vignette inside the pentagon most of the pentagon had evacuated but you had the war planners and operational people in the national military command center who just ate at work. of all days this was not the date they were about to leave their desks. so if firefighters outside in the fire chiefs thought everybody was out of the building they figured shirley they've got some backup plan down the street where they just move the command and control operations of which get in there and fight the fire. that wasn't the case. the then secretary and his top people stayed in the building and the national military command center, which is the main nerve center of the pentagon, beginning to fill with smoke for a while. there was talk inside of having to evacuate. they were worried about carbon monoxide levels and stuff. so rumsfeld as we know said we are not leaving this building. he did declare on tv the night of 9/11 the pentagon is open for business. that was news to the fire chiefs for a while. in the middle of the day on 9/11, a colonel from the joint staff went and found fire chiefs out at the com

pentagon.e understand there that's where american airlines flight 77 as you recall ten years ago crashed into the pentagon claiming the lives of 184 people. you're looking at the live shot right now and also in the foreground you're seeing these benches. these benches mark the 184 lives lost that being in mem or yam of the very many killed on that fateful day. the president will be arriving there, meeting with some of the families of the victims who will also be there. we understand he'll be laying a wreath. there will be a moment of silence taking place. you see there president barack obama with the first lady, michelle obama. we're going to take a short pause here and listen in as the president and the first lady make their way. [ applause ] >> get out of the way. snoest ♪ ♪ [ playing amazing grace ] >> we understand the president will be meeting now with the victims' families and other survivors of the tragic day ten years ago. he'll be enter a memorial there along with the first lady and ha

he's commenting on at the pentagon. they said it: the building and nobody can hear them because on a radio if you're talking and somebody else pushes a button to talk, it can cover up in a contact over you. everyone is talking over each other. finally one of the arlington captain stopped up and said, be quiet. track 105, tell us what's going on. you can hear the tape or derek takes half a second and very clearly describes what he sees into the pentagon. those tapes are -- also, two of the arlington senior firefighters, who are so experienced, bob cornwall and chuck kids, were talking about they are ordering pizza because these guys are such cool characters and in doing this so long. the top back and forth, yet got some fire, give me a couple more guys. to listen to them under pressure come on everyone else's and hysteria was very interesting and fascinating to hear. [inaudible] the question once i got sent back to iraq. yeah, it was great to work on a project for nearly three years. when i finally got someone to sign in

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. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the united states department of defense, we couple you to the pentagon observance ceremony in remembrance of the 184 lost at the pentagon and on american airlines flight 77 on september 11, 2001. please stand and welcome of the vice president of the united states, joe biden, the secretary of defense, leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral michael mullen. [inaudible conversations] >> please remain standing for the presentation of colors, the performance of the national anthem and the invocation delivered by the united states chief of chaplains ma

such as the pentagon families.nd you get your wish. i know it is something you are battling for and my best to you, okay? and also from us here... >> thank you, thank you very much. >> bill:... at the fox news channel, our best to you and the visit you are about to embark on, for the first time. >> martha: and sharing the remarkable story of your son and now we know more about him and he must have been a very, very special son. >> we are grateful to fox news for supporting the families, supporting our feelings. and, supporting our need to protect ourselves against terrorism. that is on our minds, all the time. >> bill: we live through it because of you. >> thank you. >> bill: thank you. >> martha: thank you very much. all right, we will continue this morning, it is a very emotional day, very important day, for all americans, as we gather to open and see this memorial, behind us, bill, it is amazing, that it has been ten years since that day, which feels so opponent and emotions of which are close to the surface for

again, from the pentagon.e, there's news from one of those fronts again today. >> reporter: that's right. a grim reminder that the war in afghanistan still goes on. a massive truck bomb exploded at a coalition base just outside of kab kabul, wounding 77 nato forces, most of them american. fortunately, the injuries were only minor. but it's a grim reminder, too, and the u.s. military and pentagon officials are well aware that this war has dragged on for ten years. america's patience, money, and, in fact, is running out. and so the u.s. military has -- has buckled down to meet president obama's 2014 deadline for the withdrawal of all american troops. which means, according to military officials, they only have three more years, brian, to get it right. >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon ten years later. thanks. >>> "nightly news" will continue from ground zero here in new york in just a moment. you could save a bundle with geico's multi-policy discount. geico, saving people money on more than just car insurance.

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at the pentagon today, another service. remembering the 184 killed on board that flight and inside the pentagon. and in shanksville, pennsylvania, and to that valiant team on board flight 93, who could forget, "let's roll," and the cell phone calls from inside that plane. >> please tell my children that i love them very much and i'm so sorry, babe. i don't know what to say. there's three guys, , ey hijacked the plane. i'm trying to be calm. we're turned around and i've heard that there's planes that's been flown into the world trade center. i hope to be able to see your face again, baby. i love you. good-bye. >> reporter: today, we heard the young voices, bringing comfort to that unforgotten field. while back in new york, paul simon, who said after 9/11, he wasn't s sure he could ever make an album again, came back, ten years later. ♪ and the vision that was planted in my brain ♪ ♪ still remains ♪ within the sound of silence ♪ >> so many people embracing at a transformed ground zero today. as soon as tomorrow, the memorial

inside of the pentagon.ntagon is fully staffed. everybody who is on the job has been there at that time. >> absolutely. >> do you remember what it looked like as you were leaving your office? was there a sense of panic or fear or uncertainty? what do you remember? >> the population is not that densely packed. but the closer i got to the scene of the airplane striking the pentagon, the more people you saw coming the other way. just panicked, and many cases -- and many cases. moving away from this fire. it is the pentagon said there are angels. you turn the corner and you just looked up and there was smoke. it just became this accident scene. thinking about it over the years, it was big heavy things. there was not fire. i am not out -- i am now outside. i still have not put the airplane piece together in my head. i just ran to this calamity, to the smoke. there is fire on all four floors and smoke. there are big holes in the side of the building. some snapshots in my mind as if they are happening right now. fi

we could only make it halfway over the bridge so i ran the rest of the distance to the pentagon. everyone else was running away from it. >> in that chaos, literally, everything horrible seemed possible. >> i've been at the pentagon when the plane hit, i was evacuated with everyone else at the pentagon. >> i think what i recall more than anything that day, looking across and seeing the smoke rising from the pentagon all day, and then seeing fighter jets go down to potomac river. >> i could see all these military boats patrolling the river, i got into downtown washington. there were tanks and armored personnel carriers and uniformed troops on the corners. i never thought of washington, d.c., my home town, as being a war zone. >> we saw this incredible system of triage being set up along the highway outside the pentagon. but as the hours ticket by, it was clear that it wasn't needed because everyone was either able to walk away or they were dead. >> for the first time in my life, i never felt it before, never since, the highest levels of the united states government were caught comp

to hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon.knew in my heart that was that aircraft. >>> it was instantaneous, a loud noise the lights went out, everything black, heavy smoke, debris piled on top of me. i'm pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i came closer this pile of debris i saw what looked like a face. couldn't be a live person then i thought i saw it wink or blink. i yelled for help. from outside came lt. commander tarantino. >> it feels like a furnace. couldn't believe there is anyone alive. i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris. i looked to by side and i saw mr. hinson, 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris, already my uniform is starting to melt, my shoes are starting to melt. i'm really eager for him to get out of there and go. he says he can't budge. out of desperation, i laid on my back under him and put my feet up on the debris over his head and i leg pressed, as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back against this pile and him pushing up with his legs he managed to get most of the debris

vice president joe biden helped lead the memorial services for the victims of the attack at the pentagone troops placed wreaths at the memorial there. 184 people were killed when the hijacked american airlines jet 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

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to hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon.knew in my heart that was that aircraft. >>> it was instantaneous, a loud noise the lights went out, everything black, heavy smoke, debris piled on top of me. i'm pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i came closer this pile of debris i saw what looked like a face. couldn't be a live person then i thought i saw it wink or blink. i yelled for help. from outside came lt. commander tarantino. >> it feels like a furnace. couldn't believe there is anyone alive. i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris. i looked to by side and i saw mr. hinson, 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris, already my uniform is starting to melt, my shoes are starting to melt. i'm really eager for him to get out of there and go. he says he can't budge. out of desperation, i laid on my back under him and put my feet up on the debris over his head and i leg pressed, as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back against this pile and him pushing up with his legs he managed to get most of the debris

to hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon.knew in my heart that was that aircraft. >>> it was instantaneous, a loud noise the lights went out, everything black, heavy smoke, debris piled on top of me. i'm pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i came closer this pile of debris i saw what looked like a face. couldn't be a live person then i thought i saw it wink or blink. i yelled for help. from outside came lt. commander tarantino. >> it feels like a furnace. couldn't believe there is anyone alive. i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris. i looked to by side and i saw mr. hinson, 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris, already my uniform is starting to melt, my shoes are starting to melt. i'm really eager for him to get out of there and go. he says he can't budge. out of desperation, i laid on my back under him and put my feet up on the debris over his head and i leg pressed, as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back against this pile and him pushing up with his legs he managed to get most of the debris

to hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon.knew in my heart that was that aircraft. >>> it was instantaneous, a loud noise the lights went out, everything black, heavy smoke, debris piled on top of me. i'm pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i came closer this pile of debris i saw what looked like a face. couldn't be a live person then i thought i saw it wink or blink. i yelled for help. from outside came lt. commander tarantino. >> it feels like a furnace. couldn't believe there is anyone alive. i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris. i looked to by side and i saw mr. hinson, 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris, already my uniform is starting to melt, my shoes are starting to melt. i'm really eager for him to get out of there and go. he says he can't budge. out of desperation, i laid on my back under him and put my feet up on the debris over his head and i leg pressed, as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back against this pile and him pushing up with his legs he managed to get most of the debris

he took a hill staff management style to the pentagon. the people close to him or disconnected from the institution beneath them which could have helped them enormously if they had connected. it was partly self-imposed. his own grambling discussions did not help. i really like myself and my contact with them, and i regret he did not do better as secretary who was closest to their president? clearly mcnamara was close to both kennedy and johnson. very interesting be if you read the transcripts of the cuban missile crisis that have been published, and understand that kennedy, john f. kennedy had never met either dean rusk or bob mcnamara when he appointed in to office. this is 18 months into an administration. lots of meetings, crisis. cubans -- cuban missile crisis. read the transcript and listen to the tapes. kennedy always calls mike panera bob and he always calls dean rusk, secretary rusk. that tells you something about their relationship. ronald reagan was very close to of one bird and had been in california. he tolerated the very open

they placed wreaths, on the pentagon bench, one of the 134 victims. michael novo was working on the floor when flight 77 hit the pentagon. >> it's ten years and i just start crying. a parent should not bury a child. >> an american flag is draped over the pentagon just as it was in the days following the attacks. vice-president i don't biden and defense sect leon panetta led the morning tribute to the victims. >> the terrorists who attacked the pentagon sought to weaken america, but they failed. >> reporter: bells tolled 175 miles away, after family and friends read the names of each perp who died when flight 93 crashed in shanksville, pennsylvania. earlier in the day, the president and first lady met with families of the 40 victims. and walked to the boulder that marks the spot where passengers helped bring down the plane. pentagon officials highlighted the contributions of american men and women since 9/11, saying millions have volunteered for military service, since the attacks. in arlington, virginia, daniel nottingham, cbc 5. >>> well those who di

to hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon.knew in my heart that was that aircraft. >>> it was instantaneous, a loud noise the lights went out, everything black, heavy smoke, debris piled on top of me. i'm pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i came closer this pile of debris i saw what looked like a face. couldn't be a live person then i thought i saw it wink or blink. i yelled for help. from outside came lt. commander tarantino. >> it feels like a furnace. couldn't believe there is anyone alive. i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris. i looked to by side and i saw mr. hinson, 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris, already my uniform is starting to melt, my shoes are starting to melt. i'm really eager for him to get out of there and go. he says he can't budge. out of desperation, i laid on my back under him and put my feet up on the debris over his head and i leg pressed, as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back against this pile and him pushing up with his legs he managed to get most of the debris

begun chipping away at military spending with planned cuts of three hundred fifty billion from the pentagon that's a start but if the appointed super committee can't come up with additional one point five trillion total in spending cuts then the defense budget becomes a target again with another six hundred billion in cuts as part of a trigger mechanism let's be honest here the trigger it's not going to happen that's why they include it because it's a defense to begin with because they know that lawmakers are never actually going to cut the pentagon that drastically but if you are still worried about those cuts then don't be the g.o.p. along with the pentagon are doing everything that they can to instill fear deep in the hearts of every american about this second round of cuts potentially hitting the d.o.t. i'll make sure that they'll never actually happened and boy are they go to that fear mongering to say washington d.c. politicians doing what they do best scaring the daylights out of people they do it all the time let's take a look at some of these rather apocalyptic scenarios that they'

flight 93 to right here in the pentagon. those in this building that day knew what they were witnessing. it was a declaration of war by stateless actors bent on changing our way of life. who leaved that -- whole believed that -- who believed these horrible acts of terror directed against innocents could buckle our knees, could bend our will, could begin to break us and break our resolved. but they did not know us. instead, that same american instinct that sent all of you under the breach between the fourth and fifth corridors galvanized an entire new patriots. the 9/11 generation. many of them were just kids on that bright september morning. but like their grandparents, on december 7th, 1941, they courageously bored the burden that the united states placed on their soldiers. >> they we now want to take you to shanksville, pennsylvania. services are scheduled for another hour and a half in that community at the new flight 93 national memorial. now normally that community has a population of 260 but so many people have come ou

to hear reports of the explosion at the pentagon.was instantaneous, a loud noise the lights went out, everything black, heavy smoke, debris piled on top of me. i'm pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i came closer this pile of debris i saw what looked like a face. couldn't be a live person then i thought i saw it wink or blink. i yelled for help. from outside came lt. commander tarantino. >> it feels like a furnace. couldn't believe there is anyone alive. i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris. i looked to by side and i saw mr. hinson, 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris, already my uniform is starting to melt, my shoes are starting to melt. i'm really eager for him to get out of there and go. he says he can't budge. out of desperation, i laid on my back under him and put my feet up on the debris over his head and i leg pressed, as hard as i could. >> me pushing with my back against this pile and him pushing up with his legs he managed to get most of the debris up to extricate himself from this huge pile of

barbara starr at the pentagon.id mattingly in shanksville, pennsylvania, and athena jones in washington. we begin with poppy harlow who joins us live from the top of the two world financial center in new york. poppy, tell me more about the perspective there. >> reporter: you know, it's been interesting to watch this, fredricka. all day since 8:00 this morning when the ceremony began, of course president barack obama here along with president bush and both of the first ladies, the current and former, speaking to this audience. but it was interesting. it wasn't about politics. it wasn't about parties. it was all about the people that were being remembered. i'm standing right above just the glorious memorial that was opened for the first time, fredricka, just a few hours ago. family members let in for the first time to see the two massive pools and the names of each and every victim. a loved one to many of these people etched out. and it was interesting. what really stood out to me is that the family members after the

and fact we have almost fifty thousand troops that are still there and if everything goes as the pentagon wants it to we're slow going to have up to ten thousand troops left after the end of this year even though by an agreement they're all supposed to be out by the end of two thousand and eleven of course doesn't even include the thousands of military contractors there in the country the five thousand or so strong mercenary army that the state department has decided that it needs. and you know going year later the mainstream media is completely silent about this where the reporters on the ground are the goosebumps now are they embarrassed about all the fanfare year ago you know they'd rather just not bring it up so they don't have to look like well they overreacted a little bit personally i think that it's a disgrace what should be giving everybody goosebumps not only that this war is still going on but the people are still dying we've seen more some months this year to be just as violent if not more violent than those in two thousand and three when we've seen fifty nine american service

david, you also talked to a survivor from the pentagon. >> from the pentagon.n thei tv. shiela moody, said someone came to her desk and said have you seen what happened in new york and moments later is when it unfolded at the pentagon. i want to show you what she said in the hope sheila brought us all ten years later. >> reporter: it was the second day of the john when one of her brand-new co-workers came to the desk and asked, did you hear, two planes hit the world trade center. >> two seconds later, i heard a whistling, like a whistling sound and a rumble. >> reporter: this time it was the pentagon and shiela was in a ll of fire. this is what she told us in the hours afterward. >> then just a big whoosh. it felt like air at first, but then i realized it was fire. >> reporter: and then a voice. >> and he was saying, is there anybody in there. i said yes, we're here. we're here, then he said, i can't see you. >> reporter: so she started to clap hoping he can follow the sound. he extinguished the flames between them and pulled her out. >> his hand was outt to yo

ceremonies are also being held in pennsylvania and at the pentagon. i have to start by asking you where you were when the plane crashed into the pentagon. >> by the time the plane did the pentagon, i was in this command center where several senior officials and i were trying to connect with their colleagues at the various agencies, get more information. secretary ron salad was still in his office. -- rumsfeld was still in his office. we felt this enormous thump. that was the plane hitting the pentagon. >> did you realize immediately what had happened? were you kind of thinking, the pentagon is such a symbolic building, we might be next? >> we verso focused on the task at hand -- we were so focused on the task at hand. and try to prevent further attacks. you were not thinking about yourself. we were not thinking about the building. when i felt it and fired the explosion, i was not completely surprised. >> i was at the pentagon after the plane went end. i remember talking to soldiers who were visibly shaking. the american military would have to change.

we're watching that ceremony at the pentagon. we'll get back to you when we see the president step out. there is increased security in washington. alan chernoff at ground zero with how new yorkers are reacting the the threat. when we do see the former president come out, we will share that with you. alan, let me start with you -- if i have to break in, i apologize, alan. we're watching this live event take place in washington right now. ly start with you. tell me the mood of the city today, a day before the tenth anniversary? >> reporter: september 11th is a day that really haunts all americans, but particularly new yorkers. new york as a result of the terror threat and the fact that the tenth anniversary is upon us is really on high alert. there are police checkpoints throughout manhattan. police are very carefully reviewing cars that are moving by, especially vans and trucks. they've been asking drivers to pull over, open up their contents. they take a look inside. they're also wearing radiation detectors. they've been sweeping

he attended a memorial at the pentagon. earlier he walked the fields of shanksville, pennsylvania remembering the 40 lost there and he began at a ceremony at ground zero where 2,753 people were killed. the first lady and president and mrs. bush walked with him during the service. mr. obama gave a reading from the bible. tonight, he spoke at a concert for hope at the kennedy center in washington, d.c. ♪ >> join us later in the broadcast when we look back on this full day of remembrance. the moments to remember. we'll show you how our nation paid its respects. we want to listen now to the president earlier tonight in washington. >> in the decades since, much has changed for americans. we have known war and recession, passionate debates and political divides. we can never get back the lives we lost that day or the americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the wars that followed. today it is worth remembering what has not changed -- our character as a nation has not changed. our faith in god and in each other. that has not c

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

david martin is at the pentagon.ille, pennsylvania today. chip, i want to start with you. the president's coming up there. what's happening there? >> well, he's not going to be giving a speech. the white house decided this just wasn't a day for speechifying so what the president is going to do is lay a wreath here at the wall of names, as it's known. he will meet with family members. in fact, bob, let me give you a quick show-and-tell behind me. that is the heart of the memorial. this memorial is very much unfinished elsewhere but here they have completed this basic center of the memorial. that is the wall of names there. etched with the 40 names of the passenger and crew who died in flight 93. it points directly at a 17-ton sand stone bolder. that bolder marks the point of impact. that area is known as sacred ground. only family members are allowed to walk in that area. bob? >> schieffer: thank you very much, chip. david martin, of course, is our national security correspondent. and david, i remember talking to you

to host our coverage from the pentagon tomorrow.'s coming back here to do this on monday. >> we're going to look forward to that. and we'll watch you this evening as well when you're bringing the "newsroom" to tampa. see you then, thanks so much, don. >> reporter: all right, fred. >> i'm going to call central casting now for you. be sure to tune in monday night as cnn, the tea party express and other tea party groups co-host the cnn republican debate. that's monday, 8:00 eastern. >>> action, drama and thrills at the movies this weekend. two new films, "contagion" and "warrior" are in theaters. but are they worth your bucks? let's talk about this "contagion," the trailers are thrilling, all-star cast, gwyneth paltrow, kate winslet, matt damon, jude law. >> and cnn's own sanjay gupta makes an appearance. >> that's right. he's in it, too. this is centering about an outbreak of some deadly disease, right? >> yes. pardon me -- no, just kidding. >> hope you're feeling all right. in this clip that we're about to see, matt damon finds out t

that the pentagon didn't have before and was not considered appropriate for the pentagon to have before. >> narrator: buried deep inside the pentagon bureaucracy, rumsfeld anointed jsoc with power and money. >> macgregor: one of the reasons that secretary rumsfeld became very enamored of special operations forces was the readiness of special operations forces to deploy and do what they were asked to do, whereas the army presented resistance. >> narrator: jsoc began a systematic series of capture and targeted killing operations. one by one, they aimed for al qaeda leaders wherever they found them. ( explosions ) using conventional war authorities, they did it all with less oversight than the cia. >> clarke: so, in the past, covert action was done by cia, the president had to approve covert action and notify the congress. now, a lot of what looks like the same sort of thing-- covert action-- is done by jsoc. now, they say when they do it, it's not covert action; it's a military operation. so the president does not by law have to approve every operation, and the intelligence committees are

took turns reading the names of the victims, 2,983, including those killed in pennsylvania, the pentagon, and in new york in 2001 and 1993. >> and my father sib of the accidentian gorky, who i never met because i was in my mom's bell. i love you, father. >> reporter: president obama and former president bush shared a moment by the found tapes and an emotional greeting for family members. there were moments of silence to mark each of the four plane crashes and the collapse of each tower. the memorial will open public on monday. today, it was an intensely personal place. just for families of the victims. >> we mess you terribly. >> reporter: mary lost her son john. >> he used to say to me would you wait for me in heaven and know when i'm coming. i wanted to say, john, keep the back gate open because i'm on my way. >> reporter: john's sister tara, whose birthday was today, wore ribbons marking each of the past anniversaries -- anniversaries. >> i think 10 years out, i am more focused on celebrating john's life and who he was and making sure i live each day to the fullest. >> reporter: as th

people stayed at the pentagon and try to reconstitute are operations. it was a magnificent display of what you do in a crisis. train for it and you train for it and then to see it actually happened, it was magnificent. i mentioned i was on the quadrennial defense review. i report to congress. the secretary of defense's report was due at the end of september. in gallows humor, as we try to figure out what to do to help, they said, i guess that is it for the report. there will be a delay. that was a groundswell from the younger guys. it was such a motivating moment, a defining moment for who we are, when not only are we not going to delay it, we are going to turn it in on time, was the direction. not only are we going to turn it in on time, but we are going to read to a completely because the world has just changed for our defense. -- we're going to retool it completely because the world has just changed. it was a grim reminder that this was our military headquarters. this is the united states. we're not going to let this stop us. we are better than that.

wolf blitzer is at the pentagon.anhattan. soledad, a different ceremony you are witnessing today but extremely emotional, as well, for the hundreds of firefighters who attended, thousands, probably, to honor the more than 340 firefighters who lost their lives during 9/11. >> reporter: yeah. you know, they really wanted the event today here at 100th and riverside to be not about speeches and not about politicians. they told me that several times. they said this is about firemen, firefighters honoring firefighters and remembering firefighters. and so that's what they did. they had a simple and very beautiful ceremony, and it was not punctuated by anyone talking or anything other than people just really ek pressing their remarkable support for the heroic actions of the 343 firefighters who lost their lives on that day. the last ten years they've come to this firefighters memorial to hold, you know, a kind of mostly sort of private event, really, just for firefighters and their families. and they say they'll be back agai

we've been hit. >> barbara will share her 9/11 memories there from the pentagon .apentago pentagon.ng call placed from flight 93 that crashed in this field in pennsylvania. >> my husband was taking a routine business trip to california and our new baby was just 11 weeks old. so i went'7" to my parents' house to get help with the baby. i sat down to nurse the baby and i turned on the television and i saw a plane hit the world trade center. jeremy had actually called before his plane took off, as he always did. and he had talked to my dad and everything was, you know, routine. and about, i guess, 9:27, 9:28 the phone rang and i was in the kitchen and my parents were in the living room, which is down a long hallway and i heard my mother say thank god it's you jeremy, we've been so worried. i ran into the room, all the color went from her face and she handed me the phone. sorry. and he was on the phone and he had told me that his plane had been hijacked. at the same time he's telling me this, i see everything unfolding oen a big screen television. and he said his plane had been hijacked

>> i was in the pentagon when it was hit.had the two planes hit the world trade center before that. minutes before. and the first plane hit, it was obviously an accident. and the second plane hit and obviously was not an accident. and then the pentagon shook and it was clear that america had been attacked. and i went down the hall and the smoke was so bad, i couldn't go any farther, and there out on the lawn, the apron around the pentagon were thousands of pieces of metal. little pieces, not like that plane stayed together. the plane just was pieces everywhere. and people coming out with burns, and people going in and helping them out. i ran into a lieutenant colonel who said to me he saw an airplane hit the pentagon. i had no idea if it was a bomb or what had happened. but it was a day we'll all remember. throughout our lives, and after a decade, certainly we remember those who were killed and their families and their friends and what a terrible, terrible day for america. >> and you can watch fareed's entire interview with d

. >> reporter: a ceremony at the pentagon for the 184 people who died there. >> : a parent should not bury a child. >> reporter: and bells ring for the brave passengers who storm the cockpit on united flight 93 that crashed in pennsylvania. >> good evening. at this hour, the annual tribute is limb newing the -- whom naturing the light's sky. two beams of light. randall is near the memorial with a wrap of today's events, a day to remember, and a day to reflect. >> reporter: the cameras were focused on the dedication of the new 9/11 memorial park, but right outside side the camera range were people who came here to pay their respects and to reflect on the profound impact of september 11, 2001 on america. >>> two beams of light illuminate the skyline filling the void with the twin tours stood a decade ago. it capped off a day of remembrance at the transformed ground zero site. their families are now able to touch the names of their loved ones. >> our court -- court rage us son. >> rely lives -- relatives read all of the names, including those who died at the pentagon and pennsylvania. >>

memorial fund, jim lacheck, who lost his brother, dave, in the pentagon.s, their children, their loved ones. they were members of many races and many religions. monsignor lorenzo albaseti wrote, here there were jews, christians, buddhists, muslims, atheists. there were rich, there were poor, there were c.e.o.'s, there were waiters, there were newlyweds, there were widowers. it was humanity, an affirmation of human dreams, of human ambition, of human desire, of the hope of human progress. ♪ >> i think there's a lot of hope the world will continue to come together and focus on what be done to bring all religious faiths and all nations together. >> i think america is a beacon of hope. it doesn't have to be 9/11, although that's probably one of the best examples. americans always are full of heart and will do whatever they can to help people all around the world. >> after the attack on pearl and the united states got involved in world war ii, i think that was a very difficult time for our country and prosperity came from that and as we move on from 9/11, i thi

along with the pentagon are doing everything to bake and to instill fear deep in the hearts of every american about this second round of cuts potentially having to deal all make sure it will never actually happen and boy do they go to that fear mongering to see washington d.c. politicians doing what they do best scaring the daylights out of people they do it all the time let's take a look at some of these rather apocalyptic scenarios that they've laid out for us first we're going to go with representative mark thornberry he's on the house armed services and intelligence committees and vice chairman of the subcommittee of emerging threats so in other words this guy is neck deep in our defense apparatus during a radio show back in august who are very said the first cuts are something in the pentagon says they can live with it's going to be hard but it's the kind of in the bar in the ballpark of what folks have been talking up for a while the second cuts if they were to happen would be devastating you simply could not operate the military with that second round of cuts. so wait a minute

c-span2, live coverage from the pentagon.ghout the day today, including to the evening with a live event at the kennedy center in washington d.c. tonight. next telephone call and our discussion is orange park, florida. courtney, your honor. >> caller: high. i was nine years old when this happened. i was a school. i remember our teachers took us to the classrooms and said something bad had happened. it would not let us watch tv. they said something bad had happened in ibibio carry. the rest of the day i remember playing in going home. it was, of course, my mom and dad were trying to stop me from watching it. that is just something you can't always help the kid from watching. i'm 19 today, almost 20. i cannot imagine what happened on that plane and i am so grateful for what happened with those guys to save everybody. i just wanted to tell everyone, i hope everyone is having an amazing day. am so sorry for everything. >> host: such a little girl. it sounds as low you have incorporated 9/11 into your formative experience. >> call

many of us here in the pentagon not only we, reporter, but many who worked in the pentagon and particularlyfense, active defense issues, we were working very hard to figure out exactly what was going on, and then when the flight 77 smacked into the pentagon here at 9:37 in the morning, our focus changed immediately to that, and what was i was most impressed about is how the entire building sprung into action, and not only in the immediate response to those who were injured and trying to rescue people here in the building, but then in the days after how everybody set their mind on what had to be done in response to those terrorist attacks, putting aside all of the sacrifice and all of the pain to immediately get down to that task, and even now, ten years later, many of them are still at war as a result of 9/11, alex. >> nick, when that plane hit the pentagon, did you feel the impact? was there a huge shudder? because people talk about the pentagon and the miles of corridor? >> that is right. there is a huge building and where the plane hit the pentagon and where i was sitting on the air for

jennifer griffin at the pentagon.nk tkpwral in -- laura ingle in shanksville, pennsylvania. >> we've had 10 years since the 9/11 an being fast and 10 ceremonies marking the anniversary of those attacks. this one perhaps more profound and more beautiful than think that we've seen so far in large part because of the progress that has been made at the site of the world trade center. just over the last few years itch as we listen to more names being read by family members of the victims who get up in groups of two and read groups of names, ending with the loved one they lost and sending out a personal message as they read that name. we heard music from violinist yo-yo ma and paul simon and james taylor. we heard from dignataries, including mayor michael bloomberg. >> they were our neighbors, our friends our husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, children and parents. they were the ones who rushed in to help. >> of course, what makes this year different is the september 11th, memorial is now open on the plaza where the buildi

it was like an earthquake had actually hit the pentagon.t was a feeling of surprise and shock and then anger. >> colonel todd key was also in the pentagon on the other side and had just got off the phone with his wife. >> i thought she was dead. i had that feeling she was dead. >> reporter: he realized she was alive when he reunited with her after escaping the burning building. >> i realized everybody in the pentagon has a family, and it made it real to me that that was -- that it was different at that moment, it was different. >> reporter: colonel david kumar was thinking about his two children when he began to carry out the toddlers at the pentagon day care. >> what was painful is that perhaps some of those childrens' parents had perished. >> reporter: the pain of 9/11 was difficult, because he had to leave his pregnant wife to identify the pentagon bodies. >> i was trying to match dental records. the toughest part was at the end of the day, they would take the victims that were ready to be transported back to the families -- >> reporter: