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Sight of the pentagon hit by a jetliner 20 years ago signaled the beginning of a day of tributes. ♪ >> reporter: its one of three sites where americans gathered in sommer remembrance, honeering each one of the 2977 people killed in the terrorist attacks on september 11th. at the footprints where the twin towers stood over manhattan president biden and the first lady were joined by the obamas in a sea of 9/11 families to memorialize those lost two decades ago. at 8:46 a.m. the first of six mome...

Spoke directly to the uncle she never met and imagined how he might be today. >> hi, uncle, and know youre every day watching over us. and even though i never met you in person i still miss you a lot. im sure if you were here yiid probably be doing them with you. >> theres a look at new york city right now. two brilliant shafts of light where the twin towers once stood in lower manhattan. the president and first lady paying their respects to the victims at all three sites, new york, virginia and...

Different ways. >> reporter: and a lot of powerful moments too, fred. one of them happened an hour ago when the solemn task we heard echoing through lower manhattan ending, at least signaling the end of that particular ceremony, as you mentioned, the commander in chief starting a full day of attending multiple memorials by making the stop here in new york earlier this morning. at dawn, the unfurling of a flag over the side of the pentagon hit by jet liner 20 years ago signaled the beginning of t...

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