we believe on decent. >> world trade center, tower number one is on fire. whole outside of the building, just a huge explosion. send every available ambulance, everything you have got to the world trade center now. >> an incredible plane crash into the world trade center here at lower tip of manhattan. >> it believed the 737 has crashed, three floors taken out. joining us producer with fox report. owen, what do you see, where are you? >> i'm on roof of my building, i'm looking right now at the world trade center, massive, gaping hole on the second tower, about 15 stories from the roof. it is unbelievable to look at. >> it looks like something out of a movie, huge hole in tower number one. we have a number on fire. look like the plane was aiming toward the building. >> four more units going in. it could be a terrorist attack. >> roll every available ambulance you've got to this position. [crying] >> come on. >> you can see emergency vehicles carrying the west side highway heading toward the scene, tons of people in the street, papers and can't see evidence wh

tower number one is on fire. >> engine 1, world trade center, send every available ambulance,hing you've got to the world trade center now. >> dispatch launched an armada. engine 211. ladder 11, engine 44, engine 22, engine 53. >> 121 engines, 62 ladder companies, 100 ambulances, 750 members of the fdny. >> attention, 35 engine, 64 engine, 94 engine, 83 engine. >> at fdny headquarters in brooklyn, 54-year-old chief of department pete ganci jr. raced to his car. he was the boss leading the second largest fire department in the world after tokyo. dan nigro was his number two. >> we went downstairs, got in the car and headed over the brooklyn bridge where we could see the damage, see the smoke, see the fire. that's when i said to pete, pete, this will be the worst day of our lives. and that was before i knew the half of it. >> car 3 to manhattan. >> pete ganci's voice was recorded en route. >> along for the pot, staging area three, chief somewhere on west street, o. >> a box is a location. k signals the end of a message. a throwback to the 19th century telegraph, which on this da

we live with it every time you see the world trade center. ncredible job with the world trade center program, health program that monitors all of us. it is enough being done? has the government stepped up question f equipment fights in e past is there more that can be done? >> i will say there's always more that can be done. recently projected $600 million into the monitoring program which was a step in the right direction. but if anyone monitors the cost of healthcare or the cost of quality cancer treatment the cost is growing exponentially. we need more funding we need to keep the awareness in the forefront of people's consciousness. we need to make sure these people the first responders, volunteers, people who live below canal street students who were in the plume during the time of the attacks all have access to treatment. it is hard to figure perfectly able-bodied healthy firefighters who are still working today or one medical away from finding out they have a terminal if not life altering illness. being able to at least take the burden o

their department responds is one type of money to the world trade center in new york -- tied to many the world trade center in new york and responses representing unparalleled responses by first responders in our nations history. we remember the sacrifice of 441 first responders who lost their lives in the efforts to save thousands of people that morning. i would like to ask all of you to please take a moment this month, today, to recognize or think a member from your response community for their service -- thank a member from your response committee for their service. helping to honor our response members is jacob. then a junior in high school, jacob or first-hand witness to the crash of flight 93. later, he interned at flight 93 national memorial, and today serves as the curator for the historical center where he helps to educate all generations about somerset county history. mr. miller will will lead the reading of their names, joined by family members who have made their journey here from around the joining jacob and family members this morning are joy and jan. joy is a retiree f

yeah, i am in the world trade center monitoring program. i go once a year.onchitis. 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. >> pe

actually was the second tallest building in dotown manhattan, and it was actually before the world trade center was the tallest, and then when they built the world trade

at 8:46 a.m, the moment the first plane crashed into the north tower of the world trade center in new mayor shengtao remembers entering her first class in high school. it just felt like an endless version of planes crashing into buildings and as you know, a young youth, i couldn't help but think like, what if our school is crashed into next, right? not knowing what really is happening. and so it was very scary. i thought it was the start of world war three. some of these firefighters just started their careers, including interim chief damon covington, who says he was just finishing his shift when the news broke. but 9/11 was different, you know, and it was kind of a rallying cry for our country to come together and be one nation because we were all facing the same challenge, you know, and so that just fortified it as a as a young person on probation that for just 4 to 5, my decision to be a public servant, both oakland and san francisco sent strike teams to new york to help in search and rescue and recovery missions with planes meant to head to california, including one for sfo. peopl

currently a plane has crashed into the world trade center here in new york city. >> my mother got on ade center. come over here, did you put your tv on, and you know what's happening. i said, no, she said oh my god, she was crying hysterically. i said, mom, what's going on. my brother said, don't tell her, tell her to come here, now. [noise] >> let's go people. crossed the street. [noise] >> people say that it's chaos out there at the scene. i wish to say that the plane actually -- in the building. >> i can't even register. [inaudible] >> at this point i thought, oh, this is just a fire. not so bad. they'll be scaffolding for years, they'll fix it. but then i saw my dad on the sidewalk. he turned around and he was crying. he was hysterical. and i never really saw my dad crying. [noise] and he said, elizabeth, oh my god they were just going to work like i go to work. they were just going to work today. i took off my shoes because everybody knows, i don't wear shoes -- high heels all the time, i'm known for. at what i did i took off my shoes. and i rolled up my pants and i put my sweate

lights shining upward during a test hours before the official tribute to the victims of the world trade center attacks. >> 22 years ago today, robert gray worked for norad that day, monitoring us airspace. he visited the world trade center site last night. >> as we walked into this area, it made me start to weep. >> 2753 people died in lower manhattan that day. and just this weekend, the remains of two more were identified by the medical examiner. 40% of those lost are still on identified. >> we saw this plane flying out of a very low altitude, extremely fast. >> but it was so low i could read on the fuselage, the word american, joe pfeifer, was the first fire chief on the scene. >> his job sending firefighters in to save lives, including his own brother, kevin. >> i ordered him as i ordered many of my other fire officers to take their unit and go upstairs to evacuate the building. >> kevin died in the collapse of the towers, but many others were saved by the men and women who rushed into those buildings, knowing they might not come out alive. james broz, president of the uniformed fire office

the shredded steel and concrete slabs that rained down from the world trade center. a plume of fire that shut up in the pentagon. i remember seeing it after i got

momentarily shaken, the united states rose from the ashes of the world trade center, the pentagon and the world that we were still standing. and we could not be toppled. that terror would never destroy us. the new york city fire department arrived at the world trade center within six minutes of the plane colliding into the building. fire fighters, first responders and everyday heroes led thousands of survivors down flights of stairs making repeated trips act into the building, sacrificing their lives so that others may live. for people they had never met. the passengers and crew on united flight 93 fought against the hijackers, thwarting the terrorists and saving perhaps thousands on the ground. at the pentagon many survivors were rescued by coworkers who were themselves reeling from the explosive force of the impact and smoke. through sheer will and their own knowledge of the building they plunged into the debris, fearless without regard of their own life. they plunged into that horror that littered the corridors to seek out the bloody and burned survivors and deliver them from the i

a plane has crashed into the world trade center. ♪ - attention 61 engines, 35 engines, 50 engines, 64bulance, everything you've got at the world trade center now! - and he just flew right into the building. i still can't believe it. - there's a huge hole in it, and things are falling from the building itself. - then we saw the people jumping. [rescue radio chatter] - tower two has had a major explosion and what appears to be complete collapse surrounding the entire area. - mayday. where are you? - we're across the street from the towers. we have people stuck in the building. i don't know how much more. please, please! please, somebody! [somber music] - september 11th, i was home at my house, heard the news, everything on there. i went and called my son. my son, tim, he was working. he came over and came over with a police car. we went to the city. and as we got into manhattan, we came through the battery tunnel. - oh my god! oh my god! - and first tower had just fallen. i was in the fire department for 32 years. my son jimmy was a firefighter and 29 years old. and i saw my son in the

lights shined upward during a test hours before the official tribute to the victims of the world trade center attacks. two. two years ago today, robert gray worked for norad. that day, monitoring us airspace. he visited the world trade center site last night. as we walked into this area, it made me start to weep. 2753 people died in lower manhattan. that day. and just this weekend, the remains of two more were identified by the medical examiner. 40% of those lost are still unidentified. we saw this plane flying out of a very low altitude and extremely fast. >> but it was so low i could read on the fuselage the word american, joe pfeifer, was the first fire chief on the scene. >> his job sending firefighters in to save lives, including his own brother, kevin. i ordered him as i ordered many of my other fire officers to take their unit and go upstairs to evacuate the building. kevin died in the collapse of the towers, but many others were saved by the men and women who rushed into those buildings, knowing they might not come out alive. james broz, president of the uniformed fire officers associ

this september 11 marks 22 years since the terrorist attacks on the world trade center and pentagon. an event that changed americans live forever. united airlines flight 100 75 and american airlines flight 11 departed from boston en route to california before hijackers crashed them into the north and south towers of the world trade center in new york city. american airlines flight 77 hit the pentagon, while passengers attempted to overtake knighted airlines flight 93 from hijackers before it crashed in pennsylvania. it left 2977 dead across new york, washington, d.c., and pennsylvania. that total includes the 2700 53 who died after the planes struck the twin towers, 184 at the pentagon, and 40 people who died when flight 93 crash landed in pennsylvania. the youngest flight passenger who died was christine hansen, a 2-year-old on her way to disneyland. the oldest was robert norton at 82. the 19 hijackers from the militant islamic extremist group al qaeda also died. then-president george w. bush was at an education event with second graders in sarasota, florida. here are a portion of h

back during the clinton administration, the terrorists tried to bring down the world trade center thanthose vans that were in the parking lot and all. i think that was the beginning. i worked in the world trade center back in 1982 and 1984 for a communications company. our communications were in the buildings -- i forget which one they were but the one with the antenna, and communications were on the 10th, 11th, and 12th floor. we had to run data cables in the ceilings there. once we took those panels out, you could actually see the outside part of the buildings, which was very, very -- you can see the i-beams and everything. i do not think it was too much of a problem when the buildings imploded. my wife and i, back in the 1970's when they were building the buildings, we were going up the jersey turnpike to visit an aunt in brooklyn, and we could see a select of them building the buildings. i am not saying that they were easy to come down, but i don't think -- first of all, it was not built like the empire state think of the empire state building had a plane, i believe it was 1952, a

there will be a last alarm ceremony marking when the south tower of the world trade center collapsed and the names of all 351 of the new york firefighter fighters and paramedics who died at the world trade center will be read aloud across the bay. the oakland fire department and mayor shengtao will hold a brief ceremony to remember all the victims of september 11th. that ceremony begins at 840 this morning at frank ogawa plaza with acting fire chief damon covington speaking there at 846. there will be a moment of silence to honor the nearly 3000 people who died in the attacks. our time is 404 and president biden rejected a plea deal that would have allowed the five men accused of planning the terror attacks to avoid the death penalty. under the plea deal, the men who are now in solitary confinement at the guantanamo bay prison would have been allowed to eat and pray with other prisoners. the president's decision means the fate of the men accused of training and directing the hijackers is in the hands of military prosecutors and defense lawyers, and they may try to work out another agr

and new york city's fire department add the name of 43 first responders to the world trade center memorial wall. all of them died in relation to their work in the rescue and recovery efforts at ground zero. >>> coming up on 60 minute, remembering the firefighter who were sent into the world trade center on september 11. we thank you so much for watching. have a good night. >>> now at 6:00, thieves in the east bay making bigger and bigger scores on the water. why residents say they're on their own when it comes to pirates. >>> big changes are coming to bart. what you need to know about the new schedule and what to expect when you arrive. >> this is our love story. >> local couple ties the knot in the san francisco calf u fay where they first met. weeks after the owner nearly closed it down for good. >> and it's only week one, but the 49ers already look like they're in mid season form. we'll show you how they cruise to a win in pittsburgh. >> live from san francisco, i'm brian hackney. >> i'm andrea nakano. we begin in oakland in the estuary where the threats of pirates have risen to a new l

. >> world trade center illness is very real. we lose so many people to it and early prevention, detection, and treatment is key. >> reporter: as family members grieve they hold true to their endearing message to never forget. >> at home, our community is also remembering that fateful day and lives lost in oakland. city officials joined oakland fire department this morning for a moment of silence in front of city hall. a massive american flag was hung from a fire department crane. in san francisco, this is have a from the morning of the ceremony at fire station 35. this is along embarcadero. city firefighters read the names of all 343 new york firefighters lost on 9/11. there will also be a ceremonial bell ringing to mark the time when the south tower of the world trade center collapsed. >>> still ahead at noon, hopefully it's a big boost to downtown san francisco. dreamforce is back. how local businesses are hoping to capitalize on tens of thousands of extra visitors. >>> later, 49ers ers dominate the steelers. we'll look at the

attack on the united states of america at 9:59 after 56 minutes of fire, the south tower of the world trade centery americans. at 10:28 after 102 minutes fire, the north tower of the world trade center collapsed, it broke down, moreover, in the united states. so this is a strategic moment, the main turning point in history? on september 11, 2001, in a matter of hours, america plunged into an atmosphere of fear, a country on territory that had not seen a single war in the 20th century, faced with the fact that war was already here and this was a new type of war, a terrorist war, a feeling of vulnerability arose that had not existed before, if 3,000 people died september. it's more than it was. our great nation is going through trials to avoid making mistakes. we will show the whole world that we will pass this test. god bless us , volunteers from all over america traveled to clear the rubble of the world trade center, telethons in which stars participated. hollywood raised millions of dollars for the families who died in the terrorist attacks, firefighters , emergency doctors, rescuers, those who w

patrick . >> there was a ceremonial bellringing to mark the time when the south tower, the world trade center collapse . flags are flying at half steph throughout the day and every san francisco fire station. >>> our community is connected to so many remembering today. here are some of the events happening around the bay honoring the first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice 22 years ago. oakland mayor sheng thao and the towns fire department began there's about 30 minutes ago. and two hours con fire is hosting an annual fallen firefighter memorial service in clayton. napa remembrance is beginning in a couple hours. in san jose, dozens gathered to remember yesterday as they joined military representatives, community members and religious leaders to honor the 3000 american lives lost and to look toward a more peaceful future. >>> now to a volunteer firefighter who survived the september 11th attacks . he is on a mission to break the stigma from ptsd. something he knows about all too well. haley ott shows how he is funny comfort through man's best friend. >> reporter: his service dog, ch

nearly 3000 people were killed when planes crashed at the world trade center. the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania, on monday. the nation paused to reflect and remember. i lost my dad here, never get used to this. the same thing all over again. it hurts in new york city, families of the victims gathered at the world trade center site for the somber annual reading of the names vice president kamala harris flew in to pay her respects to the victims and the first responders. many continue to die from 9/11 related illnesses. last week, the fdny added 43 new names to the list of those who have died after 9/11. at the pentagon, a giant american flag was unfurled at sunrise before a ceremony honoring the 184 people killed in the attack there. defense secretary lloyd austin marked the day by vowing to never forget. and as the years go by, it may feel that the world is moving on or even even forgetting what happened here for on september 11th, 2001. bud women of the department of defense will always remember in shanksville, prayers were read at the site where u

mayor monday marking 22 years since the deadliest terror attack on us soil at new york's world trade center, the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania. families of the victims gathering at the world trade center memorial reading out the names of their loved ones and annual commemoration that ensures the legacy of those who lost their lives on that day. the median age of all the names i read was 37. these were people in the prime of their lives as they had a lot to live for. they went to simply went to work one day and never returned. may we always remember them in the nation's capital. amazing grace playing as the american flag was unfurled at sunrise. as with more than two decades passing since the attacks, those in pennsylvania discussing the importance of teaching the next generation, the heroism shown on 9/11 11. what we need to do is find a way to connect with the next generation. we want to make sure that this story remains meaningful and relevant for the next generation. the legacy of this day now, including those that continue to suffer and die from illnesses that stem from that da

momentarily shaken, the united states rose from the ashes of the world trade center, the pentagon, andia to show the world that we were still standing, that we could not be toppled, that terror would never destroy us. the new york city fire department arrived at the world trade center within six minutes of the plane colliding into the building. firefighters, first responders and everyday heroes led thousands of survivors down dozens of flights of stairs making repeated trips back into the building sacrificing their lives so that others may live. for people they had never met. the 40 passengers and crew on united flight 93 fought back against the hijackers thwarting the terrorists and saving perhaps thousands on the ground. at the pentagon, many survivors were rescued by co-workers who were themselves reeling from the explosive force of the impact and nearly impenetrable fire and smoke. whose sheer will and their own knowledge of the building they plunged into the smoke and debris fearless without regard to their own life, they plunged into that horror that littered the corridors to see

there was a last alarm ceremony marking the time the south tower of the world trade center collapsed.ames of all 351 new york fire fighters and paramedics who died at the world trade center were read across the bay. the oakland fire department and mayor sheng tao are about to hold a ceremony to remember the september 11th victims. the ceremony begins at 840 this morning at frank ogawa plaza with acting fire chief damon covington. at 846, there will be a moment of silence to honor the nearly 3000 people who died in the september 11th attacks. it is now 807 bart's new schedule goes into effect today. it will mean more frequent trains on the yellow line and shorter wait times for most. cctv's allie rasmus is on board one of the yellow line trains, talking to passengers about the new schedule. she joins us live. ali yeah, andre, we are on board a yellow line train at walnut creek. we're heading towards orinda and we were live here about an hour ago and i showed you the train was pretty empty and now it's very much a different story. this is a pretty packed train, a seven car train, and th

was the second tallest building in downtown manhattan and it was before the world trade center was the tallest then when they built the world trade center, it became known as the second tallest and now it's the tallest. >> just think about that for a second. if you were alive on that day. that's what he said on 9/11. all those people died, he's talking about his building is now the tallest? and he wasn't even right. according to the "washington post," this building, 70 pine, was still taller. if you care about that specific fact. but that's the reality of trump. his m.o. say it even if it's not true. >> if you say it long enough, hard enough, often enough, people will start to believe it. >> and you know what, he's been right about that. it has worked for trump in astonishing ways, to be honest. and when it comes to 40 wall, it wasn't just how tall it was. it was what it was worth. at the heart of this case. in 2015, capital one determined the property was worth 257 mil million. that's a lot of money. but two months later, a real estate broker valued the property at a suspiciously larg

we can't replace you. >> reporter: from the world trade center in new york to the pentagon and shanksvillennsylvania, loved ones sharing deeply personal memories. >> you are forever our hero and angel. >> reporter: from a vast web of loss that stretches across america. >> you may have been torn from us that day, but your love and memories will never be torn from our hearts. >> reporter: president biden returning to the u.s. from vietnam stopping at a military base in alaska, paying tribute to the many soldiers who joined in response to the terror attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives and reshaped american foreign policy. defense secretary lloyd austin is speaking from the pentagon. >> we will always work to keep america safe, and we will always, always remember. >> reporter: in a painstaking process, the remains of two more 9/11 victims have now been identified, but more than 1,000 families still wait. speaking the names of those they lost. >> love you, phil. talk to you later. ♪♪ >>. >> reporter: to ensure they never fade away. >> this story of loss is ongoing. the uniform firefighters

in moments of silence, 2753 people died at the world trade center that day. their names read aloud. >> my sister, jody tepedino, niccolo tower, 105th floor, cantor fitzgerald fillled. we miss you, jody. >> in recent weeks, the remains of two more victims were positively identified by new york city's medical examiner. still, 40% of those lost have not been positively identified. 343 new york firefighters died on nine divided by 11. since then, an additional 331 have died from 9/11 related illnesses . in shanksville, pennsylvania, they're remembering the crew and passengers of united flight 93. later today, president biden will mark the tragic anniversary addressing troops at a us military base in anchorage, alaska. and here beneath a gleaming new world trade center , a new generation remembers those who were killed on september 11th, 2001, many of them not born 22 years ago, but who cannot help feel the enormity of their family's losses. aaron katersky, abc news, new york. >> and all around the bay area today, hearts were heavy in remembrance of nine over 11 f

my mother-in-law, her mom, worked at the world trade center. ts of friends at the world trade center, my offices were south of canal. it was just a very stressful time. - eye-opening. - correct. and then we moved out here. this was our country house, at the time. and then this became your permanent residence. this was it. release the hounds! go sheep! go sheep, go sheep, go sheep! corporate america to livestock farming, that must be some sort of a transition. tell me a little bit about that. it was a difficult transition, some transition. [baaing] oh, that was an action shot! susan jaffe: we were used to just the proximity of people. so, yeah. so that was a shock. johnny devenanzio: you couldn't think of a more polar opposite lifestyle. manhattan, the busiest metropolitan city on the planet to then, i mean, one of the most remote, insanely beautiful, calm environments. because of where we are, it's just so isolated and remote. that's when marc got it in his head that we would be farmers. and what was it about livestock and meat? what made you se

center. black in building construction the big black secret in building 7, mostly for spying on un diplomats, financial companies active in the world trade towers, building number 7, acted as a command center and the mra center supplied fuel and oxygen to the towers, maintained emergency cases of the municipality, black offices of the secret service. the ministry of defense and the security and exchange commission were also in this building, insurance companies and institutions , exchanges and banks were also present in this building. sale when the building number 7: they published pictures of the fire in this building. if it did not happen in this commercial building , how did this fire happen ? compare the building with the buildings around the twin towers , including building 4506. the twins were severely damaged, however, ana's structure still shows the opinion of more than 1,300 architects and engineers in the collapse of building 7. they are not in accordance with the official government report of the institute of standards and technology in building no. 7. there has been a burn in it according to the report of the fire near the 79

we are right by the south reflective pool where the south world trade center tower once stood.ll morning long we have been seeing family members and service members coming to this area and placing those flags that you can see in the etched names of this memorial as well as flowers. you can see there are family members who are sitting there. this space, ground zero, it is reserved only for family members who have this time to be on this hallowed ground and remember those 3,000 people, the lives who were lost. the names are continuing to be read, it's heart wrenching to hear the people talk about the 22 years, the people who have been born since then, all the people they remember and who they have loved as they call out the names of the people that they are missing. one thing i want to note as you listen to this throughout the morning, you will see children reading out some of these names and what they told me is that this is to signify that there are generations of people who weren't even alive when 9/11 happened and this is a way to get those generations to remember about what

the world trade center in new york and pennsylvania. september 11th reminds us that the american spirit still shines in times of testing. after the attacks, amid the horror and the grief many americans felt a deeper sense of duty to their communities and to their country. and all around the country. with hearts breaking for the slain and much suffering, americans looked within themselves and felt cold. busy to give back, it's the color of ok in hawaii as a rep to the guy. and after a 2 month pause lava is flying along the crate to full, as you can see behind me. well, the us geological survey, raise the volcanoes a lot, leveled to a warning, but it said the lava was a safe distance from people and buildings of us news safe. i'll be back in just a half. now with the opposite news, i, one of those stories on our website as of as a, don't come whether it's next and then it's inside story to stay with us. the drawn still getting 48.5. so we still talk about high temperatures, but a brief diversion because the storm that's cost of funded in

where the names of the nearly 3,000 people who were killed when terrorists flew planes into the world trade center were a lot of different ideas about how to rebuild the world trade center site. this week nearly 20 years after it was first proposed, there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the final public building at the site. msnbc's stephanie ruhle got a sneak peek at the facility, and she is with us this morning. stephanie, great seeing you. what do you find? >> great to see you, jose. as you know, ground zero is a hallowed site. millions of people pay their respects there every year, and remember, where it's located was once the financial heart of new york city. so how and exactly what was going to be rebuilt there took a very long time, and there were many, many ideas. but this week that journey comes to an end with the opening of a truly extraordinary performing arts center. take a look. >> that morning along with the other almost 3,000 people, i lost my husband, and i was eight months pregnant. >> 22 years ago everything changed. >> calvin was, oh, well, calvin would walk in a room

ceremonies will be held across the country to honor the nearly 3,000 people killed at the world trade center in new york ity, the pentagon, and shanksville, pennsylvania. >>> traditional twin towers of light will be beaming into the sky today at the site of the world trade center. >>> and there are new details in the search for an escaped murderer in pennsylvania. authorities released new images of a now-clean shaven danelo cavalcante. they were taken by a doorbell camera more than 20 miles from where they were searching for him. investigators say he stole a van and tried to contact two former co-workers at their homes, but they were not there. cavalcante escaped from prison almost two weeks ago. >>> and new covid-19 booster shots are expected to be approved bythe fda this week as cases -- are ticking up again. hospitalizations were just over 9,000 in july, but they climbed to 17,000 in august. elise preston reports. >>> the chances of this being an overwhelming rush of cases and hospitalizations is probably low. >> reporter: covid infections are on the rise across the country with hospitali

coming up next on "60 minutes," remembering the firefighters who were sent that the world trade center i'm jericka duncan in new york. from all of us here, we thank you so much for watching. have a good fight.

was just six days in a new job at the 104th floor of the south tower of the world trade center.aight to ground zero to search for his son. searched deep into the last as he referred to endings hope as he put it. a few days later, i called david to talk, his father knows about losing a piece of your soul. i was on my way to speak to the university of delaware to make sense of what happened and guess what? having lost two sons within a year, davis told me, just tell them, joe, don't be afraid. don't be afraid. the terrorist stole 297 -- 2,977 souls that day. 2,977 souls. the future of so many families and story of our nation. but those terrorists could not touch what no force, no enemy, no day ever could. and that is the soul of america. what is the soul of america? it is the breadth and life and sessence of who we are. the soul that makes us, us. the soul of america's base on a sacred proposition that we're all created equal and have certain unalienable rights, life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness. we haven't a we haven't always lived up to it. the soul of america is the

local news very shortly after the attacks and somewhat bragged about the fact that now the world trade centerlding at 40 wall street was the second tallest building in new york city. and i think that just shows the depravity of this person, who has now become the mantle leader of this republican party, that republican party, long before he had ever gone to politics, that's who he is. and i think that's a very important comparison to see the humanity, the compassion, the dedication, and commitment to the united states of america from president biden. and you compare it to the hollow statements from donald trump, who also bragged and sort of gloated about the destruction on 9/11. and that is a perfect comparison between the two of them. i give governor ron desantis credit. he was there today at ground zero. he came to pay his respects, and he deserves some credit for doing that, for getting out of, you know, his living room where donald trump apparently was, to come and do that. but it is, it's a sad state of the republican party, that that's who the clear leader is to become their nominee agai

that was the time when the first plane hit the world trade center's north tower.nterim fire chief damon covington says despite the tragic losses, the deadly attacks brought the nation together. 9/11 was different. you know, and it was kind of a rallying cry for our country to come together and be one nation because we were all facing the same challenge. san francisco firefighters also held a bell ringing ceremony and read the names of the 343 new york city fire fighters who died during the terror attack. san francisco and oakland sent firefighters to ground zero to assist in search and recover efforts. the ceremony was held at the pentagon today in remembrance of those killed there on 911. the american flag was unfurled on the west side of the building to begin that observance as the new york city fire department honored the more than 300 firefighters who died during the attack on the world trade center and hundreds more who have since become sick or died from the dust and toxic pollutants that blanketed the area. when the towers came down, a wreath laying ceremon

world trade memorial at ground zero. this as officials identified the remains of two victims at the world trade center, the first in nearly years. we learn a ma'am and woman were identified with advance testing but their names are being withheld at the request of the families. we remember american lives lost on one of america's darkest days. >>> we turn overseas after a powerful earthquake destroyed cities and villages across the country on friday and has killed more than 2,200 people, a number that may go up. nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez has the latest. >> reporter: new images the moment this 6.8 earthquake tore through the city. at a rooftop restaurant tourists running for their lives. >> it's passing, it's passing. it's passing. >> reporter: this person fleeing as rubble crashes around them. others escaping through alleyways. the death toll rising above 2,100. the desperate search for survivors is now in a critical phase. bringing moments of breathless joy as some are pulled to safety. but also heartbreak when the rescuers arrive too late. we traveled up a winding mountain road blocked in places by boulde

it's still tough for me to go over to the world trade center even though there's beautiful new buildings. the memories never quite go away. as well, they shouldn't. my biggest fear, by the way, is that as we put more time between 9-11 and go forward, that it becomes a photo op for many people. the reality is, we should never forget, certainly those there at the time will never forget but everyone should never forget. our world changed dramatically on that day and never been the same since. we went back to work on september 17. we didn't have any choice. that was our job. the markets had to open. i think everybody was really nervous. there was a lot of hugging, a lot of people just happy to see each other despite of the death and destruction around us. you know, neil, you heard from an early age, when you fall off the horse, you pick yourself up, dust yourself off and keep going. i'm still doing it. many of my comrades are still doing it. we lived through that. life goes on. you do the best you can. >> neil: you're quite right. we can talk about the financial capital lost, trillions lost,

that was the time when the first plane hit the world trade center's north tower.chief damon covington says despite the tragic losses, the deadly attacks brought the nation together. 9/11 was different, you know, and it was kind of a rallying cry for our country to come together and be one nation because we were all facing the same challenge. san francisco firefighters also held a bell ringing ceremony today and read the names of the 343 new york city firefighters who died during the terror attacks. both san francisco and oakland sent firefighters to ground zero to assist in search and recover efforts. california's primary election is not for another six months, but the race to replace senator dianne feinstein is once again in the spotlight as three democrats jockey for the position. governor newsom says he's ruled out appointing any of them if he were called upon to do so. and now that response chance is drawing criticism from one of the candidates, east bay congresswoman barbara lee as ktvu political reporter greg lee explains. congresswoman lee feels governor ne

50's because of this downturn we were trying to find a purpose a number of proposals for a world trade center and wanted to build it own the philly in a terrible idea objective never gotten down including one that had too tall towers a trade center in new york but a tower in between that was a part of ferry building and completely impractical. after the cars the tower administration wanted to keep americans deployed and have the infrastructure for the united states. so they had an intrastate free plan the plan for major freeway systems to go throughout san francisco. and so the developers came up with the bay bridge and worked their way along embarcadero. the plans were to be very, very efficient for that through town he once the san francisco saw had human services agency happening 200 though people figure out city hall offender that the embarcadero free was dropped and we had the great free to no where. which cut us off from the ferry building and our store line and created in 1989 and gave us the opportunity to tear down the free. and that was the renaissance of ferry building. >> that lan

lights shined during a test overnight just hours before the tribute to the victims of the world trade center's san francisco's fire department will be holding a commemoration at 645 this morning. >> that is the moment when the twin towers in new york city were hit. the names of the fallen first responders will also be read aloud. today's remembrance ceremony is happening at all san francisco fire department facilities as this list now started over the weekend here in the bay area, santa clara county officials hosted a remembrance ceremony yesterday morning in san jose. in san francisco, mayor london breed and members of the city's fire department took time to reflect on the events of that day at saint anne of the sunset church. abc news will have live coverage of the moment of the moment of silence that's being held this morning at ground zero in new york city . you can watch it live around 544 right here on abc seven. and wherever you stream, develop news, north korean leader kim jong un is reportedly on his way to russia. >> a multiple south korean media outlets say kim is traveling by train

our jason carol joins us outside of one world trade center this morning with his reporting on that andhing. >> reporter: everything. and poppy, for so many of the first responders who worked at ground zero, they have been waiting, looking at the calendar, and wondering when and if they would be added to the number of people diagnosed with post 9/11 related illnesses. poppy, over the years, that number has just continued to grow. >> i think we just miss him. he was just always present in everything we did. >> reporter: jim says not a day has gone by where he has not thought about his father. >> if you were speaking to him, you were the only person in the world he was talking to. and, he was as good as they come. >> reporter: his father, lieutenant joe brosey, a veteran of the new york city fire department for more than three decades, died this past february 3rd, after a long battle with stage 4 lung cancer. doctors gave him months to live after his diagnosis in 2015. he gave this moving interview to the fdny in 2019. >> nothing is impossible. just hasn't been done yet. you have to belie