Officers, everyonewho was present on that day or had their agency present, civilians, too, so much appreciate the fact that their loved ones are not forgotten. That well always remember their names and well remember their actions that day and this was a must do. This needed to be done and im so glad it was. Sandra you wrote a piece on the 15year anniversary of 9 11. This is 19 years now since these attacks. Next year, of course, will be 20 years and it is hard to believe this time has passed. But at 15 years, brad, you wrote america is at our best when were tested as a nation. It was a very significant piece in which you went on to say americas greatest strengths from our freedom, liberty and goodness. What was the point of your piece that day as we look back at the tragic events that happened that morning . Look, there isnt anything my nephew would have wanted more than to be helping people and sacrificing his life. Thats what we do every day in america. We have brave servicemen and women, we have police and fire and First Responders. We have ordinary citizens who do things that are never reported. The goodness of america runs through us. Were the most charitable nation on earth. We are always there for ourselves and for others and we can meet any adversity and were much better when were tested. And we overcome challenges that many would throw their hands up in the air and say its too tough. It is never too tough for america. Our country has faced challenge after challenge and weve met and exceeded the expectations of beating those challenges. So america is a good country and we have to keep reminding ourselves of the goodness of our country and thank god we live in the freest nation on earth. Were not perfect. Our founders said we strive to be a more Perfect Union and were more perfect because of ceremonies like this today remembering our past and carrying it forward to make sure our future is just as bright no matter what the challenges of the moment seem to be. Sandra god bless thomas. Weve been showing pictures of your nephew while youve been talking and i know you and your family miss him dearly. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family this morning. We mentioned youre the only senior staff member in the white house to lose a Family Member on that day. What was that like for you especially this morning as we look back on reflect on the moments when president bush learned of the events that were happening when the first plane hit the north tower and then the south tower . It was really surreal. I was in charge of the president s schedule and i always had the news on in my office to make sure that anything that came on the news that could affect his schedule i was on top of. As we saw the first plane hit the tower, it was reported that it was a passenger plane, a private small aircraft. I thought how odd. Im from the board. How could that happen on a clear day . I thought it was strange. Then the second plane hit and i knew we were under attack and it was a terrorist event. I went into the situation room hoping they would have answers in the white house. They didnt. They were watching it in realtime as well. Then there came a time when we were evacuated from the west wing because the shanksville plane they said was coming for the white house or the capitol. So we were evacuated. I had 150 staff with me that i was responsible for. And we had to keep working. And i put my staff into teams. I wanted them to work on what did other president s do in times of crisis, the bombing in oklahoma, the pearl harbor attacks. When did the president address the nation . What did he do . Why did he do it . We kept working to provide information that the president could use to make his own decisions. Later on that afternoon, my sister was calling me because her son was not responsive to telephone calls and yet i knew somehow that he was there trying to help and the court was just a few blocks from the World Trade Center and he was helping people. My brother was calling me, the commissioner of the Port Authority that owns the trade center and for my nephew. The patriots that i was working with at the white house, they all came together and when there came a time when i was told to send them home and return to the white house just a handful of us, they wanted to continue working. And they were the first ones to say what can we do to help . So i saw the best of america that day. Sandra its so difficult for such horrific events to occur to then have those acts of herroism that came from them and the stories about your nephew, thomas. You know, you look at kids who are in high school right now and they werent even born when this happened. What is your message to those who now will only read about this in history books as they grow up and have to learn the history of this day . If we dont learn from history were condemned to repeat it. Some history should never be repeated. So school kids need to come down to ground zero and see it for themselves. They need to hear the stories from survivors and as they pass on the survivors we pass it to the next generation. We need to make sure its instilled in our School Children by teachers and parents and peers. We can never lose a sense of history that happened that day. Sandra Brad Blakeman, really appreciate you joining us this morning. Our best to you and your family. Thank you. Thank you so much. Sandra trace, it is amazing how raw it still is 19 years later. It touched all of our lives in so many different ways and everybody has their stories but to listen to someone like brad who his nephews body was never recovered, thomas. He went out and did what he could to help others on that day. Lets go to general jack keane and listening to his stories. Judge janine talking about her daughter was on a field trip to the pentagon. Everybody has a story from that day and so difficult to look back at all those. Trace as you listen to Brad Blakeman recount that heart rending story about his nephew i was struck by him saying earlier in the interview that america is a good country. It is notable you point out that in that time 343 firefighters lost their lives, 71 Police Officers, First Responders trying to do good things. Brad blakeman, wonderful story there. 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This has historically been a day to put aside politics even in a president ial campaign and i expect thats how it will go today. President is always the second helicopter, by the way, to come down. The first one typically is staff. That will be the president landing now aboard that blackhawk helicopter, the white top version of marine one. It becomes marine one when the president is inside it. Otherwise it is just a blackhawk helicopter. We do have some excerpts from the president s speech which he will deliver there at 9 45 this morning scheduled to run 20 minutes as he pays tribute to the 40 heroes aboard flight 93 who fought the hijackers who flew the plane into the ground in shanksville and talk more about 9 11. An excerpt from the speech the heroes of flight 93, an everlasting reminder that no matter the danger, no matter the threat, no matter the odds, america will always rise up, stand tall, and fight back. More broadly, he will talk about everyone who died and all of the heroes of 9 11. He will say in new york, arlington and here in pennsylvania people raced into the suffocating smoke and rubble at ground zero, the world witnessed the miracle of american courage at sacrifice. As ash rained down police and firefighters ran into the fires of hell. Today we honor their extraordinary sacrifice and every First Responder who keeps america safe. I read many of the excerpts. It will be a very powerful speech this morning. At the same time as you mentioned joe and jill biden will be traveling to shanksville this afternoon and they will be in new york city this morning, and it doesnt look like the schedules are going to cross at any point. It is not likely that biden and the president will be in the same space at the same time. Over politics so far has been put on hold today. The president did tweet this morning about america getting back to work writing congratulations, j. P. Morgan chase for ordering everyone back to the office on september 21st. Will always be better than working from home. Im also told it is not likely that the president will hold one of his briefings later on today. So as the ceremonies in shanksville and there at ground zero at the pentagon to honor the 3,000 people who died on 9 11. Trace. Trace well be covering those live. John roberts live at the white house. John, thank you. Sandra many 9 11 tributes changing this year because of the pandemic including the Travis Mannion Foundation annual heros run. The ceremony is being held at the pentagon as we remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost 19 years ago today. Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. [applause] unlike other sleep aids, our extended release melatonin helps you sleep longer. And longer. Zzzquil pure zzzs all night. Fall asleep. Stay asleep. That selling carsarvana, 100 online wouldnt work. 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The study comes as most states are allowing restaurants to reopen. Trace pentagon is holding a ceremony remembering those lost on 9 11 19 years ago. American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the west wall of the first floor of the pentagon killing 125 people in the building along with 64 people on the plane. With us now is general jack keane. Retired four star general, chairman for the institute for the study of war and fox news senior strategic analyst. General keane, always great to see you especially on a day like today. I reread an article that you wrote four or five years ago about being inside the pentagon 19 years ago at this very time and you talked about i think its imperative to note of the 184 people who died on flight 77 and the pentagon, 85 of them were your teammates from army headquarters. This is a very somber day for you. Yeah, most definitely. It is interesting that was the first day of the 9 11 wars and i always described it as the first battle of the wars that took place. We lost 85 people out of that headquarters and more loss of life for the United States army than any other day for the last 19 years. Thats how representative 9 11 is to the United States army as well as it is to the American People, trace. It is a vivid memory for all of us. Trace and you in your article go back, general, and say you watched it on television and as soon as you learned a plane had hit the north tower of the World Trade Center you knew full well it was not an accident. I remember 1993 very well they tried to bring down the World Trade Center with a bomb in the garage. Im a born and raised new yorker. No plane is going to accidentally hit the World Trade Center on a beautiful day. The second plane came. I asked my operations officers, two star general, to bring the Army Operations center up to full manning. In the conversation with him after the second World Trade Center building was hit, we were talking about an airplane that flew out to ohio and was on its way back to the vicinity of washington, d. C. And when it got close to the city turned east and then south. He was monitoring faa net and as we were having that discussion the plane hit us. He did not feel it because he is at the bottom four stories down. And we did feel it. A lot of smoke. The building shook. A lot of stuff fell down. I told my people to call home and evacuate and took two of my people a colonel and my aide. Gave him my shirts from my bathroom. Soaked them up and helped some people get out of there. It was a horrific day. The first day culminated by going to the hospital. Five hospitals, wounded spread out all over the city. It was there i confronted their personal stories as to what happened to them and realized it was a significant amount of heroism just as we learned about what took place in new york city but also huge amount of resilience and resolve as they were coping with pain and horrific injuries because of the burns they received. Trace we have 65 seconds until the moment of silence. You said at the time we heard the report that five planes inbound to the u. S. Were unaccounted for and Fighter Aircraft were mustered to engage them and president cheney gave them permission to shoot them down if necessary. What must be going through the minds they would kill hundreds of innocent people to save thousands. Your thoughts. It was that. Likely guys and gals in their 20s and 30s with those weapon systems at their fingertips knowing that they were taking innocent lives to protect many others. Fortunately they were able to identify themselves to the pilots of those airplanes and they turned out not to have terrorists on board. It was quite a moment. I think we were all just frozen in place staring at the screen listening to what was happening before our eyes. Trace thank you, general. Lets listen. A moment of silence for those who died on flight 93 and in new york. [moment of silence] present arms. [taps being played] of knowing that important things like your prescriptions, and ballots, are on their way. Every day, all across america, well keep delivering for you. With priceline, you can get up to 60 off amazing hotels. And when you get a big deal. You feel like a big deal. Priceline. Every trip is a b