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8th floor, north tower at beaumont hospital in dearborn, michigan. she's worked here since she graduated from nursing school about a year and a half ago. lately the covid unit is seeing more and more patients all while there are fewer nurses to care for them. >> there's been days i'm like i don't know how much longer i can do this and i'm brand flu. it's very rewarding what we do. >> reporter: the new wave is flooding michigan's health care system overwhelming doctors and nurses. admission to hospitals statewide have risen 43% over the past month. currently, there's more than 100 people being ...

>> fighter was the first chief into the building. right away, a guy from the port authority told him the damage is somewhere above the 78th floor but all you had to do was look around. it was obvious something had had happened right there in the lobby. >> you just saw that part of the windows were blown out. the lobby looks like the plane hit the lobby. >> later they'd figure out that flaming jet fuel has come down the elevator shaft. >> it was all over the place. knew it was going to be worse when we got upstairs. >> flames are shooting out. smoke is pouring out.

Many of those who died on this day, mothers and fathers who left children behind. >> robert pasenti. eric: 2 years after 9/11 when 10-year-old caitlin stood before grieving families at ground zero and spoke from her heart. >> and my dad firefighter lieutenant joseph levy, we miss you and love you. >> her father 45-year-old fdny lieutenant joseph was one of 343 firefighters killed that day as he led manhattan's ladder 15 up the stairs of the world trade center south tower reaching the impact disown on the 78th floor. [inaudible] >> eric: before the building collapsed. >> admirable to hear how i...

Got out of the building safely, have you met any of them, anybody who might remember your dad? >> so i volunteer with the 9/11 memorial museum. we started the visionary network, which is a way for us to educate the next generation. at one of their benefits a couple years ago, i was speaking -- sorry, i spoke a couple years ago. i went back as a guest. my mom and i were there, and someone got up and was speaking about how he was on the 78th floor of the south tower. he remembers the firefighters bringing him down to safety. i just looked at my mom, and we both got chills. later that evening, we...

You well know, is to defend this country. i take that very, very seriously. we're going to stay focused on that. whether it's a threat from a transnational terrorist, whether it's a threat from, you know, somewhere else, a near peer competitor, our job is to make sure that we keep the homeland safe and we protect our interests around the globe. >> mr. secretary, good luck. thanks so much, especially on this really important day, for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> appreciate it very much. jake, the secretary of defense, lloyd austin. >> all right. thank you so much, wolf. one of the many ...