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Conducted the greatest rescue mission in the history of the united states, including one of our next guests who we met on our special law enforcement live studio audience show. remember last friday? >> im retired nypd and also during 9/11 i was a chief and a first responder with the new york city sheriffs department. so i carry my id with me just as a memory from 9/11. brian: wow, fantastic. where were you on that day after you found out the planes hit? >> first of all, i was actually off that d...

Came in banging on the door and they said a plane just hit tower 1. this is where tower 2 was at the time. im standing in front of building. there was this enormous explosion above me. i could hear them yelling that a second aircraft had just hit tower 2. at that point i realized we were under attack. >> i worked for the city of new york. volunteer firefighter for 23 years. during the events of september 11th. i had a need to come down here and help. >> this museum is off the footprint of where ...

About the plane. steve: first plane and andy told him. >> second plane flew. in i remember andy went to the door and i remember him -- we were in a room adjacent to the classroom and he stopped at the door and paused and it seemed like an eternity. it was probably a second or two. but i always remembered that he stopped and i didnt know why until a couple years ago when i on a 9/11 program explained that when he got to the door he realized he had to know exactly what he was going to say to the p...

♪ ♪ steve: well, its mostly cloudy here in new york. 73 much like it was 18 years ago today when america was under attack and responded promptly. about an hour from now a moment of silence south lawn of the white house and then they will start the annual commemoration by reading of the nearly 3,000 names of those who lost their lives 18 years ago today. ainsley: such an emotional day. its been 18 years. we all have stories. we all remember where we were on that day. steve: brian and i were r...

Time to see the second one hit. >> the plane crashed into the south tower at 9:03. cheney was soon rushed to a white house bunker, re-telling the story cheney once said quote they practice, this you move whether you want to be moved or not. you are going. cheneys quote is one of thousands collected by author garrett graff says his book lets readers experience the fear sadness some felt firsthand. >> on the morning of 9/11 we didnt understand what was beginning to transpire around us. >> stay on ...

Was a second plane? he said yeah. second plane. ainsley: this video right here whats going through your mind, do you remember? >> whats going through my mind is exactly what peter gansy told me get people north. get them the hell out of here peter said. that happened when i was down by -- i walked down to where the tower was. he was collecting. brian: heading south, are you? >> im heading north now i was heading south originally i went south. and pete said to me get these people to go north. the...

Second plane was diverted to salt lake city. it was flying from los angeles. and kathleen, again youre saying that this is something that the public should be feeling good about because of the fact that we were able to respond quickly? >> yes. and i can also say that when the iraqi wars broke out, we had some similar things that right as we got close to war or whether there was tension in the war going on, all of a sudden we had a lot more flights of being grounded or flights being diverted beca...

Data to make sure things are there. its really a process of elimination. we know it wasnt on the indian coast, the coast of india. we know it wasnt on this australian coast. that pushes you further out to sea. take the arc from the satellite as the airplane flue along and did that electronic handshake, that really kind of pushes you out into this really remote area. >> all right. all of what youre saying is help for for people who want to believe one of two things. one, this airplane went north ...

Strengthen as we go forth. >> location is a challenge, season is a challenge. having no land is also a challenge because it increases wind effect. then you have some of the deepest ocean as well. right? tell me about that. >> first of all, talking about rough seas. anything that potentially should be floating may not be floating. you have air patches and wing a a plane but do have rough seas. we have a map. kind of show you the depth there. talking about the depth anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 f...

Still a possibility is bringing a range of emotions from passengers families. i spoke with one man whose son is not only missing but of particular interest to authorities. police looking into his background because he has an aviation engineering background. he says hes sure his son had nothing to do with it, he welcomes the investigation and says police have yet to contact his family. on some level do you hope that this is not the plane? >> reporter: for some of the families on board flight 370,...