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When the pentagon was attacked and the moment flight 93 crashed into a field in pennsylvania. >> it is truly an honor to be with all of you at this field of honor. >> reporter: along with vice president kamala harris, president george w. bush who served as commander in chief in 2001 helped lead a memorial at that site. >> the 33 passengers and 7 crew of flight 93 could have been any group of citizens selected by fate. in a sense they stood in for us all. the terrorists soon discovered that a random group of americans is an exceptional group of people. >> reporter: and at the pentagon general m...

People affected by this, it brings back the moment you got the phone call, the brings back the instant you got the news no matter how many years go by. reporter: he followed former president bush acknowledging the heroes of 9/11 in his keynote address at flight 93 memorial. >> these americans were brave, strong and you united in ways that shocked the terrorists. this is the nation we know. reporter: also in shanksville, vice president kamala harris remembered the resilience of the 40 passengers of flight 93. >> the most dire of circumstances, the 40 spend -- responded as one. they fought for t...

Like the firefighters who rushed into the towers. or the passengers who stormed the cockpit in flight 93. we much more quickly than i think we remember, we turned on each other. i mean, i remember i -- i -- i -- that same year was when i got into country music. and the top-country hit was this song "have you forgotten?" it was either that year or the year after where the enemy, the -- the sort of villain was no longer, you know, the people who attacked us. it was, like, liberals who didn't want to support the war in iraq. and so, where we are living now, that moment where it seems like we are ...

Flight taking off from newark, destined for san francisco when hijackers took over. the terrorists rerouting the plane, determined to bring it down, likely in our nation's capital but the brave souls on board, storming the cockpit, sacrificing their own lives when united 93 crashed here near shanksville today their courage highlighted by former president george w. bush >> these americans were brave, strong and united in ways that shocked the terrorists, which should not surprise any of us. >> reporter: but he warned that sort of unity is slipping away >> so much of our politics has become a na...

United in purpose, we will be prepared for whatever comes next. the 40 passengers and crew members of flight 93, as we all know, they didn't know each other, most of them didn't know each other. they were different people from different places. they were on that particular flight for different reasons. but they did not focus on what may separate us. no, they focused on what we all share. on the humanity we all share. in a matter of minutes in the most dire of circumstances the 40 responded as one. they fought for their own lives and to save the lives of countless others at our nation's capital...