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Ladder into the bottom of what we called the pit as firefighters. joishl as the low great construction was completed and the buildings started to come out of the ground, for me, thats when the magic happened. you really saw these beautiful, beautiful buildings. >> the first of five towers planned for the site opened in 2014. world trade center one. at 104 stories, 1776 feet high, its the tallest building in the united states. with a bomb resistant base and like most new high rises, a concrete co...

To mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and to ensure that future generations never forget, we offer this visual chronicle of the day that changed the world and the 20 years of war that followed.

In their full suits again trying to be optimistic, almost, they are raising a glass for those people who died, and it is almost like they want to remember but they want to reflect in a positive way as well. we heard from a lot of the families of the victims, there was one woman, she said about her brotherjohn, it really stood out, he was on the and a fourth floor of tower one, and she said that families end up signing up to a club that they never expected to a club that they never expected to be...

Not everybody had them. maybe 20% of the people _ not everybody had them. maybe 20% of the people had them back in those days _ the people had them back in those days so _ the people had them back in those days so i — the people had them back in those days. so i had to find each of those numbers— days. so i had to find each of those numbers and all i got was what we call a _ numbers and all i got was what we call a fast — numbers and all i got was what we call a fast busy signal. a beeping...

Fdny fire chief was nearby when the planes hit and he found himself calling the shots on that fateful day. he spoke to nbcs lester holt about what happened next. >> you immediately sent your firefighters into the north tower. did you know what you were sending them into? >> i knew that we had multiple floors on fire and i knew that thousands of people were trapped. >> he made critical decisions, ordering the south tower evacuated before it was hit, likely saving countless lives. among the firefi...

>> well, the people that have joined me on this walk, and i started at the pentagon on august 1st, i was at shanksville, pennsylvania, on august 21st, and ill be retracing my brothers footsteps on the 20th anniversary on september 11th. im doing it with sneakers, he did it with his gear. im coming out of the tunnel and looking at the freedom tower. he saw two towers on fire with horrific scenes. but, yes, i have two concerns. one is that it is fading with a lot of americans and thats why im doin...

That felt pretty good. >> i left here right after the first collapse. >> turns out tony had been with larry burns the whole time, the proby and the retired chief. they were right there when tower one came down. >> i checked all the rigs. there were rigs crushed. paramedic trucks covered with rubble, flipped, fires burning everywhere, huge fires. that whole day, i just searched through rubble, lifting things up, checking underneath. >> this is hard for him. just very hard. hes only been a firefig...

♪ change is coming ♪ ♪ hold on, everything ♪ ♪ will be all right ♪ tonight the attack that stunned the nation. caught on camera -- >> we got to get everybody out. >> inside world trade center. >> the second one hit the other tower as the first tower fell.

Tony but tony is still at the fire house. >> new no, i was off duty. tries to th the phone. gideon took his camera and started walking down the trade center. he was sure his brother was inside and he wanted to get to him. >> what really stick in my mind is passing by people and feeling them and feeling their astonishment. i remember tilting the camera back and forth between the people and the tower in front of

People jumping out of windows. you could see them hitting the ground all around you. debris hitting the ground. >> lets move. come on, officers. >> basically, everybody was standing right in the shadow of tower one. it was 10:28 in the morning. >> this huge, raw -- i dont even have time to think at that point. i just run . then i feel someone jumping on top of me, and then the dust .