asking other commercial airline pilots if they could spot the american airlines jet. of the crews responding -- united flight 175. >> one of those planes you contacted was united. >> yes. united was one of the aircraft that we actually asked to help identify american. >> reporter: united 175 also had left boston bound for l.a. the crew had no idea it, too, was about to be hijacked. terry biggio and mike mccormick were focusing on the american airlines flight 11, full of fuel and headed south. >> you can't assume that the aircraft was going to do anything in new york. possibly it was going to continue south and go south into washington. >> reporter: otis air force base, cape cod. national guard fighter pilot tim duffy is about to become 9/11's footnote 117. >> he said american 767 from boston to california. it looks like the real thing. >> were you prepared to take a plane down? look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natur

at 8:14 a.m., american airlines flight 11, a blip on terri biggio's radar screens, was climbing through 26,000 feet and would make its last transmission to air traffic control. >> america 11, turn 20 degrees right. >> 20 right, american 11. >> but then, 16 seconds later, it goes silent. >> american 1, boston. >> at boston to's air traffic center, terry biggio and his controllers know something is wrong. >> i don't think you immediately thought hijacking. >> absolutely not. i mean, i've been in the agency at the time about 20 years, had never seen a hijack. we thought, okay, we had a catastrophic failure of some sort with the aircraft. they can't talk to us. we'll clear the air space away from them and let them fly to wherever we're going to fly. >> as the plane turned south, the 9/11 commission report believes the hijackers tried to talk with passengers on board but did not know how to use the intercom. instead, the messages in middle eastern accents, began transmitting to air traffic control. >> american 11, are you trying to call? >> we had a series of three transmissions. first one a

american airlines 11 with 87 people on board and united airlines fight 175 with 60 on board. at the pentagon 125 deaths, military and civilian. 59 people on board american flight 77. and in shanksville, pennsylvania, 40 names now etched in marble. those 40 passengers on board flight united 93. again, a reminder that c-span and c-span2 and c-span3 live coverage. you're watching live scenes from outside of the pentagon here on c-span2. on c-span 1 continuing ceremonies of lower manhattan the side of the world trade center site and c-span3 live coverage of the ceremony that will take place on shanksville, pennsylvania. all of these events are also posted online at c-span.org and a reminder that we'll have a musical tribute and the remarks of president barack obama. we'll watch the scene. here is defense secretary rhythms who was at the pentagon on the morning of september 11, 2001, the ceremonies led at the pentagon by vice president joe biden. leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs admiral mike mullen live and continuing coverage on the c-span networks. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

asking other pilots if they could spot the american airlines jet. responding >> one of those planes that you contacted was a united plane? >> yes. united was one of the aircraft that we asked to help identify american. >> united 175 had left boston bound for l.a. the crew had no idea, it, too was about to be hijacked. terry biggio and mike mccormick were focused on american airlines flight 11, full of fuel, headed south. >> you couldn't assume that it was going to go to new york, possibly go to washington. >> on theis air force base, cape cod. tim duffy is about to become the 9/11 footnote 17. >> were you prepared to take a plane down? >> active air defense scramble climbing to 290. 8:45 a.m., on theis air base, cape cod. a pilot for united, working his second job on alert in massachusetts with the air national guard. duffy is given the order to scramble his f-15, there is a confirmed hijacking. the order, take off from this dessert the air field. under orders to find and intercept american flight 11. >> these were the two hangars. >> yes, jets in a

american airlines flight attendant betty ong did something remarkable, she alerted american airlineso what was happening in the sky. let's rejoin jessica aguirre in new york tonight. jessica, the ong family, san francisco natives still trying to deal with all this, are they in new york yet? >> reporter: no, they will be on a flight tomorrow. they'll arrive here on friday. when the memorial happens on sunday, they will be among the 15,000 grieving families here who have been waiting ten years for this tribute. and now they have the added burden of waiting and seeing what's going to happen, having to deal with potentially added security and really the emotional toll of not knowing if they're going to be safe or if this solemn tribute will be marred by any type of violence. the ongs told me that no matter what, they owe it to betty to be here. >> at that time, i felt i was listening to betty's voice for the last time. >> reporter: harry ong has grieved for ten years. >> the emotions, just overtook me. i was just shaking. >> reporter: yet his heartache today at the sound of his sister's

. >> reporter: two hours of horror and confusion began with american airlines supervisor nydia gonzalez of a chilling phone call from flight 11. >> reporter: just one minute leader, mohamed atta, thinking he was talking to passengers, was heard over the radio. >> reporter: the jetliner turned south towards new york. controllers asked the northeast air defense sector for fighter jets. >> reporter: nine minutes later, american airlines 11 hit the north tower of the world trade center. controllers meanwhile were frantically searching for a second missing plane which had also taken off from boston. they finally saw united 175 just seconds before its impact. >> reporter: fighter jets had not yet reached manhattan. >> reporter: to the west, a third plane, american airlines 77, went missing. for more than 30 minutes, the jetliner flew below the radar, taking aim on washington. a private pilot flying near the pentagon watched as flight 77 hit its target. >> reporter: in the chaos, controllers had no idea how many hijacked planes remained in the air. but another radio call made it clear there wa

ten years ago i was a captain with american airlines i was actually here in washington d.c. and i was going to be heading up to boston on september eleventh when that event happened for whatever reason my flight was actually cancelled at around five thirty in the morning and i was here where i live in the washington d.c. area and i spent the next number of days at home it's had a dramatic effect on certainly on my life afterwards i became the deputy chairman of security for the pilots union at american airlines and i proudly served on that and so not just at my retirement but i was kept on as a full time security consultant working on these very issues that you talk about. it was a tragedy that i don't think we thought about at my level at that point in time but certainly to this day it's never left my thought you mentioned before the liquid bombers one of the targeted flights was actually my flight coming out of london heathrow to new york kennedy so it certainly affected me personally but i had a number of friends on our aircraft that were taken down at the. scary thank yo

american airlines 77 went missing. >> i don't know where he is out there.l trying to get a hold of him. >> reporter: for more than 30 the jetliner flew below the radar taking aim on washington but another radio cone made it clear there was one more. it was jarrah trying to talk to the passengers aboard flight 93. flight 93 soon crashed in a pennsylvania field. the attack was over, and in one government command center, two technicians tried to put the day into some kind of context. as for coordination between the faa and the military that's greatly improved. norad regularly monitors radio data and there's an open hotline to coordinate responses. >>> coming up later on "the early show," as we prepare to mark ten years since the 9/11 attacks, we face a major new terror threat. new york mayor mike bloomberg joins us and president obama's jobs plan, can he get congress to pass it and if so, will it work? we'll ask vice president joe biden and house republican eric cantor. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching, everybody. i'm betty ng

. >> american airlines emergency line please state your emergency. >> this is american airlines calling. i'm monitoring a call in which flight 11 the flight attendant is advising our reps everyone has been stabbed. >> american airlines flight 11 took off in boston. the plane hit the north tower of the world trade center. >> why the smoke in lower manhattan. >> a lot of smoke in lower manhattan? >> it's coming out of the top of the world trade center building. >> the 9/11 commission compiled the audio as part of its investigation. on sunday please join us here on ktvu. we will have coverage all day of the tenth anniversary of 9/11. it starts at 5:00 a.m. with a fox news sunday special. then comes mornings on 2 at 7:00 a.m.. we'll have a special edition of the 5:00 news that airs at 5:30 immediately followed by the ktvu news special 9/11 a decade of change. we'll have a wrapup of the days events on the 10:00 news. >>> 4:49 is the time right now. flood waters are not the only concern in the northeast. the new threat brought by tropical storm lee and hurricane irene. >>> and it is the out o

also to aviation expert mark weiss is a former american airlines pilot tells me he thinks the crash investigation will take some time but its results should help hopefully prevent future tragedy. first thing they're going to start with you going to get investigators and. typically speaking you bring investigators who have expertise in all of the various systems and aircraft components and engines. airworthiness. you bring them all together and you start with the records of the aircraft the maintenance records of the aircraft the history of the aircraft the history of the crew the weather at the time any problems that were encountered by aircraft taking off for them it's a long tedious process but these people who do this job and here we have the

american airlines flight that crashed into the world trade tower. her voice was one of those heard on tape. >> at 8:13 boston fails to reach american airlines flight 11 and then the voice of one of flight attendants calling from the back of the plane. >> number three in the back, cockpit is not answering and i think something is happening. >> and here is the voice of the hijacker. mohammad atta. >> if you try to make any move -- you have to stay quiet. >> and then the shock as this was the real thing. >> we have a problem here, we have a hijacked aircraft headed towards new york. we need someone to send an f-16. >> is this real world or exercise? >> no, this is not an exercise. >> and another plane is heading for the trade center. >> he is descending really quick, too. >> that is another situation. >> one hit the building. >>> then the drama begins about washington. >> this is not good. >> the president is airborne. >> another flight 93, presumably the passengers were storming the cockpit. >> united flight 93 was waving his wings. they don't know wh

it was either slightly before or right around the time that the american airline 77 had hit the pentagon could see this aircraft flying around up in the ohio and pennsylvania area. >> united airlines called me and told me todd made a call to an operator. he initially called to report a hijacking he felt at that time this was a normal situation where the hijackers were going to return them to the airport and there was going to be some demand made. >> i heard mark's voic saying three have taken over the plane and they say they have a bomb. i'm calling you from the air phone. there was a long pause. mom you believe me, don't you? i said yes. who aregr these guys? there was another long pause. then mark's voice came back on the line. he said you believe me don't you mom? i said yes. who are those guys? then we were disconnected. >> this is your mom the news is it has been hijacked by terrorists they are planning to probably use the plane asíg9ñ target to hit some site on the ground. i would say do everything you can to over power them because they are hell bent. try to call me back, if you c

it was either slightly before or right around the time that the american airline 77 had hit the pentagon could see this aircraft flying around up in the ohio and pennsylvania area. >> united airlines called me and told me todd made a call to an operator. he initially called to report a hijacking he felt at that time this was a normal situation where the hijackers were going to return them to the airport and there was going to be some demand made. >> i heard mark's voice saying three have taken over the plane and they say they have a bomb. i'm calling you from the air phone. there was a long pause. mom you believe me, don't you? i said yes. who aregr these guys? there was another long pause. then mark's voice came back on the line. he said you believe me don't you mom? i said yes. who are those guys? then we were disconnected. >> this is your mom the news is it has been hijacked by terrorists they are planning to probably use the plane asíg9ñ target to hit some site on the ground. i would say do everything you can to over power them because they are hell bent. try to call me back, if you

it was either slightly before or right around the time that the american airline 77 had hit the pentagon could see this aircraft flying around up in the ohio and pennsylvania area. >> united airlines called me and told me todd made a call to an operator. he initially called to report a hijacking he felt at that time this was a normal situation where the hijackers were going to return them to the airport and there was going to be some demand made. >> i heard mark's voice saying three have taken over the plane and they say they have a bomb. i'm calling you from the air phone. there was a long pause. mom you believe me, don't you? i said yes. who aregr these guys? there was another long pause. then mark's voice came back on the line. he said you believe me don't you mom? i said yes. who are those guys? then we were disconnected. >> this is your mom the news is it has been hijacked by terrorists they are planning to probably use the plane asíg9ñ target to hit some site on the ground. i would say do everything you can to over power them because they are hell bent. try to call me back, if you

and pilot the american airlines pilot he want to know more details about what the relevance of that was it may just been a standard thing where it was up for renewal but i was interesting point that came out just briefly shawn before you go in about thirty seconds or so it's very hard isn't it to describe how much of a shock this is for you there on this evening we saw hundreds upon hundreds of fellow citizens and euros level pouring out onto the streets in way. certainly in fact hundreds of people coming out to pay their respects chanting team slogans for lokomotiv but this isn't just a tragedy for jaroslava it's an international tragedy as well there are members on this team from sweden ukraine czech republic bello reuss of course russia canada as well so it was an international event and not just for sports in hockey in general but there are and pastors and embassies that are sending their regrets as well president get out tomorrow he's changing his schedule at the international forum so that he can come and actually pay his respects at the scene of the accident as well so very tragi

it was either slightly before or right around the time that the american airline 77 had hit the pentagon could see this aircraft flying around up in the ohio and pennsylvania area. >> united airlines called me and told me todd made a call to an operator. he initially called to report a hijacking he felt at that time this was a normal situation where the hijackers were going to return them to the airport and there was going to be some demand made. >> i heard mark's voice saying three have taken over the plane and they say they have a bomb. i'm calling you from the air phone. there was a long pause. mom you believe me, don't you? i said yes. who aregr these guys? there was another long pause. then mark's voice came back on the line. he said you believe me don't you mom? i said yes. who are those guys? then we were disconnected. >> this is your mom the news is it has been hijacked by terrorists they are planning to probably use the plane asíg9ñ target to hit some site on the ground. i would say do everything you can to over power them because they are hell bent. try to call me back, if you

doesn't it because i was speaking to a well seasoned american airlines pilot earlier on i don't know we've spoken to him but of servicemen before we fly planes they say it doesn't always matter how old the plate is it's basically down to how well this thing is service sometimes they can be more reliable than the newer models any knowledge in that. well indeed in fact actually if you look at the r forty two itself and we can talk about that more the bit of the plane has been around since one nine hundred seventy five it was the first plane that was designed by the soviet union to uphold to international standards we don't know how well this particular plane was serviced but it was a private charter jet but again they are looking at possibly human error in terms of the pilot making a wrong decision that led to the tragedy also there are some early indications in the investigation that there could be some technical malfunctions as well and of course. putin is the prime minister ordered the transportation minister to come immediately to the scene to launch an investigation as always is t

american airlines flight that crashed into the world trade tower. her voice was one of those heard on tape. >> at 8:13 boston fails to reach american airlines flight 11 and then the voice of one of flight attendants calling from the back of the plane. >> number three in the back, cockpit is not answering and i think something is happening. >> and here is the voice of the hijacker. mohammad atta. >> if you try to make any move -- you have to stay quiet. >> and then the shock as this was the real thing. >> we have a problem here, we have a hijacked aircraft headed towards new york. we need someone to send an f-16. >> is this real world or exercise? >> no, this is not an exercise. >> and another plane is heading for the trade center. >> he is descending really quick, too. >> that is another situation. >> one hit the building. >>> then the drama begins about washington. >> this is not good. >> the president is airborne. >> another flight 93, presumably the passengers were storming the cockpit. >> united flight 93 was waving his wings. they don't know wh

it was either slightly before or right around the time that the american airline 77 had hit the pentagon could see this aircraft flying around up in the ohio and pennsylvania area. >> united airlines called me and told me todd made a call to an operator. he initially called to report a hijacking he felt at that time this was a normal situation where the hijackers were going to return them to the airport and there was going to be some demand made. >> i heard mark's voice saying three have taken over the plane and they say they have a bomb. i'm calling you from the air phone. there was a long pause. mom you believe me, don't you? i said yes. who aregr these guys? there was another long pause. then mark's voice came back on the line. he said you believe me don't you mom? i said yes. who are those guys? then we were disconnected. >> this is your mom the news is it has been hijacked by terrorists they are planning to probably use the plane asíg9ñ target to hit some site on the ground. i would say do everything you can to over power them because they are hell bent. try to call me back, if you

american airlines flight 77 slammed into the pentagon. made my way from my office down there to this part of the hallway it was full of people, we could smell the smoke. hundreds of people coming into this hallway, coming down the stairs from the upper floors, coming up the stairs from the basement. the doors had closed shut due to the security alert, so it took a few minutes for them to open them and for people to begin to make their way out to safety. this entire side of the pentagon was a wall of flame and black smoke. i remember seeing people coming out of the wreckage where the plane had hit, some covered in blood, trying to mike their way to safety, hundreds of workers had gathered over here, at one point before a large number of police or fire personnel could even get here, they called for people who had any kind of emergency or medical training, and hundreds of military people came moving back in towards the wreckage to help in any way that they could. that's what it was really all about here, on that day, in this place, for the u

it was either slightly before or right around the time that the american airline 77 had hit the pentagon ohio and pennsylvania area. >> united airlines called me and told me todd made a call to an operator. he initially called to report a hijacking he felt at that time this was a normal situation where the hijackers were going to return them to the airport and there was going to be some demand made. >> i heard mark's voice saying three have taken over the plane and they say they have a bomb. i'm calling you from the air phone. there was a long pause. mom you believe me, don't you? i said yes. who aregr these guys? there was another long pause. then mark's voice came back on the line. he said you believe me don't you mom? i said yes. who are those guys? then we were disconnected. >> this is your mom the news is it has been hijacked by terrorists they are planning to probably use the plane asíg9ñ target to hit some site on the ground. i would say do everything you can to over power them because they are hell bent. try to call me back, if you can. >> he told me immediately he was on a lien

problem so american airlines and i would say. as a security homeland a voice who's very courageous. because it's such early days to say wall pools this crash you know as adults as the boys are still being kicked out of the pool to put them on the list when you hear that sometimes it's a russian plane an aging mobile like the like the took them off. for they needed to go to the plane could it have been something wrong with up plane or wasn't positive air at has any more news coming through in the last hour or two about what may have gone so terribly wrong here. it has indeed there are a couple ways that it could have gone to human factor as i'm sure we've been hearing for hours now it's always taken into great consideration even in plane crashes like this what we were hearing early into the developing story was that. during takeoff perhaps there was some kind of technical failure on the plane could not gain altitude in it and perhaps one of the verses that we're hearing is that it hit some kind of antenna and then fell into the vocal river so that's probably the most likely investiga

. >> we got a cll that american airline 77 was a potential hijacked aircraft. >> as we sat down to aeting for this client. one of the people sidebar bra olson won't be here because she is on a plane to california. >> plane was scheduled to takeoff at 8:10. i had been in my office at the department of justice. one of the gals came in and sidebar bra is on the phone. i was first relieved to hear barbara -- to hear barbara on the telephone. the next words out of her mouth were ted, my plane has been hijacked. >> we are watching all this aircraft trying to determine where they are. >>> the pilot announced the plane had been hijacked. she said shortly after takeoff. by this time the plane had been in the air over an hour. she implied they had been circling around for a while. she and the other passengers had been herded to the back of the plane. i asked her whether they, the hijackers, knew she was calling? she said no, they don't know. she indicated they had used knives and box cutters to take over the plane. at some point we got cut off, i immediately call the command center of the depa

the troops placed wreaths at the memorial there. 184 people were killed when the hijacked american airlines liner struck the building. and then in shanksville, pennsylvania, a memorial service when united airlines flight 93 plunged to the gound there. they are believed to have prevented the hijackers from flying the plane into the u.s. capitol. president obama laid a wreath to honor the 40 victims on that flight. i'll be back with much more of our special coverage at the top of the hour. now back to fareed zakaria gps. >> obviously the united states and the world have seen great changes in the more than 5 million minutes that have passed since 9/11/01. now i want to look at the bigger picture at how the world has changed and to help me do that, three special guests, francis, one of the world's preeminent minds and rory stuart, a member of the british parliament who has served as a british governor of an iraqi province and familiarously walked across afghanistan in the winter of 2001 and wrote a book about it. ishadd mangi described as osama bin laden's worst nightmare, welcome. frank, a yea

f-16 fighter jets shadowed an american airlines flight from los angeles late today as it came in on finala landing at jfk here in new york. apparently, there were concerns onboard that some passengers spent too long in the restroom. so they exercised undue caution, though there was never any real emergency. once on the ground, federal officials interviewed the passengers involved. there were several assorted other scares at several other airports around the country today. but no verified security threats. of course, anniversaries like this force us all to relive that morning ten years ago. listen to how we first learned something had happened at the pentagon which we later learned was the impact of american airlines flight 77. >> it -- it felt just a few moments ago like there was an explosion of some kind here at the pentagon. and i saw just a moment ago as i looked outside a number of construction workers who have been working here have taken flight. they're running as far away from the building as they can right now. >> from that morning, that was our pentagon correspondent, jim miklas

american airlines flight 11 and american airlines flight 1175. of those planes used in the attacks departed from boston's logan airport. many of those crewmembers were from boston area. >> a moment of silence at the new york stock exchange. a former marine sang " god bless america " before that tearful crowd. >> in washington a moment of silence held on the floor of the house of representatives to recognize with 100 people killing the inside the pentagon. and also the people on the airplane were also killed in that crash. >> with a group of some of the innocent lives lost this morning, kron 4 spoke with the bay area mother who mad son whor son-made of old and a sacrifice. >> reporter: a few days before 911 she paid a visit to were son's grave and saratoga. he died so others and did not have to. >> i cannot know what happens after we die. i do not know where market is but i miss him very much. >> 31 year-old mark bingham battle the terrorists forcing the fligh plane down before shanks so, virginia before it crashed into the capital so it would not

a wreath laying at pentagon for the 184 people killed when american airlines flight 77 flew into the side of the building. and in shanksville, pennsylvania, a ceremony at the site where united states airlines flight 93 went down in a field. the passengers had fought back against their hijackers. cnn's poppy harlow is in new york for us tonight. poppy, ten years to prepare for this day, but now actually seeing those fountains where the twin towers once stood, the enormity it is simply overwhelming. what's it been like today? >> reporter: it is. don, for me, i moved here to new york, september 2001. this has come full circle for me seeing this here, and i've been watching it all unfold since 8:00 a.m. when the president was here. also joined by president bush making remarks. what stood out to me this morning, a beautiful, crisp september day just like september 11th ten years ago. the sky was blue. no clouds. it was astonishing for a few hours during the ceremony. obviously, all of the names read. 2,606 americans died in the towers right behind me. and, also, there was something very im

i think we're getting hijacked. >> the military is alerted. >> meanwhile, american airlines flight 77 it takes off near washington d.c. headed for los angeles. it also has five hijackers on board. at 8:42 a.m. a fourth airliner takes off. united flight 93 headed from new york to san francisco. there are four hijackers aboard. molds a later flight 11 slams into the north tower of the world trade center at more than 450 mi. an hour. the impact spreads in the flaming wreckage of from the 93rd to the 99th floors. >> everyone was screaming and running. the cops assigned to maintain calm >> . a lot of people could not get out. >> anyone above the crash site, there was no escape. >> some people were jumping out of the windows. >> 50 people are trapped on the 104th floor. the stores bring out from underneath them. >> manhattan 911 operators return to their offices and that the building is secure. then, in front of television cameras and horrified onlookers flight 175 crashes into the south tower. it is at the time president bush was visiting in elementary school in sarasota, florida. at 9 05

voice a very seasoned ex pilot himself american airlines now works as a security home and avoids use very cagey because it's such early days to say wall maypoles this crash you know as a dog as the bodies are still being picked out of the water but the less when you hear sometimes that it's a russian plane an aging mobile like the like a couple of thoughts immediately go to the plane could it have been something wrong without plane all wasn't positive or has any more news comes through in the last hour or two about what may have gone so terribly wrong here. it has indeed there are a couple ways that it could have gone to human factor as i'm sure we've been hearing for hours now it's always taken into great consideration in plane crashes like this but we were hearing early into the developing story was that. during takeoff perhaps there was some kind of technical failure on the plane could not gain altitude and it perhaps one of the the verses that we're hearing is that it hit some kind of antenna and then fell into the fold the river so that's probably the most likely investigators o

he would crash american airlines flight 11 into the north tower. >> is he the ring leader.clearly knew everything and everybody and what their roles are. >> he had been hand picked by 9/11 mastermind by khalid sheikh mohammed to be the 9/11 hijacker. using multiple names he had lived as a student in cairo and here in hamburg, germany. a key time of movement. he left san diego. moving out of the home he shared with fbi assets. it was a temporary goodbye to local imam anwar al-awlaki. he headed to yemen to recruit other muscle hijackers. and atta with a multiple entry visa touch down in florida. czech republic via new jersey. venice florida where he settled with the pilot who would fly united flight 175 into the world trade center south tower. already there was a lebanese man 26-year-old sahid he would crash united flight 93 into the ground in shanksville, pennsylvania. atta and jara made this video together as their last will and testament. san diego, all started taking flying lessons. atta was constantly on the move. flying to spain in january of 2001. after his return, he

that is where american airlines flight 77 hit ten years ago today. 200 victims pentagon workers unfurled a giant american flag this morning before the start of today's official ceremony. stay with us here on ktvu mornings on two. ahead at 8:45 we will go live to washington, d.c. for more on the service at the pentagon. >>> firefighters in san francisco also honored their fallen new york city counterparts this morning. >> edward j. day. edward j. roll. >> one by one they read the names of the 343 firefighters that lost their lives on 9/11. the ceremony started at 6:59. the exact time when the south tower of the world trade center fell. >> three months ago in a house fire we lost two firefighters. that loss has been very difficult. i can't imagine a department losing 343. >> other bay area fire stations held similar events earlier this morning. flags will be flown at half staff today in honor of the new york city firefighters. >> the mayor of oakland marked the anniversary at a vigil. they gathered at 5:30:00 a.m. at the remember them sculpture. with c

earlier this week, united continental airlines said it's trimming capacity even more in the coming months, and american warned that it could lose money into next year. as diane eastabook reports, this is a big departure from what had been a promising year. >> reporter: this year, things were finally looking up for u.s. airlines, allowing carriers to raise fares. through august, passenger yields-- the price consumers pay to fly one mile-- were up nearly 10% over the previous year. but now the chill of autumn is bringing with it fears of a global recession. airlines have responded by grounding planes and eliminating routes. that's giving standand & poor's airline analyst philip baggaley a feeling of deja vu. >> that's what happened in 2009. although the airlines were already cutting capacity in response to high fuel prices, once you had an outright recession the revenues fell and the losses ballooned. >> reporter: while the fourth quarter is typically a slow time for airlines, the next one could be especially challenging. the travel website orbitz says while reservations for air travel around christmas l

american airlines will charge you $450 on its asian flights. line spokesman says the reason for the charges is to offset fuel costs and dissuade passengers from checking such heavy bags. >>> you don't have to wait for an invitation to sign up for google plus the search engine's answer to facebook. launched its site june 28th, on an invitation-only bay is. since then the company says it has made more than 100 improvements based on user feedback including the ability to search for web content from within the service. the news comes two days before facebook is expected to announce new new sick sharing and apps. >> metal debris from -- from a massive satellite may hit as early as friday morning. it has been in orbit for 20 years. the satellite is the size of a school -- school bus. it orbits the earth every 89 minutes because it started tumbling it follows a new path every time around. >> as it is coming down in altitude it reaches more dag so it will determine what bart on the earth gets hit based on the orbit plane of the craft and rotation of the

american airlines will charge you $450 on its asian flights. line spokesman says the reason for the charges is to offset fuel costs and dissuade passengers from checking such heavy bags. >>> you don't have to wait for an invitation to sign up for google plus the search engine's answer to facebook. launched its site june 28th, on an invitation-only bay is. since then the company says it has made more than 100 improvements based on user feedback including the ability to search for web content from within the service. the news comes two days before facebook is expected to announce new new sick sharing and apps. >> metal debris from -- from a massive satellite may hit as early as friday morning. it has been in orbit for 20 years. the satellite is the size of a school -- school bus. it orbits the earth every 89 minutes because it started tumbling it follows a new path every time around. >> as it is coming down in altitude it reaches more dag so it will determine what bart on the earth gets hit based on the orbit plane of the craft and rotation of the

bush colocÓ una ofrenda floral en el muro donde impactÓ el vuelo de american airlines, matando a 182taques son un ejemplo de la robustÉs que demostrÓ el paÍs en ese momento y ahora hoy en dÍa. uno de los tres escenarios de los atentados del 9- 11 allÍ se estrellÓ el vuelo 93 donde los pasajeros forcejearon con los saavedra suicidas. hay un tributo a las vÍctimas y de la valentÍa de una mujer puertorriqueÑa. >> mÁs de 4 mil personas rindieron hoy trifubto a los muertos en el vuelo 93. se nombraron uno por uno los nombres de los que formaron parte. >> uno de esos hÉroes fue walesca martÍnez. me siento hoy un poco mÁs fuerte y mÁs fija en el sentido de que ya sÉ que los restos de todos los pasajeros estÁn descansando en paz en un sitio en donde todos podemos orar, llevarle flores, sentarnos a meditar y reflyexionar. >> se estima costarÁ más de 60 millones de dÓlares. >> cada panel tiene el nombre de los pasajeros y tripulantes por separado pero tambiÉn estÁn unidos como estuvieron en ellos en el vuelo 93, una sola persona. >> los secuestradores intentaron estrellar este aviÓn en washing

earlier there was a similar incident involving an american airlines flight from los angeles to new york, again involving passengers spending unusual amounts ofof time in the bathrooms. >> it's unnerving. but i'm glass i didn't know at the time. yeah. i think we were nervous about traveling on september 11. >> reporter: f-16 military jets made sure the plane landed safely. agents questioned passengers upon arrival at kennedy airport. at the dulles-ft. wortrp at the dulles-ft. worth airport, it was a truck, not a plane, that put security to work on sunday. ow penske van. when the truck was parked, security guards shut down the terminal. investigators say the driver was working on the reality show called "sons of guns." >> i guess you could describe it as being unaware of your circumstances and unaware of the circumstances around the day. and unaware of the circumstances regarding security at the location you happen to be in. >> reporter: while the weapons and pyrotechnics stash in the van looked suspicious on this 9/11 anniversary, dallas investigators discovered the driver had proper per

en otro incidente similar dos aviones escoltaron fue la de american airlines para nuestra razÓn.familiares de las vÍctimas vieron este domingo fluir el agua en estas inmensas fuentes construidas donde alguna vez se eligieran las torres gemelas y lloraron por primera vez unidas en el parque en memoria de los 3000 muertos. el agua significa las lÁgrimas que se continÚan derramando. luego el presidente visitÓ la zona en pennsylvania donde cayÓ el aviÓn, cuyos tripulantes impidieron que el aviÓn llegarÁ a la capital del paÍs a donde presuntamente querÍan dirigirse ese dÍa los terroristas. obama tambiÉn rindiÓ homenaje en el pentÁgono a las vÍctimas del ataque de un dÍa como hoy hace 10 aÑos. parece increÍble pero ya son 10 aÑos. en horas de noche, durante un concierto por la esperanza en washington, dijo que en los Últimos 10 aÑos se han fortalecido los lazos entre todos los estadounidenses crecieron muestra de sufre en todo el paÍs, y en su carÁcter como una gran naciÓn. valentÍa y robustez, eso dijo el presidente que simbolizan hoy en dÍa los ataques. eso es todo por el momento des

control y uno de lo aviones secuestrado entre lo más impactante la azafata a vuelo del vuelo 11 de american airlinesmento espeluznante la voz del terrorismo dando ordenes a la tripulación y los pasajeros. no se mueva nadie todo estará bien, si se mueven se hacen daño a ustedes mismos y al avión quédese quieto. la grabación hasta hoy inédita fue recopilada por un miembro de la comisión de investigación, el audio muestra la incredulidad de los o pradz de torres de control al escuchar lo que pasaba, esta es la unidad de transmisión tenemos un problema un avión rumbo a nueva york ha sido secuestrado a lo que otro operador responde, esto es real o es un ejercicio. >>> no, no, no es un ejercicio, no es una prueba es real. >>> en calle sesto desató opiniones diversas. >>> no es bueno revivir el dolor es mejor dejarlos tranquilos, cuantas familias cuantos amigos de nosotros quedaron ahí. >>> también el recordar es bueno para las demás personas porque uno se da cuenta de la magnitud de la maldad de la gente a petición de las familias esta grabación que se estrello oe en pennsylvania no fue puh aplicada y tam

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but she placed a call to american airlines instead as her first duty. >> we can't get in the cockpit. attendant wasn't even on duty that day. she hitched a ride on flight 11 to los angeles that morning to join her sisters on vacation. instead, she found herself a her row inin the worst act of terrorism ever committed on american soil. and her brother harry, a lifelong mourner of the little sister he called bea. >> i personal liam sad that as being the older brother, sort of the protector of the family that i -- i just didn't have the chance to protect her. it's really difficult to go through. >> now harry is embarking on another difficult task, this time as protector of betty's legacy. as he takes his mother sisters and other family members to ground zero for the dedication of the national september 11th memorial. >> for the last three years, we really as a family have gone back to lake tahoe and have a family retreat to just get away from 9/11 that particular week. >> wow. american hero. >> on this anniversary, the ongs will painfully and proudly carry the badges. >> i'm so proud of