find bin laden and designate al qaeda and fighting the taliban. you know how often there are multiple choice of duty in afghanistan. now we re dealing with them to try to get those we left behind out. the sivs, the translators, they were in combat. you know that, brian. you were over there so often. the translators, the drivers, they were more than that. they were the eyes and ears. they were intelligence operatives because it was they who understood the culture and the language and they could see who was a bad guy or potential threat better than our own people could. so that is part of the tragedy, the continuing tragedy and the concern, when you think that the 9/11 commission said one of the failures was our failure of imagination. we had seen hijackings overseas, bomb threats, but we had never seen an airplane used as a bomb
need our support. that s a growing population. but we learned so much about growing and healing and resilience from the 9/11 community, we re working with communities impacted by other tragedies both here in the united states and abroad. mary fetchet, my friend and neighbor for over 20 years. thank you very much. it s the statue of limitations that never passes on saying to someone like you we are sorry for your loss and thinking of you and all the families today. thank you, brian. thank you, mary. andrea mitchell is at the pentagon today. andrea, it strikes me that on that morning, that morning of wild sadness and shock and anger, the news media didn t get everything right. there were unsubstantiated
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i have one child and he s alive but you can t imagine outliving your son and having to do that for a generation pass. i know it s hard for him to see and remember every year here and it s hard for us to watch that and him and his daughter, richard s sister laurie and see the grief they have now. but i think that, in some ways, makes us more resolved to make sure we don t forget and that everyone collectively remembers the 40 year. absolutely. a moment of remembrance and reflection, indeed. brian, nicole? geoff bennett, thank you so much. thank you colonel chris wayland. we have a chance to bring in our coverage someone special. on the morning of september 11th, george w. bush was visiting second graders in sarasota, florida. he was reading a book when the
the aftermath years on after september 11th, correspondent rehema ellis who is with us again today. i m curious as to your perspective from where you are. brian, i m struck by what you mentioned about the tower behind me. you re right, it took years. it was 14 years before this one world trade center, this stunning, sparkling tower behind me was built. and it didn t open until 2015. and here we are now and unfolding is a solemn tradition. just moments ago, we were looking at pictures of people standing by the reflecting tool. the tears were flowing. they were wiping tears from their eyes. the tears flowing like the water in the pool as they began to undertake or enact something that they ve been doing now since 9/11. that is remembering those lost with a traditional reading of