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People more united than ever before. god bless the memories of those we lost and god bless these united states of america. [applause] bill: this is never an easy day he said and no, indeed it is not. civilians from 90 different countries, their lives taken on this day 11 years ago. ♪ .
The last row in front of me, 7th in from the far right. bill served as a marine in vietnam, flying helicopters. after the war he became a social studies teacher and joined the army national guard serving in the first gulf war as a medevac pilot. he was loved by his students. they were proud of his service and moved by his deep commitment to them and to our nation. one student said, he opened up my eyes and my heart to the world. many others inspired by his example became teachers, nurses, firefighters, and several followed him into the life of the military. bill retired from the classroom afte...
To make attempts. so, ambassador bolton, we thank you very much for being with us today. good to have you, sir. >> thank you for having me. bill: we're 2 1/2 minutes away from another moment of silence. that will be the time that we mark the collapse of the north tower. 102 minutes after it was struck. first one struck, last one to fall. outside of 7 world trade which was the tower that came down much later in the day, well past 5:00 in the evening after a fire just gutted that building. no one luckily, fortunately was inside that building and no one died as a result of 7 world trade. so we aw...
Especially in those battleground states that are so heavily fought now. and to that extent politics has been set aside for about 24 hours. but we will quickly move back to that for tomorrow once this day is over. andy card, thank you for your time. >> thank you. bill: wonderful to get your thoughts and reflections and hear you talk and speak to our viewers as no one else can. thank you, sir. martha: thanks to andy card for the role that he played on that day, andy, thank you very much. so now, to our national security correspondent jennifer griffin who is live at the pentagon with an update on...
Number is going to grow. the last number i heard for the new york city police department was 53 new york city police officers. so we have to remember that this terrible act, this terrible terrorist act is still killing us to this day. bill: there were statistics from 2010, tim, new york state department of health. nearly 350 first-responders had died of cancer at that time. that was nine years afterwards. >> yeah. i mean this number will continue to grow. i spoke with my friend denny mcdonough, retired now, who found out he had throat cancer a few months ago. he is battling that now. he said t...