south tower no, south tower. yes, i remember olya screaming no.but then, after 20 minutes, our building already fell. i am went about some business. and how it happens. this is a situation at the most unnecessary moment. my close friend's car broke down. i call my friend valery savenko. i'm talking about problems. my car broke down, and he tells me in some very strange, completely lifeless voice, and we have problems, he says, we lost the word died, then princes were not uttered in the sovkin family .

in less than half an hour, the fdny had rescue operations in the north tower, the south tower, and theroom hotel between them. >> from the time the first plane hit the north tower until the second tower collapsed was 102 minutes. the things that were going through pete's mind in just 102 minutes is just mind-boggling. >> reporter: sal was with chief of department pete ganci at his command post on the street below the towers. this is the only known picture of ganci that day. was ganci the kind of boss that you did things for because you feared him or because you desperately did not want to let him down? >> you did it because you love him. >> reporter: he joined the fdyn in 1968. what kind of man was peter ganci? >> uh, pete -- i guess people would say he's my alter ego. chest full of medals. and he was just a down to earth honest, hardworking guy. he's a paratrooper in the army, worked his way up to be chief of the department in the fdny. quite a story. >> reporter: a story of courage over his 33-year career. he won the department's medal of valor crawling into a burning apartment on hi

why did you immediately evacuate the south tower? erned me there had started to be smoke started to kind of wafer in from the north tower. you could smell something. we started to get concerned being that high up, maybe we should start down in the event of a, you know, something, you know, whatever was going on at the time which we didn't know. you know, one of the things, one of the things i just wanted to mention today that is very, very important to me and i'm, i am blessed every day for me is a good day because i, there were several times i had said my prayers that day, figuring that i would be unfortunately killed. thanks to many heroes like this man sitting next to me i was fortunate enough to survive but one of the things that still has a major hole in my heart is that we have not looked at and not, we need to continue to look at who was responsible for this. this great country was attacked by a foreign nation and that nation is the kingdom of saudi arabia. families thanks, thanks, to president biden's executive order, the fami

first the south tower. no, south tower. yes, i remember that i met no. this is a shower that allows with a voice, she shouted no, then, after 20 minutes, the building already fell. i was on my way to some business. and how it happens. this is the situation at the most tender moment. my close friend's car broke down, i called my friend valery savinkin and said, my car broke down. against all odds, they really wanted to believe. son should come home people were absolutely from everywhere, not only from the group, but not only from new york, there was california there was maryland. there were people there, but there were tourists who arrived, then they were found from the baltic states from leningrad from moscow from ukraine there were people, and according to my estimates from this list. that's more than 5,000 people, about one in eight. he was a man with russian roots, however, on september 11, the death toll could not even be approximated. moreover, the twin towers were not the only targets of the terrorists, the third plane, involved in the attack was a

this one marking flight one 75 into the south tower. we are heading to the pentagon right.until 9:37 am. where flight 77 hit the pentagon that you are looking at right now. the president will make remarks at the pentagon at 9:59. and there will be yet another moment of silence to mark the moment in which the south tower of the world trade center fell. representative arbery, now you introduced a resolution to teach a 9/11 curriculum to school children. what would you teach? what would be in that? >> you know, here in new york we are required to teach. it it's about what happened that day, would have until the lead up to that day. the men and women who responded, the fireman and police officers and port authority officers. just making sure that it is kept as part of the curriculum. because it's not -- it's not really, passes 21. yes but it's also not recent history. it's something in between we need to make sure people don't forget. we've always had never forget. >> -- >> there are a lot of -- anybody in high school now is not alive when this happened. i was in high school, i

morning, many of us gathered around televisions watching the horrific events unfold at the north and south towers of the world trade center. and in the minutes that followed, the grounds on which we stand today, became a target of those very same cowardly terrorists. and taken from us too soon that fateful morning were 125 service members and civilians working on the pentagon campus. 59 men, women, and children who flew on flight 77. we gather today as we do every september to honor those we lost here at the pentagon, to remember all who perished in new york and pennsylvania, and to reaffirm the strength and resolve of this great nation. now, i would like to take a moment to ask all of those assembled here to raise your hand if you were present at the pentagon on that day 21 years ago. thank you for being with us this morning. i, too, was at the pentagon on september 11, 2001, and together with so many of you, we witness the courage of our colleagues and first responders. we mourned the loss of the innocent. and we resolved to rebuild and hold accountable those who threatened our values and our w

, the side of the south tower, the same, the same tower that was struck when i was reading to president bush touching is profound. you feel it immediately how strong singers, and you can see it visually. how was back, like nothing. the enormity of it is hard to describe. ah, when i saw the photo was, was a bizarre mix of various different reactions. took me back immediately. but it's, it's rough to, to pre pretty big job. story the fast. yeah. my last time. visiting this memorial. it didn't change my life picking it all. in fact, if anything, and reinforced my, my mindset and my pride that i have in this country, but at the same time, it doesn't go with me, a sense of optimism for this country, for this country in the face of adversity. and also we're going to become greater than we were before. despite the tragic events that might happen. life happens and we are resilient people. we learn. when we get up and we move on. when things get tough in a wheel, when life throws you the biggest point you ever think you would experience and it may com, hold on. hi, i am excited about going back

the plane crashed into the south tower. walk along the wreckage, our mop remark that he was born two months premature and missed heavy bombing in world war ii and survived. yet, -- is open 11 spirit has lived on within all of our hearts these 21 years. but we dearly miss his magnetic personality, sense of humor. this should have been the 31st -- 53rd anniversary. they were soulmates. she remembers blowing them a kiss. he would be beyond proud of his daughter as they are raising is amazing, soon to be grandson bryce. he has this wonderful smile, twinkling eyes and he loves the water just like his grandfather. they would have been great pals. he would have been appalled at the act of terrorism. i am no older than my older brother ever got to be. i am so glad my cousin encouraged me to read the bible. most of them are only in their 30's and 40's. this would be the first person there to help. dearest first responders, you have ever your general respect and gratitude. you have the deepest sympathies from my family to all who hav

i was in my house in the south tower, came down, and i received a phone call from a firefighter.id to me, frank, it's really bad down here. i said, i know. and he goes, no, you don't understand. nobody's come home. and i had to get off the phone, tell my three sisters my brothers, that steven wasn't coming home. he ran through the tunnel to the towers. and that's why we started the tunnel to towers foundation. all these men and women have inspired us. every time i'm here at the american response monument that represents the 12 horsemen that rode into afghanistan, they were told, you take this mission, you're not going to come home. true american heroes. they never forgot what happened on september 11th and meeting them when they came home. it just sent chills up my spine because i knew what they went through. we're so proud at the tunnel to towers. for taking care of catastrophically injured service members. gold star families. well, if you're a fallen first responder anywhere in america and you die in the line of duty, we're going to pay off your mortgage. and if you don't have

i didn’t know yet that in a few minutes the second plane would ram the south tower. the terrible events of that day did not end there. ahead was the collapse of the gemini attack on the pentagon and the fall of the fourth passenger liner, yes, the third and fourth aircraft, which, according to the words, were also involved in the terrorist attacks, crashed the pennsylvania hentagon aircraft, which allegedly hit the pentagon and collapsed into one of its sections, the audit work on will disappear to our from the budget of two whole and 3/10 trillion us dollars in the west wing of the pentagon boeing of american airlines dived at 9:37 a.m. local time, and exactly 9 minutes before that, air hub controllers in cleveland record a sharp drop in flight 93 from new york to san francisco after a double strike in new york the air traffic service management sends threat warnings to all aircraft in the air through the internal warning system, according to an official eci investigation. risa ual 93 received the message about the controller at 9:24. the text is concise and scary b

year old wells roomy crowder crowder, who worked on the 104th floor of the world trade centers, south towerlaced a red bandana over his nose and mouth and led 18 people to safety before he was killed when the tower collapsed. for us , it was. it was something that did find an entire generation. sent us off to war for 20 years, you know, in a war on terrorism, created the department, homeland security and changed everybody's view of the world keynote speaker and air force veteran mark linguist says he was five miles from the u. s capitol that day and was able to help in the aftermath, he says it's important for the next generation to remember september 11th and to learn from that day , reminding people the lessons of 9 11. volunteerism that occurred afterward. the unity that came about because of september 11th and what we may be how we can be better because of this event. the veteran memorial and support foundation says that loss. cottle's holds a special distinction. two of the four heroes from flight 93 are from this city. lamonica peters , ktvu, fox two news. and it was another somber da

i was in my house in the south tower, came down, and i received a phone call from a firefighter.k, it's really bad down here. i said, i know. and he goes, no, you don't understand. nobody's come home. and i had to get off the phone, tell my three sisters my brothers, that steven wasn't coming home. he ran through the tunnel to the towers. and that's why we started the tunnel to towers foundation. all these men and women have inspired us. every time i'm here at the american response monument that represents the 12 horsemen that rode into afghanistan, they were told, you take this mission, you're not going to come home. true american heroes. they never forgot what happened on september 11th and meeting them when they came home. it just sent chills up my spine because i knew what they went through. we're so proud at the tunnel to towers. for taking care of catastrophically injured service members. gold star families. well, if you're a fallen first responder anywhere in america and you die in the line of duty, we're going to pay off your mortgage. and if you don't have a home, we're

i was in my house in the south tower, came down, and i received a phone call from a firefighter.o me, frank, it's really bad down here. i said, i know. and he goes, no, you don't understand. nobody's come home. and i had to get off the phone, tell my three sisters my brothers, that steven wasn't coming home. he ran through the tunnel to the towers. and that's why we started the tunnel to towers foundation. all these men and women have inspired us. every time i'm here at the american response monument that represents the 12 horsemen that rode into afghanistan, they were told, you take this mission, you're not going to come home. true american heroes. they never forgot what happened on september 11th and meeting them when they came home. it just sent chills up my spine because i knew what they went through. we're so proud at the tunnel to towers. for taking care of catastrophically injured service members. gold star families. well, if you're a fallen first responder anywhere in america and you die in the line of duty, we're going to pay off your mortgage. and if you don't have a ho

to them according to the plans after the explosion, the north tower was supposed to fall on the south tower victims under the rubble, perhaps precisely because then this did not happen eight years later, many americans at first found it so hard to believe that the skyscrapers were collapsing on it, then everything went off with almost no then serious casualties or damage to buildings here the situation is different. after the first building started to fall. well, it’s hard, of course, to describe it, and especially for me, but why did both buildings collapse in 2001, because as it turned out the architect who designed the twin towers assumed the possibility of an aircraft hitting them. of course, there was no terrorist attack, he couldn’t even think about the fact that in thick fog, landing planes could collide with a skyscraper, and therefore special technologies were used during the construction, which allegedly made both towers practically invulnerable from here, a version was born, according to which the cause of the collapse of buildings was not at all captured by terrorist aircraft. i

he worked on the 91st floor of the south tower.as last seen by his friends at the 78th floor express elevator. after the announcement came on that the south tower was secure a survivor that got on the elevator told us oli did not. three weeks later as we walked along the wreckage of twisted steel our mama remarked how ironic he was born two months premature amidst heavy bombing in world war ii and survived. yet he perished to terrorism 56 years later. his kind, open, generous and loving spirit has lived on within all of our hearts these 21 years. but we dearly miss his magnetic personality, sense of humor and passion for life. his wife will be celebrating their 53rd anniversary. they were soul mates. she remembers blowing him a kiss as he left for work that morning. who knew it would be the last? olek is survived by his daughter, andrea, as they are raising their soon to be six-year-old grandson. bryce has his wonderful smile, twiddling eyes and athletic ability. he loves the water and is a great swimmer, like his grandfather. they

i was in my house in the south tower, came down, and i received a phone call from a firefighter. he said to me, frank, it's really bad down here. i said, i know. and he goes, no, you don't understand. nobody's come home. and i had to get off the phone, tell my three sisters my brothers, that steven wasn't coming home. he ran through the tunnel to the towers. and that's why we started the tunnel to towers foundation. all these men and women have inspired us. every time i'm here at the american response monument that represents the 12 horsemen that rode into afghanistan, they were told, you take this mission, you're not going to come home. true american heroes. they never forgot what happened on september 11th and meeting them when they came home. it just sent chills up my spine because i knew what they went through. we're so proud at the tunnel to towers. for taking care of catastrophically injured service members. gold star families. well, if you're a fallen first responder anywhere in america and you die in the line of duty, we're going to pay off your mortgage. and if you don't

that's when they say that south tower of the twin towers of part of the world trade center that's whener a brief moment of silence, firefighters read the names of those killed in the terrorist attacks, all 3000 people that a number of different firefighters reading a number of different names, all in alphabetical order that last thing about a few minutes before chief janine nicholson wrapped up the ceremony, thanking everyone for their attendance and making the message very clear. they don't want anyone. ever forget about the events of not just what happened during 9 11, but never forget the firefighters and the heroes that were attempting to save as many lives as possible during those emergency times, and some of those names belong to people who lived right here in the bay area were from the bay area. we're standing here at fire station for because that's where cameras were invited to attend their remembrance ceremony, but that exact ceremony happened at every single fire station here in san francisco. they did raise those flags. only halfway up that flag poles. those slides will be f

i was in my house in the south tower, came down, and i received a phone call from a firefighter.ank, it's really bad down here. i said, i know. and he goes, no, you don't understand. nobody's come home. and i had to get off the phone, tell my three sisters my brothers, that steven wasn't coming home. he ran through the tunnel to the towers. and that's why we started the tunnel to towers foundation. all these men and women have inspired us. every time i'm here at the american response monument that represents the 12 horsemen that rode into afghanistan, they were told, you take this mission, you're not going to come home. true american heroes. they never forgot what happened on september 11th and meeting them when they came home. it just sent chills up my spine because i knew what they went through. we're so proud at the tunnel to towers. for taking care of catastrophically injured service members. gold star families. well, if you're a fallen first responder anywhere in america and you die in the line of duty, we're going to pay off your mortgage. and if you don't have a home, we'r

i was in my house in the south tower, came down, and i received a phone call from a firefighter., it's really bad down here. i said, i know. and he goes, no, you don't understand. nobody's come home. and i had to get off the phone, tell my three sisters my brothers, that steven wasn't coming home. he ran through the tunnel to the towers. and that's why we started the tunnel to towers foundation. all these men and women have inspired us. every time i'm here at the american response monument that represents the 12 horsemen that rode into afghanistan, they were told, you take this mission, you're not going to come home. true american heroes. they never forgot what happened on september 11th and meeting them when they came home. it just sent chills up my spine because i knew what they went through. we're so proud at the tunnel to towers. for taking care of catastrophically injured service members. gold star families. well, if you're a fallen first responder anywhere in america and you die in the line of duty, we're going to pay off your mortgage. and if you don't have a home, we're g

as we approach the second moment of silence, marking the moment that the second aircraft hit the south towers since the family members we're seeing now and every other one in new york reading off the family members' names that they have not been with, their father, brother, uncle, daughter, son, husband. >> dana, i grew up just outside new york city, and i just recently saw my neighbor who has lived there for decades alongside my parents, he lost his son on 9/11, scott johnson. he was one of my brother's closest friends. my brother went back and wrote about the family a few years later. that was a tragedy that changed their family -- >> susan, i want to continue the story. for a moment we'll watch president biden laying a wreath at the pentagon.

i was in my house in the south tower, came down, and i received a phone call from a firefighter.really bad down here. i said, i know. and he goes, no, you don't understand. nobody's come home. and i had to get off the phone, tell my three sisters my brothers, that steven wasn't coming home. he ran through the tunnel to the towers. and that's why we started the tunnel to towers foundation. all these men and women have inspired us. every time i'm here at the american response monument that represents the 12 horsemen that rode into afghanistan, they were told, you take this mission, you're not going to come home. true american heroes. they never forgot what happened on september 11th and meeting them when they came home. it just sent chills up my spine because i knew what they went through. we're so proud at the tunnel to towers. for taking care of catastrophically injured service members. gold star families. well, if you're a fallen first responder anywhere in america and you die in the line of duty, we're going to pay off your mortgage. and if you don't have a home, we're going to

on flight 175 struck the south tower. he was followed by a reading of the victims names.nie of light a tenant and recounted the sorrowful pried her sister felt that day they help put down their own plane to save an untold number of lives in the nation's capitol, arthel. >> are right jacqui heinrich live at the white house. eric and i will back at the top of the hour with more. ♪ ♪ she came to mark the 400th anniversary of the jamestown settlement, she was greeted at an enormous welcoming ceremony on the south lawn of the white house. >> you helped our nation celebrate its bicentennial and 1976. [laughter] she gave me a look that only a mother could give a child.ch ilit. [laughter] >> the queen had the last laughr when later t that night she teau bush over the verbal gaffe when she became her eating toast tot the president veryto. >> i wondered if i should start this too is sanguine i was here and in 1776 it. r]aughter] [laughter] [applause] the queen availed the friendshie between the british and americae people. sh e understood our shared values of democracy and freedom.

his father bruce eagleson was in a meeting on the 70th of the south tower and bruce last seen walkingthey did. thank you very much for joining us on this somber day. tell us what's on your mind on this 9/11. >> thank you for having me. i think what's fore moimost on minds of a lot of us that we come to a spot in american history who president biden declassified for an executive order thousands of pages of fbi documents that trickled out from last september 2021 until present day and we have seen now firsthand what we have been shouting about for years, is that the kingdom of saudi arabia substantially supported the 9/11 hijackers and we have fbi reports which prove that. these are no longer allegations. these are not our words over my group's or family's word but the fbi's words at least a dozen saudi government officials hereby in the united states using the embassies and developing a support network for the hijackers to be successful. we have had a lot of success but still more work to be done. we need to rewrite the official narrative of 9/11. not 19 hijackers with no knowledge of

as we approach the second moment of silence, marking the moment that the second aircraft hit the south tower here in new york. >> and 21 years since the family members we're seeing now and every other one in new york reading off the family members' names that they have not been with, their father, brother, uncle, daughter, son, husband. >> dana, i grew up just outside new york city, and i just recently saw my neighbor who has lived there for decades alongside my parents, he lost his son on 9/11, scott johnson. he was one of my brother's closest friends. my brother went back and wrote about the family a few years later. that was a tragedy that changed their family -- >> susan, i want to continue the story. for a moment we'll watch president biden laying a wreath at the pentagon. >> that was president biden, you see him there, paying tribute, laying a wreath there. john, i was covering the capitol, as i mentioned, on 9/11. joe biden was the senator from delaware and a senior member of the senate foreign relations committee. he was chair. i would watch in the days afterwards people like him and

i was in my house in the south tower, came down, and i received a phone call from a firefighter., frank, it's really bad down here. i said, i know. and he goes, no, you don't understand. nobody's come home. and i had to get off the phone, tell my three sisters my brothers, that steven wasn't coming home. he ran through the tunnel to the towers. and that's why we started the tunnel to towers foundation. all these men and women have inspired us. every time i'm here at the american response monument that represents the 12 horsemen that rode into afghanistan, they were told, you take this mission, you're not going to come home. true american heroes. they never forgot what happened on september 11th and meeting them when they came home. it just sent chills up my spine because i knew what they went through. we're so proud at the tunnel to towers. for taking care of catastrophically injured service members. gold star families. well, if you're a fallen first responder anywhere in america and you die in the line of duty, we're going to pay off your mortgage. and if you don't have a home,

just 18 minutes later, a 2nd plane hit the south tower. then a 3rd crashed into the pentagon in washington, dc, and a 4th in pennsylvania. it was considered the worst terrorist attack in human history because the sub i'd be sure the 2 events are closely connected cabinet before the 911 attacks. alca either wanted to eradicate the leader of the resistance. so there would be no more opposition to the taliban in afghanistan, that there shall washer. been a complete yes, only been loudon certainly understood that must suit was his enemy. but at men foster hops, he thought that the u. s. would retaliate against afghanistan after the attack on the twin towers could not a clip as usual again, and if such a response occurred, he needed to ensure my suit was gone, let because he represented the main opposition devonie. surely the rest would work itself out. but the connection between those 2 events is absolutely obvious to do more. if you don't, ah, after september, the limit to the united states went after public enemy number one, a summer, been l

i was in my house in the south tower, came down, and i received a phone call from a firefighter. to me, frank, it's really bad down here. i said, i know. and he goes, no, you don't understand. nobody's come home. and i had to get off the phone, tell my three sisters my brothers, that steven wasn't coming home. he ran through the tunnel to the towers. and that's why we started the tunnel to towers foundation. all these men and women have inspired us. every time i'm here at the american response monument that represents the 12 horsemen that rode into afghanistan, they were told, you take this mission, you're not going to come home. true american heroes. they never forgot what happened on september 11th and meeting them when they came home. it just sent chills up my spine because i knew what they went through. we're so proud at the tunnel to towers. for taking care of catastrophically injured service members. gold star families. well, if you're a fallen first responder anywhere in america and you die in the line of duty, we're going to pay off your mortgage. and if you don't have a

i was in my house in the south tower, came down, and i received a phone call from a firefighter.said to me, frank, it's really bad down here. i said, i know. and he goes, no, you don't understand. nobody's come home. and i had to get off the phone, tell my three sisters my brothers, that steven wasn't coming home. he ran through the tunnel to the towers. and that's why we started the tunnel to towers foundation. all these men and women have inspired us. every time i'm here at the american response monument that represents the 12 horsemen that rode into afghanistan, they were told, you take this mission, you're not going to come home. true american heroes. they never forgot what happened on september 11th and meeting them when they came home. it just sent chills up my spine because i knew what they went through. we're so proud at the tunnel to towers. for taking care of catastrophically injured service members. gold star families. well, if you're a fallen first responder anywhere in america and you die in the line of duty, we're going to pay off your mortgage. and if you don't hav

am, there will be another moment of silence, and that is to commemorate the moment in which the south tower of the world trade center fell. i want to go back to london, where katie turner is covering the ongoing morning of queen elizabeth the second, and, what we are calling, it the proclamation of king charles the third? there are many steps in king charles fully get into his coronation, will be next year, but today was the proclamations across the united kingdom? >> yes, he became keen immediately after his mother, the queen died. but the formal process started yesterday, the proclamation here in london, the proclamation in scotland this morning, and in wales. there will be another in ireland. we are now watching queen elizabeth the second in her coffin, making the journey from balmoral to edinburg, scotland. the first leg of her journey to the final resting place in london. the vehicle carrying her coffin through scotland has been driving for nearly five hours right now, going through highland villages, farmland, allowing the scottish to pay their respects as it passes. we see some of us

i was in my house in the south tower, came down, and i received a phone call from a firefighter. me, frank, it's really bad down here. i said, i know. and he goes, no, you don't understand. nobody's come home. and i had to get off the phone, tell my three sisters my brothers, that steven wasn't coming home. he ran through the tunnel to the towers. and that's why we started the tunnel to towers foundation. all these men and women have inspired us. every time i'm here at the american response monument that represents the 12 horsemen that rode into afghanistan, they were told, you take this mission, you're not going to come home. true american heroes. they never forgot what happened on september 11th and meeting them when they came home. it just sent chills up my spine because i knew what they went through. we're so proud at the tunnel to towers. for taking care of catastrophically injured service members. gold star families. well, if you're a fallen first responder anywhere in america and you die in the line of duty, we're going to pay off your mortgage. and if you don't have a hom

and he leads is incredible evacuation the south tower area before the opening minutes of the first half and ultimately saved hundreds of lives of morgan stanley employees who ultimately loses his own life and two of his other security personnel as well, sort of going by making sure that everyone is evacuated and then there was john was probably familiar to those of you and that means the lead al qaeda investigator and lead the hunt through the embassy bombings in 1998. and again coming up with this in august 2001. kind of retiring from the guy and actually on thursday i was speaking at the 9/11 museum in new york and was talking with the last person that saw john o'neill a liar and who is another fbi agent. in the service of this incredibly well and sort of ringing the alarm bell and it is not listen to and retires in frustration in august 2001 and that includes throwing in the fight. and then osama bin laden comes to him two weeks later. >> cement we have a change for today. >> because we have the 3-d exhibit, we have some changes, one of them unfortunately -- there will be no cookies