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Life. we saw but the world trade center in flames, big gaping hole all the way in the top of it. we could see people jumping from the top of the building. >> at midday, the financial district of lower manhattan looks like a war zone, with no idea if another attack is imminent, hundreds of companies throughout new york sent their workers home, bridges and tunnels across the hudson river clothes, mass transit shut down. >> there are over thousand rescue workers, probably about 2000 deployed, tryin...

Think you to emergency responders and first responders are what they do. jon: from my own perspective as i watched the twin towers were in that day, i assumed because i knew they had been fire proved, built supposedly with the impact of a 707 which was the biggest plane flying at the time there were about. i thought the firefighters would put the fire out if it takes days or weeks they would get a put out and the twin towers would continue on. it never occurred to me more than 300, 350 rescue wo...

Part of her message is as we mark the terrible attacks on september 11th, 2001, my thoughts and prayers for the entire nation as well as the family members of victims as well as the rescue workers called to duty. were going to pause for a moment and watch as the american "national anthem" will be played shortly there on the grounds of the windsor castle.

Because if you mess up theres consequences. >> one female member of the department died on september 111th and 35 others have since died from illnesses related to the take. >> britains queen elizabeth sent a message to joe biden today reflecting on her own. visit to the site of the world trade center in 2010. it reads as we mark the 20th anniversary of the terrify bicycle attacks on 11th september, 2001 my thoughts and prayers and those of my family and entire nation remain with the victims, sur...

And all of its citizens certainly share tonight the grief that has been caused, and as the president and everybody in his administration have said, we and the government continue to operate and continue to provide the services to all americans. icans. >> secretary of health and human services, tommy thompson. john ashcroft, attorney general of the united states. talk about the role of the two federal government now in tracking down the people who are responsible for todays attacks. and then the ...

A loved one out of the blue you have to consider their kids, their role. that had to be legally confusing. >> well, it sure was, neil, and ill tell you something, ken feinburg did a wonderful job as special master of the victims combination fund. the epa lied when they told us that the air was safe to breathe. they want today reopen wall street. i went back to my law firm and we did our jobs. 9/11 didnt end on 9/11, people continued to get sick and die from those toxins we were inhaling. neil: h...

Washington in the next couple of days, america ex going to be changed by the events of this day. its good at nbcs reporter, who is at the pentagon across the river of course from the nations capital. he was there in his office this morning when he heard an explosion and told us immediately he didnt know for sure when it was. we learned later, of course, jim, it was the unthinkable. a hijacked airliner that crashed into the building. >> back here, fresh flames are flickering from the roof of the ...

Together to ensure that the full resources of the government are brought to bear in these efforts. our heartfelt thoughts and our fervent prayers are with the injured and the families of those who have been lost. [applause] >> house speaker, dennis pastor, whos third in line in succession. >> as a nation, our thoughts and prayers are with those families in those injured. and those who were casualties of todays attack. we also remember those thousands of people who are rescue workers. we ask now ...

To meet each ambulance. some carrying many injured. this one hospital sent out a call for blood donors, and within minutes, so many volunteers appeared, that the hospital was swarmed and arranged for buses to take donors to other hospitals. >> well if youre not sure if youre negative or positive? >> more than 400 casualties were taken across the hudson river to hospitals in new jersey inside an islands. among the first casualties, about one in five were rescue workers. firefighters, police and e...

First question, when you think of where we are as a nation today, reflect on the lessons learned from september 11, 2001, and how have they made us safer? >> well, first, thank you for having me on, alex. good to see you again. my prayers and thoughts go to all of the families, the rescue workers, our military, the 2,977 people that died on this day 20 years ago and the people who got sick afterwards trying to rescue them. we have an obligation to take care of these people. i would say, alex, th...