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Rove got to the president first and said that a plane had hit the world trade center. the president went directly into a holding room. >> i called the president and said, mr. president, a plane has hit the world trade center. he says, thats a strange accident. i said that i would call him back when we had more information. >> first moments, i called mayor jeweliany -- giuliani and got ahold of him. right after that, i called the president. he was at florida at the educational conference. i was a...

Floors. we heard another noise and the building shook again -- not as much as the first time. it had to be the second plane hitting the other tower. somewhere in the 30s. 30s or 40s, the first fireman and policemen started coming up. i finally made it down to the ground floor. we came out right in front of the ploughsa, which is the area between the two towers, where the fountain is. that was horrible. that was a war scene. there were fires, there was a debris falling from both tower, dead bodie...

Floors. we heard another noise and the building shook again -- not as much as the first time. it had to be the second plane hitting the other tower. somewhere in the 30s. 30s or 40s, the first fireman and policemen started coming up. i finally made it down to the ground floor. we came out right in front of the ploughsa, which is the area between the two towers, where the fountain is. that was horrible. that was a war scene. there were fires, there was a debris falling from both tower, dead bodie...

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Iii and jesse shaffer iv as persons of the week. has to be a great moment for a father to realize about his son. thank you for watching and were always here at abcnews.com, "nightline" later and david muir will be here tomorrow. for all of us at abc news, good night and have a great weekend. fire departments around the area offering support to san jose. crews pray for the recovery of one of their own. >> one detour local drivers will have to navigate around this holiday weekend. >> by very h...

Of his boot. so i grabbed his boot, and i just asked him -- i asked him if he had mark. he said, yeah, i got him. we got to get off the roof now. we got to get off the roof. the roof is going to go. so i just kind of pulled his foot towards the ladder, and i went down. >> the three men, each one clinging to the next, make their way back to the rescue ladder and finally to safety. >> thank god im alive because i was scared to death. i was thinking about my children. i thought i was going to fall ...

We thought we could reach a lot of people in that fashion. there were a lot of doors that we did knock on, some of the apartment buildings, we would ring all the buzzers and make the announcement over the intercom. >> throughout the city volunteers assist the police by walking door to door, alerting the public. >> anyone you know, talk with and be sure -- take a couple of these and give these out. >> yeah, sure. >> my biggest fear was that there might be more deaths and that there might be someo...

The front of the car explodes mere inches away from the firemans head. but with nerves of steel, the firefighter doesnt even flinch and continues to put out the fire. >> that was so shocking for me. i mean, many people would be like, just drop the hose and run away. >> department officials credit the firemans protective breathing apparatus as the main reason why this event didnt become a tragedy. the firefighter continues, as if nothing ever happened. and in less than a minute gets the fire unde...

Thanks to the good people of the new mexico delegation. on the floor of this convention andrea mitchell has set up shop there to offer us a few final thoughts going into the big night of the this gop convention. andrea? >> reporter: the governor of this great state susana martinez is one of the rising stars in the republican party and mitt romney is going to talk about her and other women because the romney campaign knows they have to reach out to women and narrow the gap. they also have to reac...

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