now we'll be the old guys in the firehouse. ns. >> johnny mack as he's called in the firehouse had been there eight years on september 11, 2001. >> it was just a terrible day and it's tough being the hero, or that's why i don't like that whole thing and whatever anybody says about that. we were there. we saw it firsthand. for me the best thing i ever did was stay at the firehouse and stay down there. i think that was my therapy, you know. a lot of guys after 9/11 had a lot of trouble. >> drinking and depression. posttraumatic stress. that's real. it's definitely real. we had a lot of support groups, but the only real support group for the firemen were the other men. that's all, you know. the firehouse for me. >> still, that same firehouse for steve rogers, too. >> the firehouse is a big family. you have your family at home, the family is at the firehouse. something happens, the guys got it together, everybody steps up and does the right thing. that's what a family does a. he and that's what steve did when he rushed into work on

start a line. >> came back to the firehouse the next day.ly, because i wanted to get down. i figured we're going to have plenty of people that are going to be trapped for sure. we're going to get them out. we have to. we always do. >> we're all alive. that's more than we could have possibly hoped for. so our job now is to go and do whatever needs to be done and do it as much and as hard as we can for as long as they'll let us. >> some of the guys took a city bus down to what the media was already calling ground zero. >> you guys put them in your pockets. >> some fireman called it the pile. for us, it was still the trade center, even if it was gone. >> high, guys, you hear three horns, that means something might be coming down. keep your eyes open when you're walking around down there. and i just realized something that i always wanted to doan deny is how evil evil can be. >> 19 and 12. >> form the companies, five men and an officer. went to work right away, kind of look for survivors. >> get some bakts down here. guys were digging fast, pass

he loved his family, loved the firehouse, calling it his second home. as a family, we'd go to the battery park and rollerblade, visit the firehouse and say hello to everyone. yeah, he was -- he just brought so much joy. >> sounds like a wonderful guy. >> yeah. >> you came here, you were just at the engine 4 ladder 15 firehouse an south street, off the fdr where your dad worked. what was that like, going there? >> yeah. the firehouse is a special place for me. it's just like how he talked about the firehouse as -- >> did you go there a lot when you were a kid or -- >> i did. we used to go there a lot. he called new york city his playground. h he'd love taking us by the firehouse. loved introducing us to everyone. showing us everything that he would do as a fireman. to this day, i'm very close to the firehouse, and i visit them, delivering cookies, i'll say hello. going there on the anniversary every year, it feels like home for me. it is very comforting. having my family with me, as well, it's just a beautiful way for us to honor our dad. >> going through

. >> scott pelley: in the neighborhoods of new york, there are 217 firehouses. ters who answered the call 20 years ago, and never returned. 343 members of the fire department of the city of new york perished on 9/11, in the greatest act of gallantry ever bestowed on an american city. this is their story. >> joe pfeifer: this plane raced past us along the hudson river at such a low altitude i could read "american" on the fuselage. >> pelley: at 8:46 that morning, battalion chief joe pfeifer was blocks away, searching for a routine gas leak. ( jet roar ) >> pfeifer: i saw the plane aim and crash into the north tower of the world trade center. ( explosion ) >> pelley: from that moment, the firefighters of the f.d.n.y. would have about an hour and a half to save 17,000 lives. >> sal cassano: they knew that they might not come home, but they knew there were people trapped. >> peter hayden: there's no way we were going to stand back and say we're not going in. that wouldn't be the f.d.n.y. >> dan nigro: our aim was to get above that fire and get those poor people out t

oh, my god >> my mind was just getting to where the firehouse, get to where my firehouse was if i'm goingre, that's where i'm going to dig. i couldn't believe the building was still standing it was a huge snowdraft of debris >> it was covered to the top of the doors. >> pretty much to the top of the doors. >> right away we started digging, moves thing >> that's all you were thinking, how can i help >> let me get one person out. >> and did you >> no. there was no one to find communicating near ground zero was almost impossible. >> the phone system here was down i had a cell phone at the time we weren't getting a signal. all of a sudden my phone rang. it was my old man. >> what did he say to you? >> me and my father have a funny way of talking i answered the phone, and he's like, what are you doing what am i doing? are you all right? >> yeah. >> where are you >> i'm standing on a pile of rubble you know, it's just the way we talked i told him to called my mom, call whoever you can, let them know i'm not getting any phone call out. >> yeah, tell your mom you're alive. >> yeah. >> 20 years la

when we got it at the firehouse when i first got to the firehouse of all the hundreds of people i sawfather right away, he was looking for me and he says michael's work, i'm going to find him and bring him home tonight. we are good. when we got off very, thousands of people confidence, clapping for us like we just -- like the marines just landed and it was unbelievable, like out of a movie screen and as you get closer and closer, and i got to the scene of the fire was incredible, the destruction, fire trucks, police cars, crushed, everything, alarms going off. i never imagined that would be part of that. >> you lost your brother, a cousin, 11 members, your firefighter brothers, police, others you knew. what do americans 20 years later given your losses, what do they need to not forget about what really happened that day. >> right after it happened there was a feeling in america i never thought i would experience, everybody was kind to everybody, cheering for the uniformed forces, everybody was helping everybody, just a shame we needed a disaster for that to happen, it should be like t

when we got it at the firehouse when i first got to the firehouse, of all the hundreds of people i saw my father right away and he was looking for me and he says mike michaels working, michael's working grea i said i'm going to go over there now and i'm going to find him in bring him home tonight very don't worry about it. when we got off the ferry there thousands of people covered in soot, clapping for us like we just invaded like the marines just landed, and it was just unbelievable, like out of a movie scene. as you got closer and closer, and when i got to the seat of the pile, it was just incredibl destruction. fire trucks, police cars, crushed, everything, alarms going off, i just could never imagine, i never imagined i would be able to be a part of that. >> end you lost your brother, michael, a cousin, 11 members o your firefighter brothers, police, others you knew, what d americans 20 years later, given your losses, what do they need to not forget? about what really happened that day? >> laura, to tell you the truth right after it happened, there was a feeling in america i neve

. >> reporter: right outside of the firehouse, there was a red flag being raised. reminding people of the red light warning for the north bay mountains and east bay mountains and also the hills. i talked to mary lee a bit ago and she told me the reason the dry lightning is a concern is because the east bay is in an extreme drought condition. so, any lightning that strikes could potentially spark more wildfires. and that is something we certainly don't want. justin andrews, kpix five. >>> one more weather related thing, we are to conserve energy from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. to keep the grid from becoming overwhelmed. >>> i'm keeping an eye on some of the biggest fires burning right now in northern california. new evacuations were ordered overnight in shasta county. the eastern edge of the dixie fire burning around lassen national park. new video overnight from the area near highway 44. new evacuations coming in for the community of old station. and you can see why after burning for almost 2 months, this fire is raging up once again. it has expanded to five counties an

the fact stephen had 60-pounds on his back going from the firehouse all the way to the world trade centerstory is special to all of us, eric, especially for you because you were born and raised in new york city. everybody thank you very much for joining us this hour. we're back at 4:00 p.m. eastern. hope you can join us then. right now more news from washington in just a moment. thank you. eric: take care. it's the simple act of enjoying time with friends, knowing you understand your glucose levels. ♪♪ thanks for coming. now when it comes to a financial plan this broker is your man. let's open your binders to page 188... uh carl, are there different planning options in here? options? plans we can build on our own, or with help from a financial consultant? like schwab does. uhhh... could we adjust our plan... ...yeah, like if we buy a new house? mmmm... and our son just started working. oh! do you offer a complimentary retirement plan for him? as in free? just like schwab. schwab! look forward to planning with schwab. hi, i'm debra. i'm from colorado. schwab! i've been married to my high s

this is the guy the former guy who during a visit to new york city yesterdaya at a firehouse continued to lie that he won the 2020 election. let's watch. >> gave me great support. we won the election, but what your going to do? we're fighting like hell. we're going to keep fighting. you see what happens because elections have consequences. nobody ever thought a thing like this would be possible. >> he has to make it about himself. this brings us to my favorite pairing each sunday. john avlon and margaret hoover. they're back. thanks so much. you guys are like oprah. you take the summer off or something like that. is that right? i'm joking. i know you guys are busy. you guys are doing other things, i know. you're too busy for us. great to have you back. what did you guys make of donald trump there at the fire house yesterday. i didn't want to talk about him on 9/11, but we can talk about it now in light of the new cnn polling. it was like the arsonist in chief going to the firehouse, john. >> well, he's always been the arsonist who pretends to be a firefighter. you hit the nail on the h

they built the firehouse in the neighborhood. so there's there was that.one thing, though, is that henry taylor jr., talked be in the an door institution, in the 90s he was coming out of blackmar,ist urban planning training and when brought him to university buffalo to put together a plan for their neighborhood, he talked about -- this is before we talk but now -- we talked but turning the glover b a commons that should be opened up. that everyone in the neighborhood should be a member of the -- all facilities should be utilized by the community. antibody member of the community so have a membership accord use all the facilities on camp pulse. that was quickly shut town. being that these models have exited historically and i talk about the university of winnipeg. >> i love that one. >> really quickly. we're probably done but really quickly, lloyd axe worthy about the president of the university in the 90s and had a vision of sustainability that included environmental, economic, political and cultural, and so he understood that at that time the demographic

the historic firehouse will remain on the embarcadero, and we will still respond out of the historic our fire engine, and respond to medical calls and other incidences in the district. >> this totally has to incorporate between three to six feet of sea level rise over the next 100 years. that's what the city's guidance is requiring. it is built on the float, that can move up and down as the water level rises, and sits on four fixed guide piles. so if the seas go up, it can move up and down with that. >> it does have a full range of travel, from low tide to high tide of about 16 feet. so that allows for current tidal movements and sea lisle rises in the coming decades. >> the fire boat station float will also incorporate a ramp for ambulance deployment and access. >> the access ramp is rigidly connected to the land side, with more of a pivot or hinge connection, and then it is sliding over the top of the float. in that way the ramp can flex up and down like a hinge, and also allow for a slight few inches of lateral motion of the float. both the access ramps, which there is two, and th

. >> she's wonderful always keeps her -- her father and memory of the firefighters alive at the firehousesaid miss kate, make cookies and bring to the firehouse. >> to the firefighters much love to them and all the kids remembering this week. >>> let's get our check of weather. >> see what we have for you starting off with today and the. probably see a lot of records today. again, record highs continuing. the fire on the western plains continues, sadly. satellite image. mindy down there, tropical depression through the southeast. cold front bringing wet weather to the northeast as well lots of heat stretching from texas all the way into the central plains, out in the west as well with triple digits probab >>> good thursday morning. i am meteorologist kari hall. we're starting with spotty light showers already moving through parts of the bay area, but watching a bigger system that could be moving in later this evening that could trigger thunderstorms and possibly dry lightning. that's going to be of high concern, increasing fire danger between tonight and early tomorrow. after that, lookin

i built relationships over the years, and i spent 24 years in the field, as we call it. working out of firehousesepartment is a family. we live together, eat together, sleep in the same dorm together, go to crazy calls together, dangerous calls and we have to look out for one another. when i was burned in a fire years ago and i felt responsible, i felt awful. i didn't want to talk to any of my civilian friends. they couldn't understand what i was going through. the firefighters knew, they understood. they had been there. it is a different relationship. we have to rely on one another. in terms of me being the chief of the department, i am really trying to maintain an open relationship with all of our members in the field so myself and my deputy chiefs, one of the priorities i had was for each of us to go around to different fire stations to make sure we hit all within the first three or four months to start a conversation. that hasn't been there for a while. part of the reason that i am getting along well with the field now is because i was there. i worked there. people know me and because i know

he used to go to the firehouses to eat. it is who the femen gto for eir lungroblems. a door in wechester. within three mons after e event -- he wento the docr in westchter who amined han the doctor told him, three years you will be blind, five years you will be dead. he died within five years. amy: our condolences. because even though it was 2006, i know how incredibly hard this is for you onhis 20 the anniversary, joe. what is a, 15 years later. yes, this week marks the 20 the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and we are spending the hour looking at the massive environment on a public health crisis that followed at ground zero in new york and how politicians from the president to the epa had christine todd whitman mr. president, bush -- prioritized. lila nordstrom joins us. she was a student at a school next to where the trade centers collapse. she explains how the school quickly reopened despite health concerns. she also tells the story in her new book just out "some kids left behind: a survivor's fight for healthcare in the wake of 9/11." she is executive director of

the red flag at the firehouse may not be whipping and the weather station inside, not alarming, but this is the valley floor. no wind gusts of 15 plus up to, you know, 45 at the peaks up there. those are the numbers they're really looking at. that causes concern we might not be feeling here. but if you go to the top of mount santa lina, we're going to have a much different whether event why preparation matters. new reflective house markers are just one of the steps calistoga have taken. you know, they spread the word and they keep a vigilance out, and people are very aware of the situation as we go on, and we encourage that. the red flag warning runs from 11 pm to 11 am tomorrow morning fire, weather watches and warnings have been happening almost weekly andre since august. an important next few hours for people, both people that live in that area and firefighters as well. deb thank you so much. now let's start a chief meteorologist bill martin for more on the conditions we can expect later tonight, bill. well andre deb hit it right on the head. you know we're going to pull the trigger o

well today president biden announced that he was fixing the firehouse holes shortage. eral law takeover private businesses, functions to magnify -- that the country needs. president biden first used the production act to boost the production of covid vaccines earlier this year, today he announced that he has invoked the law for the second time in his presidency. to manufacture 22,000 new fire hoses. these hoses are manufactured by an american company in oklahoma. and they are going to get into the hands of firefighters all over the country. >> honestly it's a fascinating story right? the president using his tool from another era to magic up 22,000 fire hoses, to help fight this brutal what fire season out west. but in the biggest picture of all, president biden says, he feels like he needs to prove to the world right now, is that u.s. government can. work is that democracy can work. is that representational system in the federal government has the authority it needs, to solve problems large, and small. using the prevention defense act, this is government working. in his

today, he's a firefighter working in the same firehouse where his dad once worked. >> i look exactly 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 china. after the 90-minute conversation the white house said the two leaders spoke about making sure that competition does not veer into conflict and sa

we walked up to, to the firehouse on houston street, which is a few blocks north of here and decided we would stop there so we could make telephone calls. the police department broke in. not indicating any rivalry between the police department and the fire department. it was the right thing to do. they were not trying to destroy fire department property. they broke in. and i was able to get through on the telephone, first to governor pataki, who expressed his concern for us. because he had heard that we were missing. and thought we had been killed. and then, said, what help do you need? i said, we need all the help we can get. this is beyond anything that we've ever dealt with before, george. and he said, i brought out the national guard. do you want me to deploy them? do you need them? and as the mayor of new york city, i think i had always resisted having the national guard. for reasons that urban environment is so complex and so difficult, it's difficult enough to police with trained police officers. you really don't want the national guard. not because they aren't terrific at what

. >> reporter: his son has become a firefighter at the same firehouse as his dad. >> go ahead. >> reporterter 9/11 that the larsen children would first hear that recording, the one that confirmed the full measure of their father's bravery that day. this is the sound of his voice on a fire department dispatch. >> i just got a report from the director of morgan stanley. 78 seems to have taken the brunt of this stuff. they say the stairway is clear all the way up, though. >> all right, 10-4 scott. >> reporter: carrying his heavy iron tools, he climbs on. >> what floor are you on? >> 48 right now. >> all right, more people are coming up behind you. >> reporter: 34 minutes later, the tower collapses. >> this is so moving. diane's powerful hour, friday night, 10:00 p.m. eastern. i'll be on right before at 9:00 p.m. on the day that changed america. diane, robin and i will be here saturday morning as we remember. good night. >> building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. larry: good afternoon and then give for joining us, i am larry beil. kristen: and i am kr

first question i read there is a firehouse recipe book put together with the favorite recipes from the various firehouses of san francisco. is this going to be published? if copies will be available to the public and if it could be used as a fund-raising for some charitable aspect of the fire department, much like you have seen many of the calendars from other fire departments that auction off -- that use the funds for charitable purposes. it is a great idea. i just would like to know more about the publication of this, when it is going to happen, how many copies will be available and whether it will be tied to a charity purpose? >> thank you, i hate to burst the bubble. it is electronic. it is a project that we will be working on to gather more healthier recipes. in spite of overall health of the project. now we don't have funds for publishing. it will be electronic. everyone on the internet system can establish them. >> no printed one, electronic? >> correct. >> more easily updated, i agree. okay. second question. the moose boat. what is that? >> another boat we have with different s

getting the job in the neighborhood and don't dereceive the job so it has zip code specific job training and construction jobs. they built a firehouse in the neighborhood . so there's there was that. one thing though is that henry taylor junior who i talk about in the anchor institutions in the90s , he was coming out of a lack marxist urban planning training and so when they brought him to the university of buffalo to put together a plan for their neighborhood, he talked about this is before we talk about them now, he talkedabout the university turning it into a college . it should be opened up. everyone in the neighborhood should be a member of the neighborhood and all facilities should be utilized. every member of the community should have a number ship card to use all the sfacilities on campus. that was quickly shut down. so the point being these models have existed historically and now and in my epilogue i talk about the university impact. >> so quickly i know we're done but real quickly, lloyd axworthy was the president of the university in the 90s and he had this vision of sustainability that included environmental , economic

this type of weather is especially concerning because of the high fire danger many firehouses like themarine county fire headquarters prepared for this weather event, while crews continue to fight ongoing wildfires throughout the state. we're at a point now where we have. yeah, almost two million acres burning. and it's requiring an extremely large firefighting force. i'm elissa harrington ktvu, fox two news. cal fire says crews are still gaining ground on the massive called or fire and el dorado county. despite the dangerous weather conditions, more evacuation orders have been lifted in the myers area near highway 50 with containment now at 53% cal fire has released footage showing the orange smoke in the air. the kaldor fire has burned more than 341 square miles and destroyed. nearly 800 homes are structures since it started 26 days ago, the dixie fire east of chico has forced new evacuations nearly two months after it started. dozens of people are now being told to leave their homes in remote parts of shasta and lassen counties. the dixie fire has burned more than 1400 square miles.

and paul washington is the captain of the fdny engine 234 firehouse. hat i was able to honor my brother in a very respectful and meaningful way. i heard the president is going to go visit all three sites. i did, also. i started at the pentagon and walked from the pentagon to shanksville, pennsylvania. i laid a wreath at both places, said the lord's prayer at both places, and then walked here to new york city, finishing this morning when i retraced my brother's final heroic footsteps. he ran through the brooklyn battery tunnel 20 years ago, that was the only way he could get there. he had a wife, five beautiful children. he gave it all. first responders that were running into the building, we can never forget the sacrifice they made and i wanted to say thank you to my little brother, who has inspired his older siblings to do good in his memory. >> that last mile going through the tunnel, what was going through your mind? >> i'm going to tell you what was going through my mind, most everything. i remember the day my brother was born. he's 14 years younger

sreenivasan: president biden laid a wreath at the flight 93 memorial later in the day, and then stopped at a local firehousee he praised the remarks by former president bush. >> for those kids i just took had a picture with, some of them had trump hats. i think, for them, the issue is going to be, the next four, five, six, ten years, demonstrate that democracies can work, or not? >> sreenivasan: from pennsylvania, the president headed to the pentagon for his third ceremony. in new york city, after the memorial at ground zero concluded, former president donald trump made a surprise visit to a police statioand a firehouse near his home in trump tower. he did not attend the morning ceremony. at the pentagon this morning, a flag unfurled across the west side of the building, where terrorists crashed american airlines flight 77, killing 125 people inside the pentagon and 59 others on board the plane. ( bell tolls ) >> colonel canfield d. boone. >> sreenivasan: the secretary of defense, himself a veteran of the war in afghanistan that followed the 9/11 al qaeda attacks, offered another reminder that the country m

it home that day >> the guys grew up idolizing their dads their little footsteps often found in the firehouseattalion chief, his father's brass forever pinned on his collar and james, a firefighter in the very engine house where his father once worked it's a way to hold hands with your fathers, to carry on their work that they gave so much for. >> my father died for this uniform. so to put it on is a huge honor. his death is something to be proud of this is what i was supposed to do it's been an unbelievable gift that he's been able to give me in his passing >> but chris, you were on a totally different track. >> totally different my father would be saying why did i spend $200,000 on an ivy league school when i could have bought a boat? i had to make a tough decision and i got a piece of him >> their father's memories and spirits are never far from mind. rob, at a probationary ceremony, visiting the numerical pausing where his father's name is inscribed. >> we were standing up there getting ready to lay the wreath. we were talking about my dad right at the corner of where my dad's name was ou

the historic firehouse will remain on the embarcadero, and we will still respond out of the historic ouse with our fire engine, and respond to medical calls and other incidences in the district. >> this totally has to incorporate between three to six feet of sea level rise over the next 100 years. that's what the city's guidance is requiring. it is built on the float, that can move up and down as the water level rises, and sits on four fixed guide piles. so if the seas go up, it can move up and down with that. >> it does have a full range of travel, from low tide to high tide of about 16 feet. so that allows for current tidal movements and sea lisle rises in the coming decades. >> the fire boat station float will also incorporate a ramp for ambulance deployment and access. >> the access ramp is rigidly connected to the land side, with more of a pivot or hinge connection, and then it is sliding over the top of the float. in that way the ramp can flex up and down like a hinge, and also allow for a slight few inches of lateral motion of the float. both the access ramps, which there is tw

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reporter: yeah. >> so just that alone i think is part of the reason we want to give back and carry his name. and i think that goes in every firehouseys were friends with people that passed, and they want to keep that person's legacy alive because of their sacrifices. >> tony dokoupil reporting there. now many of the families of those killed on 9/11 are still demanding answers from the u.s. government. 15 of the 19 hijackers were saudi nationals, and many family members believe there is a connection between saudi leaders and the attackers. last week, president biden ordered the review and possible release of classified documents related to 9/11. among them, a ten-year still secret investigation into the possible role of saudi arabia. catherine herridge has more on this. >> reporter: this summer, brett eagleson went to capitol hill to press the u.s. government to release secret files from the fbi's final case. >> we've told the sad story for 19 years. we've cried on camera. >> reporter: eagleson's father bruce work and died in the south tower of the world trade center. now grief has turned to rage. >> it's not about that anymore. it'

trade center steel that's been fashioned into a memorial, having a list of names, you know, on the firehouse are our family members, moms, dads, brothers and sisters who never came home. it is a real thing where i live and it is a great honor to be here because, you know, we just can't remember enough that heroism that they showed and everybody who served ever since. you know, those of us in public office ought to hold that sacrifice as the standard of what we need to do to make our country better and to be better people. >> today we are all standing together as new yorkers, as americans, as we did after 9/11. but once we leave here, we're right back into the divisions that we face every day. can we come together? >> yeah, we can come together. you know, i'm from a big irish family so, you know, i think sometimes people forget that the capitol is actually a containment vessel. part is that we are supposed to hash it out and it is not supposed to be easy, and you're seeing it right now. we're doing historic things and they're hard, but they're important for our country. of course there will b

what about the firehouse.he firehouse in case anything happens. >> firefighter anthony, thank you very much. we know it's been a very difficult day. angina 204. who is a set, has been here since about noon this afternoon. he released the information that it's not terribly optimistic, and the fact that they are still fighting fires in there and they are having a very, very difficult time getting to them because of the enormous amount of debris as, he described. to skyscrapers and to 110 story coming down, the debris obviously extraordinarily difficult to work your way through. tom? >> all right thank you very much. pat still on the scene. we want to share with you just some of the president's speech that he made in the nation tonight at 8:31 from the oval office, after a date which he flew from florida, louisiana, then on to the strategic air command headquarters in omaha. we're in a secure bunker he conducted a national security meeting. then flew back to washington because he felt was important to address thi

at the world trade center, the pentagon, a field in pennsylvania, in parks and at firehouses, celebratinghose who ran toward the danger and remembering those who lost their lives >> robert j. - >> ceecee ross lyles >> steven lamancia >> donald freeman. >> kevin w. yokeham. >> presidents past and present paying tribute today. >> we remember your loss we share your sorrow >> george bush's emotional call for a return to civility the new developments today in the war fought in 9/11's wake, and the new divisions in the country as we face a new threat two decades after we all united in the face of another one, a nation forever changed by that day tonight the country fulfills its promise to never forget. ♪ ♪ >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. america remembers 20 years later. >> good evening, everyone the gleaming buildings that have risen here at the world trade center site have erased the physical scars of destruction from two decades ago, but today on this 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks we confronted the depths of the unhealed wounds to our hearts. unspeakable loss, moment

was on the air in our downtown firehouse studios when the world trade center was attacked.were the closest national broadcast to ground zero. the latest news we have is there have been widespread attacks that clued at least three commerci jet crashes. we now believe perhaps four step three commercial jet crashes into significant buildings. in the first attack on a plane hit the north tower of the world trade center in manhattan shortly before 9:00, followed by another plane into the second tower about 20 minutes later. a hours later collapsed. about an hour later, a plane crashed into the pentagon, part of which collapsed. amy: that was just a part of our many are broadcast will stop we just did not go off the air on that day for at least six hours. we were just doing radio at the time. democracy now! closely followed the fallout from the 9/11 attacks, both at home and abroad. i warn her listers and viewers, the images are graphic. this is about violence. today we go back 20 years and revisit a remarkable conversation i have two new yorkers -- rita lasar and masuda sultan.

at the world trade center, the pentagon, a field in pennsylvania, in parks and at firehouses, celebrating who ran toward the danger and remembering those who lost their lives >> robert j. -

the way from last year's ceremony, chief nicholson says the photos of each of the 343 firefighters are hanging up in firehousesoss the city as a daily reminder of their bravery and their sacrifice. we have more coverage of 20 years since the september 11th attacks on ktvu dot com and our news app, including how the heroes of that day are being remembered. two decades later flights of afghan refugees coming to the united states were paused today because of a maysles outbreak of the white house says four cases of measles were discovered among afghans who had recently arrived here at the u. s. the decision to pause the flights came after recommendation by the centers for disease control and prevention. operation allies welcome flights into the united states have been temporarily paused at the request of the cdc and out of an abundance of caution because of four diagnosed cases of measles. among afghans who recently arrived in the united states. these individuals are being quarantined in accordance with public health guidelines, and the cdc has begun full contact tracing all arriving afghans now. the white house d

responders long before the state ever arrives on scene, which is a testament to how this really is a team effort. there are 197 firefighters and 46 trucks stationed at affected firehouses across the state to give local firefighters more capacity and a break from having to handle their own personal recovery and to provide communities without water a reliable means of fire suppression response. we know it is not adequate. that is why the fire band remains in effect. the coastal protection and restoration authority is continuing watering efforts today in plaquemines, in jefferson parish in the lafitte area, in st. charles and st. bernard parishes. they are also assessing the many coastal restoration protection projects that we have invested in in the last number of years because ida took a path that potentially could have wreaked havoc on those projects. the assessments are ongoing. i don't have any news for you in that regard. the hope is that those projects will remain in good order and continue to do what they were intended to do. one of the things they do is provide an additional buffer from hurricanes, especially with respect to storm surge. the department of transpo

this type of weather is especially concerning because of the high fire danger many firehouses like the marine county fire headquarters prepared for this weather event, while crews continue to fight ongoing wildfires throughout the state. we're at a point now where we have, yeah, almost two million acres burning, and it's requiring an extreme. the large firefighting force. i'm elissa harrington ktvu. fox two news. firefighters were diverted from the cal door fire to fight several lighting fires that broke out last night in el dorado county. cal fire posted this picture of the largest fire, which burned about six acres near the town of rescue. they say the storm also brought some rain, and that helped crews get control of the fire in some very steep terrain with heavy brush. the counter fire does remain 53% contained more evacuation orders were lifted earlier today, the eldorado county sheriff says all residents from the town of grizzly. early flats will be allowed to go home. starting this sunday. people will have to check in with authorities and verify their address. that community was

>> fennessy: you know, we're to the point where, if we were to send much more, we're going to have firehouses that are empty. and for the people that we've sworn to serve, you know, our taxpayers, it's not acceptable to have firehouses empty for any length of time. >> whitaker: everything is stretched to the limit? >> fennessy: everything is stretched. you're suppression power. >> whitaker: we met brian fennessy at the truckee airfield, about 45 miles from the fires. after caldor destroyed the town of grizzly flats, fennessy volunteered to send his new firefighting choppers north. more like flying computers with rotors on top, they're called the quick reaction force. fennessy calls the fleet, "the hammer." >> fennessy: this is the hammer! >> whitaker: so if someone calls 911-- >> fennessy: if something breaks out-- >> whitaker: you hit it with everything you've got, these big guys, and knock it out. >> fennessy: in case of fire, break glass. >> whitaker: the star of the show is the massive chinook. this one used to fly in afghanistan for the u.s. army. it's been retrofitted to fight a differe