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States. i have someone joining me who lost her first born around the towers that day. thank you so much for coming down and seeing you again. you have been on the show before. looking at your son here, can we begin with him. he was coming in on the train into the city. he saw the towers burning. >> the burning towers, yes. >> he went where? he. >> he went downtown toward the tower. he would respond to people in trouble. he was a cad et of the nypd so he changed his route. he went toward the towe...

Going to head that way or you may want to talk to your operation wrshz. >> then 17 minutes after american airlines flight 11 slams into the world trade centers north tower at 9:03 a.m. united 175 hits the south tower. >> we were about 60 miles from kennedy. probably about, you know, 80 miles or so from manhattan. thats when they told me the second aircraft just hit the world trade center. obviously some confusion in my cockpit. i thought i was still chasing american flight 11, and then there was...

>> if this guy doesnt look like an arab terrorist, nobody does. >> i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than bewear of cockpit. >> i was in my office. >> one of the most horrific days in history. >> we clearly had a hijack in progress. >> they said, be prepared to shoot down the next hijacker. there was a report ten miles, 8 miles. >> this is their story. >> if it was going to hit anything, it was going to hit us. >> the footnotes of 9/11. >>...

>> this guy doesnt look like an arab terrorist. nobody does. >> i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than beware of cockpit intrusion. >> they are the people who awoke september 11th living ordinary lives. >> i was in my office sitting in that chair. >> reporter: suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nations history. >> they said we have some planes. we clearly had a hijack in process. >> they said be prepared to shoot do...

like an arab terrorist. nobody does. >> i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than be wear of cockpit intrusion. >> they are the people who aswoek september 11th living ordinary lives. >> i was in my office sitting in that chair. >> reporter: suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nations history. >> they said we have some planes. we clearly had a hijack in process. >> they said be prepared to shoot down the next hijack tra...

>> i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than "beware of cockpit intrusion". >> is that america 11 trying to call? >> they are the people who awoke september 11th living ordinary lives. >> i was in my office sitting in that chair. >> suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nations history. >> they said, we have some planes. >> nobody move. if you try to make any moves, youll endanger yourself and the airplane. >> we clearly ...

>> i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than "beware of cockpit intrusion". >> is that america 11 trying to call? >> they are the people who awoke september 11th living ordinary lives. >> i was in my office sitting in that chair. >> suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nations history. >> they said, we have some planes. >> nobody move. if you try to make any moves, youll endanger yourself and the airplane. >> we clearly ...

worst fire season in history gets worse by the hour. this is the worst of the worst. southeast of austin, 30,000 acres consumed, hundreds of homes destroyed, zero containment. this fire started sunday, barely 48 hours ago, and already governor rick perry calls it as mean a fire as he has ever seen and hes seen a whole lot of wildfires this year. the texas forest service counts 294 consecutive days of wildfires somewhere in the state. you see the numbers here behind me. not coincidental...