie came out and spoke to jennifer griffin two years. >> ainsley: talking about all the mistakes we had made after afghanistan. >> pete: knew it at the time. >> yes. >> a lot of us wish more had been said on the inside to stand up to the terrible decision making of this white house at this point. >> brian: you should put your stars, mr. president, do you, this i'm not going to be a part of it. i think chris miller did that when he heard the way they were going to leave, general miller goes okay, i'm out. in comes these other generals to take over. >> to answer brian's question. are we safer? you are in the military, are we safer? >> today under glond absolutely not. when you have an open border, a

military that's been undercut by really radical policies. you can't recruit new people, you know, iran is seeking a bomb. china ascended even though their economy is in a difficult place trying to encircle under the circumstances and our president is over there talking about going to bed? no, we're not safer right now. we are in a thrust place and frankly the biggest danger we face is internally teach america is not a special place. i don't feel great about it right now. all right, back to our special coverage as we mark 22 years since 9/11. 15 miles in 18 hours that's what a group of green berets and supporters did to honor those who died on flighted 93 in shanksville on september 11th. >> brian: here is video of them finishing their mission moments ago. ♪ >> ainsley: 50 for the fallen founder and retired green beret

chad conley joins us now along with everyone who finished the rubbing this morning. good morning, chad and everyone else congratulations chad. >> good morning, how are you doing today? >> ainsley: we are doing great. thank you so much for what you are doing. tell us about this event. >> this event was a way for me to honor those that gave their lives on september 11th, 2001 with united airlines flight 93. for the 41 souls lost on board that day that said that they were not going to let this happen anywhere else and this was our way to say that we love you and honor you. >> pete: why does what happened on that flight for you as a warrior resonate so much and what lesson should our viewers take away from the courage of the people on board? first and foremost, everyone needs to come here and understand those grounds to understand what they did. to feel the solemn at this and

gravity these grounds. go onto the flight 93 national memorial website read every name and bio. see their face. understand where they came from why they were on that plane, happenstance, missed flights to opportunities. stood up together as one family and said we are not letting this happen. they need to do that first and foremost. >> pretty amazing almost went to boot camp themselves? >> they didn't go to boot camp. they went to battle. they stood up and said no my heart goes out to each and every family. i was humbles flight 93 memorial and give us the honor to walk these grounds. >> ainsley: thank you so much, chad, for what you are doing. incredible week. talk so so many people throughout the morning and continue to do so changing lives and trying to make a difference after 9/11 and you are one of those. god bless you. >> pete: absolutely. >> god bless you all. thank you. >> brian: to donate to this cause please go to 50-f-t-f.org.

>> ainsley: no dashes. 50 ftf.org. >> rubbing 50 miles? -rucking 50 miles. ins. >> ainsley: just finished it this morning. >> pete: check out those on flight 93. the new mexico governor accused of infringing on the assessment. >> suspending open and conceal carry. no constitutional right is intended to be absolute. >> brian: really? in this country? two state lawmakers now calling for her impeachment. they explain their their argument next. ♪ ♪ ♪

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>> we're suspending open and conceal carry. no constitutional right is intended to be absolute. >> brian: really? i did not know that. the new mexico governor is issuing an emergency health order, temporarily suspending open and conceal carry in albuquerque and county citing increase in gun related deaths. now two state representatives calling for her to be impeached saying it infringes on the second amendment. do you think? stephanie lord and john block joins us now. first off, stephanie to you, what's your reaction to this? we understand it was -- she did this after the tragic shooting of an 11-year-old outside a baseball game. so, what about her reaction bothers you? >> well, i was completely

shocked at rather than addressing the crime issue at its core, the governor decided to go ahead and go rogue and restrict law-abiding citizen from owning their guns. and for those of you that don't know, we have an extremely tyrannical governor that has destroyed our beautiful state with her failed policies. our crime is out of control. we have fentanyl death is an epidemic. homeless living on the street rye involving door crime. ranked last in education, healthcare and crime. we are the worst of the worst and all the lists just when we thought she could not get any lors. went completely rogue isn't hold my beer and i'm going to illegally ban guns for 30 days i don't know if she is willfully defiant or doesn't understand the constitution or her oath but anyway she is unfit for office. >> brian: you are calling on her to be impeached.

to democrats understand where you are coming from. do they join you in this. >> there are many democrats who could absolutely join us on this there is something i see bipartisan opposition to with the governor doing incredibly unconstitutional things like taking ahead second amendment rights. we saw lou former member in congress going after her. we saw david hogg going after her. there is not a single democrat in the state house or senate who has gone to support her in this unconstitutional power grab. and i don't think i seen anything like this before so absolutely we can get bipartisan support on this we will get her inteesmed. >> brian: handling the border is not going too well and she is not calling out for federal help. for fentanyl you know where to look for the fentanyl problem. >> it comes from china, it's pressed in mexico and it walks right over the border. we have human trafficking. and the less last video people

from india, people from africa and people coming all over the world walking across our border and she could care less. as a matter of fact pulled back the national guard left us vulnerable and wide open. >> brian: yeah if performance matters you have a lot to go with impeachment quest. see if democrats feel the same issue. thank you so much for your concern. thanks for sharing it? >> thanks for having us on. >> brian: coming up straight ahead after ied tack del toro shares the remarkable story defying odds to recovery. resilience to reenlist in the military. and, later, one of the planes in the 9/11 attacks flew right over fox news. senior correspondent eric shawn. now, 22 years later he relives that moment as our coverage continues. ♪ ♪

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del toro, d.t., his humvee struck an ied burning his body head to toe. with a 15% chance to live he beat the odds and fought through the recovery becoming the first fully disabled veteran to reenlist in the air force. a new memoir patriot's promise takes in-depth look at his resilience to reenlist. israel del toro joins us now with his story it's great to have you. >> it's great to be here, pete. >> pete: on 9/11 you were part of that follow through on afghanistan. where were you on september 11th and how did that change your life. >> i was in a class fort bragg and i remember a guy coming in saying hey the tower just got hit by a plane we are like what? we're thinking like a small prop plane. we turn on the tv and we seen the second plane hit and we're like holy crap. and remembering we had pages

back then. my pager went off meaning i had to get out. i left the class and went to unit. chaos. everyone is getting wednesday ready. >> pete: fort bragg you are tip of the war. >> yes. >> pete: share with our viewers we don't have as much time as i would like share your story. >> went to everything a. j tech joint tack controller airstrikes two army. scout team. so i constantly was out they always put us where they think is the most danger. day i was hurt coming back on a mission scout team and controlsed this creek that is no more than 200 meters on the left side i was like holy crap i just got hit. i get out of the truck and like you said i was on fire from head to toe. and i tried to run through the creek but the flames overtook me and i collapsed and i'm thinking this is it. i broke my promise to my family i will come back. broke my promise to my son that

he won't grow up without a dad like i did. most importantly i broke promise to dad i always made so many years ago that i would always take care of my family. teammates helped me up. under water and excontinuing british the flames. i still had to kin my mission ambush. as soon as hit me guys picking up in a crossfire. now they are calling for help. we need cats call air support. that's my job. even though i was hurt. i still had to do my nismghts again, remembering that promise that i made to my dad, take care of your family. >> pete: that's incredible. continuing through on the mission, when burned head to toe, here's an excerpt from your book a patriot's promise which i recommend to everybody because it's not just about as you point out those in uniform. sometimes people think my family is the military but my family includes civilians, too. someone who is in a bad car accident. someone struggling with bankruptcy or family business. someone whose marriage is off the rails. when i promised to take care of my family those words apply anyone i know and even those i haven't met. we are in this together.

and then you follow through even after 100 percent disability and reenlisted. >> yes, sir. >> pete: again? >> i did. you know, people always ask me why. why did you reenlist? and i was like because i was speaking. you can make money as a public speaker. they make a lot of money, but i used to tell them so many people out there make so much money and hate their job. so why am i going to give up a job that i love. i love serving my country. i love being in the military. i love being in the air force. so why am i going to give that up for a couple bucks? >> pete: that's beautiful. what will people -- real quick, what will people take from this book? >> my book is an homage to my dad that promise i made on the day before he passed to take care my family and me. you know, that promise guiding me and making me the person that i am. and helping people find their spark. i like to say we all have a spark. it's ironic here is a burn guy talking about a spark. we all do. something that crisis us.

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>> pete: our next guest was in new york city 22 years ago on the morning everything changed. >> >> ainsley: he actually was down where the world trade center was and he was watching as that first plane actually flew over him. he said it was so loud and he noticed it was so low before it crashed into the north tower of the world trade center. >> brian: fox news anchor and correspondent eric shawn joins me now. eric, what are you thinking at this moment? we have been through this especially on the 20th really everywhere across the country, what are your thoughts today? my thoughts 22 years when you come down here as hallowed sacred ground it's as if one day was not gone by. it brings it all back. we should never forget radical islamic terrorism took the lives of the people here and cedar a hole into the american soul. that morning i was walking to

work at fox news and the first plane went over my head. it was american airlines flight 11. i remember looking up it's really loud. geesh it's loud and he is low. i was thinking he was going to hit one of the new york skyscrapers. he was crabbing. very sloppy and he crabbed going this way, made a right turn to head directly into the north tower of the world trade center and what makes me so damn angry, even today is that we knew about this. the first radical islamic terrorism attack in the united states occurred here in new york city in 1990 at the marriott hotel, lexington avenue and 48th street. air conditioning repair men in the criminal court building shot a rabbi as he spoke. know sara was part of the mosque. he was convicted of a gun charge he goes up to at particular can a prison. the people who visited him with the terrorists who then bombed

the world trade center in 1993. i was here that day, too. in 1993. you know, how many years later? seven years later, they came back as ramzi yousef said they would to take these towers down. and what is so sad and the legacy, i think, today is not just those we lost but those who we are continuing to lose. more people now have died from 9/11 related illnesses from the dust that day, from cancer, from pulmonary diseases than were killed on that day on 9/11. so those are some of my thoughts as i wear the blue ribbon that they hand out to those here to remember those we lost and some people who who you knew were killed that day that we will not forget and you know what? this may not be politically correct but i don't care. i will not -- i will never forgive. brian? >> pete: so well said, eric. do you think we are doing enough as a country 22 years later to

sear this into the history books into the minds of the next generation? >> yeah, i this the the good news what we learned from all of this there hasn't been a recent islamic terrorist attack in our country. we fortified, you know, the airlines. there have been other fortifications and security. so we haven't had something like this. and if there is a possibility of this of the fbi and the law enforcement dealing with lone wolfs who are radicalized in the internet. we are much more aware of that i thank god that we have not had another islamic terrorist attack in this country. a major one, comparable to anything like this. there have been sporadic instances and attacks, of course, shootings but i think this really woke up our government and the american people. and the world to the danger and threat of islamic terrorism and we hopefully have -- are defeating it. >> eric, i remember tossing out

to you and you were wearing a paper mask and they were saying wait a second, that air down there is bad. you covered so many days you were downtown with that we know that lethal air. do you have any after-effects? >> yeah, i do. i'm lucky. i don't even want to discuss it because of the people who have cancer and i have met some of those people from the dust. yeah, i am in the world trade center monitoring program. i go once a year. they have given me chest x-rays. i got -- came down with bronchitis. in november i was coughing. i couldn't stop coughing in november of 2001, went to my doctor, got a chest x-ray he said they called it world trade center cough. i now know we now know that that is from all the dust that was down here. so i get bronchitis occasionally from here. i have gerd. i'm also in the program for something else. and i go to get monitored but, look, i'm very fortunate.

>> brian: they told you the air was safe. >> yeah. >> yeah, chrissy todd whitman came out and said the air was safe at the time. i will always remember that. >> ainsley: 27,000 cases of cancer related to 9/11 so far. 2977 people died on that day. the fire department of new york lost 343 men and women. law enforcement officers 71 lost their lives. eric, thank you so much. >> steve: eric, thank you so much. thank you for speaking so clearly about what we face, the nature of the enemy we face that day and continue, to eric shawn. >> ainsley: 20% of americans know someone who died on 9/11. >> pete: help came from all over including the hudson river. marine fire boat responded to the attacks. now it's part of the national register of historic places. >> ainsley: fox news senior meteorologist janice dean joins us live from the fire boat at stoney point, new york, the

stolen has come up. beautiful shot down there janice, your husband a firefighter in new york his company was lincoln area. he lost all of the guys on duty that day. >> yes, 4035 across the street from lincoln center and the cave men that is the firehouse that my husband was working he was off that day. they lost all 12 of the members. they all went down to respond. i'm really humbled to be here at marine one. this vessel, this fdny festival was very important on 9/11. not only did it ferry the wounded and traumatized to ground zero and then to new jersey helped fight fires that burned for days. it was the only source of water after the towers chanced and the national parks it service has approved the nomination of this historic vessel, the john d. mckean fire boat. a retired nyc fire vessel added to the national registry of

historic places. now docked here at stone point. enshrine the vessel as a piece of american history and unlock access to funding to preserve this wonderful fire boat. so to all the men and women that responded on the fire boat. and all the men and women sick with 9/11 related illnesses, you know, it's a somber day today and it's important that we remember this day and teach it in our schools so back to you. >> thanks so much, janice. 11 minutes before the top of the hour. up next, folds of honor on a mission. make sure our nation's heroes are never forgotten. dan rooney and folds of honor recipient alex maddox joins us next. (♪) honey... honey... ♪

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today marks 22 years since the september 11th attacks, and folds of honor is making sure our heroes and families are not forgotten. last year folds of honor expanded their mission to include the families of fallen first responders, including our next guest who lost her husband, patrolman chase lee maddox in the line of duty in 2018 alex

maddox joins us now along with dan rooney. good morning to you both. >> good morning, ainsley. >> dan, i will start with you. how many scholarships have you given? how many recipients. >> it's amazing over 50,000 scholarships since we started above our garage 16 years ago, ainsley. it's 2 # $0 million out the door. and we mention we sit here on 9/11 adding first responders to our recipients and i was really prayerful about a year and a half ago ago on the direction of folds. i read a stat that 240 million times a year 911 is dialed in this country, that's every six seconds. average 911 call sees four first responders come rescue us in our darkest, most challenging moments but no one is there to take care of the families of fallen and disabled first responders. and so that's why we have added first responders, our first class just started school this fall and i know you are going to talk to alex and her story. >> ainsley: aren't you so glad, alex because it's changed your life. >> it has, absolutely.

>> ainsley: tell us your story. you have not only lost a husband but a child too. tell us about your story and how folds has helped you. >> my husband was patrolman chase lee mat dox and served for lucasburg city south of atlanta. on february 9th of 2018 he was called in as backup for a failure to appear warrant for a parking violation. when he arrived, he was shot three times and he was ultimately killed in the line of duty at the age of 26 years old. four days later i gave birth to our second child bodey. our future vaporized. at the height of life. living a good, happy life. and in that one moment, evil struck and destroyed and vanished everything. and folds came in a few years later and gave us this incredible opportunity where i quit my job to take care of our son that was special needs. he was a full-time job in hisself. >> that was braden? >> that was braden.

>> he passed away last year. >> he passed away from disease progression. our family had already been rocked. our foundation was broken. through prayer and i mean god truly came in with folds of honor and is allowing me to rebuild my future and bodey he will be a recipient and he will be able to do anything that he wants to do. it is amazing that it's been, you know, six years in february for chase and he is still continuing to do work here through folds, which is, i mean, amazing and his sacrifice is being honored because a lot of times that's forgotten. police work is a very thankless job. and they are there. they respond every single time. but it's very rare they get a thank you. >> ainsley: a parking ticket changed your life forever. your friends, your faith. your family and folds, all the fs have gotten you through all of this. and you found love again and now you are going back to school. tell us about that how folds is

paying for your school and for your other son's scholarship as well. >> yeah. so bodey will be a recipient as he gets older. is he just in kindergarten right now. aspirations is to be a full-time ninja. for me i found speak something therapeutic. i'm going to go for communications to be able to further respond for folds of honor and hopefully, you know, help somebody else that, you know, is a 27-year-old widow that doesn't know which way is up. that's my goal is to be able to use my testimony and my faith and be able to help somebody else continue their life when you don't think there's a light at the end ever the tunnel, but there is. and it's been -- it's an amazing life. and your loved ones deserve to see you live the life that they were robbed up. >> ainsley: what do you say to people that are watching that have lost a husband or a wife in the line of duty, first responders, a soldier, a fighting for our country, how long does it take to wear your where youare out of the woods.

what did you go through? >> it is an uphill battle to to this day. you will always carry it with you. i carry chase with me every day. i'm wearing his wedding band right now. it is who -- he made me who i am today. he was a big part of that. i think it's very important to carry them to honor the life that they lived. but to live around the grief. because it is heavy. it's hard to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. but these are things that need to be talked about because there are so many families out there like mine and just know lean on your friends, your faith, your family. telephone be there. they will help carry you. and then use that to stand back up. use that strength you are gaining, you know, sometimes it's breath by breath and you get the day by day to use that strength to continue doing good. to say continue helping because it is a common occurrence and nobody really talks about that.

>> ainsley: dan, you are shaking your head yes you probably hear these stories all the time, right? >> we do, ainsley. sent over 9,000 families to school these last few weeks. we had thousands of unqualified requests from families just like alex. that's why we come to new york city to share this story so people understand when you dial 911, you are going to have first responders come to rescue you and it's time that we rescue those families if folks want to learn more about folds of honor they can visit our website at folds of honor.org. we will send them a t-shirt when they join our squadron for $13 a month. ties back to the 13 folds that bring this flag to the iconic triangled shape of freedom to help families just like alex's. we are so blessed for all the support here on fox and on 9/11 i can think of no more reverent or noble way to say thank you for our freedoms. thank you for first responders and supporting their families who have been left behind.

>> ainsley: do you have a message for folds, for dan? >> you are incredible in what you do. it changes lives and i know that sounds like a very simple statement, but there's a lot of meaning behind it and my family is very thankful. >> yep. we are thankful, too. >> ainsley: dan and alex, thank you so much for everything that you all do. dan, do you change lives. you relieve the burden of a mother who is single and facing losing a child because of challenges of, you know, that he was born with. i can't imagine what have you gone through, to lose a spouse and then to lose a child, my word. but, dan, you did pick her up and rescued her and helped bring her back to life. >> we all did it. we all did it. >> ainsley: that's true our viewers did it, >> you can do that to help our first responder families. they don't make a lot of money and college is