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>> virtually identical. >> i was sitting in my office. i heard someone say a small plane hitted the world trade center. i looked out the window. my office faced down 6th avenue at the towers and i saw virtually everything after that moment. the one moment ill never forget was watching the first tower collapse because the twin towers had been such a permanent fixture on our landscape and this skyline and i kept wanting to believe that it was going to emerge from the dust but it never did. a massi...

243 firefighters killed, and most crushed when the building collapsed, but in the end, some of them even risking that and knowing a possibility because they saw the first tower collapse and that that was a possibility. >> right. neil: they were still, still, looking for people. did any of them besides the one buddy get back to you to say, this doesnt look good? >> well, ill address that were talking about captain billy burke and billy was with pa disabled man who was in a wheelchair, and billy k...

And respect what happened 20 years ago i think it has been more difficult than people remember. you are actuall difficult than people remember. m1. are actually here watching the second tower collapse, what was that like? i second tower collapse, what was that like? ., , ., ., like? i was in the north tower in the second _ like? i was in the north tower in the second tower _ like? i was in the north tower in the second tower got _ like? i was in the north tower in the second tower got hit. - lik...

2001, secretary johnson, it didnt seem possible that a commercial airline could hit those buildings. >> i was one of those americans, 9/11 happens to be my birthday. and i remember vividly, i drove in from our home in new jersey out here. the weather was a lot like it is right now, a crisp, beautiful, blue sky day. got to work early in midtown manhattan, same law firm im with now. i was sitting at my desk and i heard somebody next door to me say a small plane has hit the world trade center. and ...

I took family there, to windows on the world. my son was 3 weeks old, i took him up to the observation deck in 1994 and to see that tower collapse was incomprehensible. and it changed me, it changed our nation. the department of homeland security didnt exist in 2001. and here we are 20 years later, we built back bigger. im a trustee of this memorial here today, im proud to say. and i think its important we learn the lessons of the past and honor the bravery and the suffering of those who died th...

Want to bring you back to surf side, florida, as the search continues in the tower collapse. rainy weather will complicate a difficult rescue. well get a check in on the weather from tyler maldin. what are we going to see? >> its the rainy season, boris. the conditions we are going to see are exactly what we would expect to see. its 78 degrees and humid. we have an east wind coming at 3 to 5 meelgs an hour. on the east wind are streamer showers. theyre moving into miami-dade county and tricounty...

First, in south florida, rescue crews continue to work around the clock trying to find survivors in the rubble of the horrifying tower collapse. at this hour officials say four people have died. 159 are unaccounted for. family and friends of those people still hoping for a miracle. >> if you had a chance to talk to him, what would you say? >> keep fighting. keep fighting. you were telling me when we came over here, i said im sorry for your loss. you said you havent lost her yet. >> no, definitel...

Hand corner something that said remember 9/11. what memory of 9/11 should we keep alive? whats important to hold on to? >> i think that whats important, its, of course, important to remember those who died, the heroism that occurred on that day, and its important to remember not to let our guard down. and that what happened on 9/11 was beyond the comprehension of a lot of people. when i saw that tower collapse, it was beyond my comprehension. but its important that we keep our guard up and that ...

>> thanks very much. thats it for "360." see you again at 10:00 p.m. thanks for watching. "piers morgan tonight" starts now. on september 10, 2011, he was a hard charging, high-living ceo. september 12, he was the only family of the families of 658 people, cantor fitzgerald made it out alive. >> i thought everyone i ever imagined working with ever had been killed. >> he attempted his own life. he tells us how he rebuild his business and his life over the dust of ground zero. and a ...

>> he attempted his own life. he tells us how he rebuild his business and his life over the dust of ground zero. and a woman whose life went up in flames on that terrible day. >> out of the elevator shaft blew a wall of fire that enveloped me. >> she had an 8% chance of living through it. this is a special edition of "piers morgan tonight." good evening, tonight new york city is a city on edge. we hear more about the terror alerts from 9/11. communications from a known al qaeda ope...