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Curious to hear about your day that day, two decades ago now. because of your unique perspective on what folded as communications director for president george w. bush. i want to bring in someone we both know and that is mary fetchet. 2,977 people died in the attacks here in new york city alone just behind us. 2,753 people were killed. brad fetche it was all of 24 years old. a proud graduate of bucknell university. working as an equities trader on the 89th floor of the south tower. brad was able to speak with his dad, frank, in the minutes after the north tower was first hit. he left a voicema...

Me, as much as it is, you know, telling my story. with all the debris falling, one of the guys at my desk grabbed me, he's like, "let's go, let's get out of here." but then it dawned on me, one of my best friends from school was in the second tower on the 89th floor. she's got to be okay. obviously she's got to be okay because nothing bad could ever happen to anyone i know. but stupidly i left my cell phone on my desk, and so i didn't know how to get in touch with her. >> oh, no!

And asked them to speak again. >> my friend lisa, one of my best friends from school, was in the second tower. on the 89th floor. >> reporter: now a mother of four. >> i wonder if it will help them one day, they'll be able to remember, it's okay to be sad. it's okay to grieve, because you can live your life and love your life and you can be happy too. >> reporter: while you knew it was being recorded, did it in some way just feel private enough to kind of let some stuff out that you weren't talking about otherwise? >> yes. it felt really private and safe. it felt like i was alone with my thoug...

School was in the second hour, on the 89th floor. >> now lisa rig, mother of four. >> i wonder if it will help them one day, when they lose someone they love, they won't be able to remember. it's okay to be sad and it's okay to grieve, because you can also live your life and you can love your life. and you can be happy to. >> you knew it was being recorded. did it, in some way, just feel private enough to kind of let some stuff out that you weren't talking about otherwise? >> yes. it felt very private and safe. it felt like i was alone, with my thoughts. and it felt good to talk. because i was...

Watching a horror movie in the bedroom. all were laying in the same bed when a split second before the floor gave way, she heard what she thought was thunder. >> i screamed "run" and we made it a couple of steps out of the bedroom, and the floor started to cave. >> reporter: the condo was on the 9th floor, and devin fell with the buildings five stories and her mother on debris slightly above. he leg was crushed and her femur was snapped, but she yelled for help. >> is anybody hurt down there? >> and the rescuers reached devin and her mother. her older sister rushed home who had been out to fin...