i'm named after my father, scott larson. i look exactly like my father.y marks on my face to every single thing, identical. >> and exactly like his father, he's now a firefighter too, going to work every day in his father's firehouse. and did mom every say are you sure? maybe don't? >> no. she was my biggest supporter through it. i couldn't have got through the academy, what they call the 18 weeks, without her. >> without me. >> packing his lunch ever day. >> truth be told. >> make them hero. >> great men have walked this place. great men have worked here. as i continue on his legacy, try to do the best i can every day, and hopefully make me proud. >> when we come back, a mom who returns to the stage, a broadway superstar. and two 9/11 widows who channel their grief into action. don't settle. start your day with secret. secret stops odor-causing sweat 3x more. and the provitamin b5 formula is gentle on skin. with secret, outlast anything! no sweat. secret. ♪ all strength. no sweat. ♪ is struggling to manage your type 2 diabetes knocking you out of your zo

back in 2001 sat down with a group of young families who lost someone in the attack including scott larson was 4 years old when his father was killed. today, he's a firefighter working in the same firehouse where his dad once worked. >> i look exactly like my father. everything from the beauty marks on my face to every single thing. i mean, like identical. >> diane sawyer will bring you many more stories from the children of during a prime time special at 10:00 eastern and join us tomorrow at 8:00 eastern for live coverage of the anniversary ceremonies. >>> new details about the passengers on the first international flight to leave kabul since the u.s. military withdrawal. the state department says just 10 u.s. citizens and 11 green card holders were among roughly 200 people on board the charter flight that landed in qatar even though nearly 40 americans were invited to fly out. the white house says the taliban was cooperative and professional in allowing the departure. >>> breaking overnight, president biden called chinese president xi jinping amid growing tensions between the u.s. and ch

firefighter scott larson is climbing toward the 78th floor where the plane has hit.urposeful, he is steady. >> just got a report from the director of morgan stanley. 78 seems to have taken the brunt of this stuff. there's a lot of bodies. they say the stairway is clear all the way up though. >> all right. 10-4, scott. >> reporter: he is one of the first who has already made it up 48 flights of stairs. >> what floor are you on? >> 48 right now. >> all right, more people are coming up behind you. >> reporter: with his heavy iron tools, he continues to climb on. 34 minutes later, the tower collapses. >> never forget how brave people were, and people gave up their life to help someone that they didn't even know. and that's something that i feel is important. >> reporter: his daughter brenda is now a second grade teacher and says childhood memories may be small, but they are potent. she and her dad at disneyland loved goofy. so she slipped a pair of goofy ears into his casket. >> people take things for granted, and it's hard, especially as we get older, it's hard. >> repo

andrew larson scott matthew davidson. and as you can see, many people are in attendance.we do know that san francisco mayor london breed. she's there as well as the family members of baby on. >> she was the flight attendant on flight 11. the first plane that slammed into one of the twin towers. she's called the national hero as she called the authorities to let them know exactly what was going on and tip them that this was not an accident. so there is a local tie to san francisco, which is why it impacts us so dearly. we will continue what's going on in shanksville as well as when i was diagnosed with dupuytren's contracture, i waited to get treated. thought surgery was my only option. but then i found out about nonsurgical treatments. it was a total game changer. learn more about the condition at factsonhand.com california, did you know our homes share power? but when we try to stay cool in a heat wave our supply is pushed to the limit. but you have the power to keep us up and running! “i do?” yup, we all do! with flex alerts. they notify us when to shift our energy use

larry >> scott larsen >> john adam larson >> natalie janis lasden >> gary edward lasko >> nicholas craigs a. laurencin >> stephen james lauria >> maria lavache >> denis francis lavelle >> jeannine mary laverde >> anna a. laverty >> steven lawn >> robert a. lawrence, jr. >> nathaniel lawson >> david w. laychak >> and my father, brendan francis mccabe. i remember the day before 9/11. my father took me and my brother to the store to get soccer cleats and close for the season. never did i think he would be ripped out of our lives less than one day later. i remember like it was yesterday. you never got to see us grow up, chase our dreams, raju eight schools, never got to help us become adults. you never got to see our nieces and nephews and younger cousins grow up and get married and have families of their own. all we have left is memories of you, how amazing you were as a father and a person the younger kids in the family will never get to hang out with uncle foam bender firsthand. there has been a lot of pain and heartache over the past 20 years and we miss you like crazy every day. from yo

scott to talk about a new plan to crack down on retail theft. the mayor warning if you commit a crime like this, there will be consequences. our reporter kate larson is breaking down the new strategy. kate: when it comes to rampant retail theft, the mayor said not to mistake san francisco's kindness. we cannot continue to allow what we see as lawlessness to dominate our city. we are better than this. >> the mayor and police a man who has since been arrested shoplifting a garbage bag full of items from a walgreens. >> people then start fearing crime even if they haven't been victimized. >> the retail crime you -- unit has been expanded from two to six full-time investigators. when filing a there will be an opportunity to include a suspect description. >> in the meantime, a lot of it is the eye test. if you are out shopping or doing what you do in this city and you are seeing these things occur, we want you to see less of it. we don't want you to see it at all. >> surveillance video shows helpless store employees watch the steel $10,000 worth of merchandise in just seconds. >> we are on pins and needles all the time. >> margaret o'leary said her sto