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Between. >> this year is obviously a impossible -- >> its obviously -- >> yeah. no, absolutely. >> sorry? >> this is the 20th anniversary. this is the 20th anniversary. sorry about the delay. so disconcerting and unusual, i think, for older folks like you and me to see this new generation of, you know, brave first responders, police officers, firemen, firewomen. >> yeah. >> marines who have no memory of 9/11. none. they were either kids or not even born. >> yeah. >> what do you hope the memorial...

And climate change, which for so many people is a big issue, got neglected in the bush years because of our pursuit of global terrorism. and the irony theyre in college 20 years later and looking at this history, and you cant say we won the war in afghanistan. we went in to take the taliban out, and the taliban is here today, but we can reflect on the service of our men and women and the incredible job they did in afghanistan and iraq, responding to america under siege. and you try to remind you...

I would walk past the fire department, and so i could say hi to the firemen that i would see all the time. >> reporter: you were making breakfast for the girls in the kitchen. >> i was. we had gotten up early. it was anna claires first day of preschool. >> im diane sawyer, and its tuesday september 11, 2001. >> i turned on the television to watch the news. >> reporter: this was your second day on the job? >> my second day on the job, yes. reporting to the pentagon for work. started out like a re...

Everyone we still have 9/11 first responders, firemen, police officers, dying from 9/11 related cancers, never forget them. i buried a friend last week. jillian: so sorry for all of your losses and it is personal to each of you. we are lucky to have you. the city was lucky to have you that day and every day after that. thank you so much, gentlemen, appreciate it. todd: to the point angel just made, luisa perez may not be here right now, he passed away sadly, did not live to see the extension of ...

My body and make me run. >> 65. 35. 20. you saw the firemen coming up on the left. you saw the fear in their faces. all of a sudden i saw the light. i was like, wow, theres a light. and i was like here i go, im going out. and as i go out, a cop grabs me and says, miss, you cant go out there. i says, no, i got to go. and i fainted on the spot because what i saw was all the devastation, all the jumpers, all the people that jumped. at that point the cop picked me up and he carried me.

Over to ground zero. we were hoping beyond hope that we would see someone, that we would be able to save. but it was a ghost town. the most surreal thing i have ever seen in my life. there were body parts everywhere. there was clothing in the trees and the stench was somewhat nauseating. i had smelled it before at the morgue but this was overwhelming. what was most heartening were the volunteers. just thousands of people. they would say, im from cincinnati, im from miami, from maine, firemen, po...

If you pull me out from this rubble, i promise i will do your will and i would change my life. >> reporter: as night fell, rescue teams desperately continued to dig, searching for signs of life. did you have any sense of time, how much time had been passing? did you know if it was night, if it was morning? >> no. i felt cold at one point, very cold, i was shivering, my body was like shivering. >> reporter: by morning on september 12th, they were still searching as janelle lay trapped beneath the...

Post-traumatic stress. thats real. its definitely real. we had a lot of support groups, but the only real support group for i think were the firemen were the other men. thats all. the fire house for me. >> all right, babe. have a good day. >> ill call you. >> still that same fire house for steve rogers, too. >> the fire house is a big family. you have your family at home and your second family is the fire house. when something happens, guys gather together. everybody steps up and does the right ...

Landscape down here. its changed so fast, so rapidly. the high rises that are going up, one building is bigger than the next. seems like they cant build them big enough and cant build them fast enough. were looking at new ways of getting firemen up faster to the fires. theres that many more people in the building to worry about. >> worrying about the public safety is also front and center for chris conore who retired from the f.d.n.y. and became a safety expert on construction sites. >> as my lu...

>> now you look at the entire landscape down here has changed so fast, so rapidly. the high-rises that are going up, one buildings bigger than the next. seems like they cant build them big enough and they cant build them fast enough. were looking at new ways of getting the firemen up faster to the fires. theres that many more people in the building to worry about. >> worrying about the public safety is also front and center for chris connor. he retired from the fdny and became a safety expert on...