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Everybody, the six umpires who have the game. and all of a sudden there was an umpire i didn't recognize. come to find out later on, well, actually i saw it there, was the secret service man. he was dressed as an umpire. and i think i mentioned something about, obviously he was armed, and, you know, tried to bring some levity to the thing, i said, it's about time they armed you guys, meaning the umpires. but it was powerful. and i was at the end of the runway coming from the clubhouse to the dugout. and i welcomed president bush. he comes, i mean, charging out, and says to me, he says, joe, he...

One of those survivors, joe ditmarr, is with me now. joe, thanks so much for being with us. you were on the 105th floor of the south tower world trade center 20 years ago today. unfortunately very few people on floors as high as you were on are with us today. take us back to that moment that the tower was struck. it was the tower beside you that was struck. what did it sound like, what did it feel like? did you realize what had happened? what was going through your mind? >> that's the incredible part for us, jim. we were in an enclosed conference room on 105 with four walls and no windows and ...

Country was able to gel together. and the more i can talk about it, the more i have the opportunity to. i can only hope one person hears me and passes it on to somebody else. i think we've just got to understand, like we said, that our strength is in that unity. we don't have to be uniform, like the vice president said, we just have to unify. and that's what we have to do. >> that's what we have to do, no question about it. joe ditmarr, thanks for joining us, and thanks for telling your story tonight. >> i appreciate you having me. thanks a lot. >> thanks so much. many americans who survived...