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Family before the cell phones went down. of course, they know that i worked inside the pentagon. so they were able to hear from me, but moving on from that. it is the heroism that immediately emerged in this building. i got out very quickly and was on the side of the building where you see the memorial, the actual impact site of flight 77 where 184 souls here lost their lives. the fire was massive, and even before emergency services could get here, the police were calling for anybody who had medical training to please step for forward, and what you saw were dozens and dozens of military person...

We were reporters for "the washington post." we were in moscow deep inside the russian ministry of defense when the first plane hit and we didn't know what to think of it. we moved on with this pentagon delegation to a press conference in the middle of the press conference, the second plane hit and a very, very large uniformed marine came in and physically dragged the pentagon officials out. it was vladimir putin who was the very first world leader to call president bush that day. it's a reminder that our first instincts about what the consequences of a catastrophe are going to be aren't neces...

Edward Fine graced the cover of Fortune magazine in a picture taken moments after the 9/11 attacks. Ten years later he tells NBC New York about how his life has...

>> reporter: good morning. the 9/11 families are coming together at the site where the twin towers once stood. they mark 21 years since the awful day. we expect about six moments of silence throughout the morning. they acknowledge when each plane hit and when the jetliners crashed into the pentagon and a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. the names will echo through the memorial plaza as officials come together including kamala harris and chuck schumer and department of homeland security secretary mayorkas. this is what he had to say about today's events. >> solemn day. this is a time to hono...

It there. so i was finishing it up and each time i got ready to head out to his office we heard new news what was going on in new york and other things that delayed me. just as i was ready to leave the phone rang and it was my wife. she was called because i called her earlier to teller what happened in new york. she was calling to check on me if i was okay there, safe in the pentagon. as soon as i finished the phone call, hung up the phone, i spun around in my chair, that is when the plane hit. my office sits right next to the, it is in the b ring. we have a window there between the b and c ri...