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At ground zero. just over my shoulder here, the two reflection pools commemorating where those two towers once stood. many of the families expected to be here in lower manhattan in person this morning paying their respects, mourning a day of remembrance, a day for many, not just on a personal level but a national level a day of mourning. president biden and other leaders and dignitaries including president barack obama, president bill clinton. both of their wives, former first ladies. many families who wanted to be here last year during covid couldn't be but they will be here. we're expecting ...

Very tight. guards posted up on different corners. different check points. you can see some of the memorials here in the reflection pools still here today. new yorkers will also see that tribute in light. that enormously remarkable spectacle, the two beams of light shining in the sky for miles to see. those are expected to come at sunset later today. boris, christi. >> laura jarrett, we thank you so much. cnn's darryl borgis is live in pennsylvania. when you look at the time line of things. the south tower collapsed at 9:59. the crash in pennsylvania was just four minutes later. what do we e...

Just downstairs by the reflection pools, seeing the families already gathered and police officers who are no longer police officers, retired police officers, retired firefighters, all gathering and family members all gathering downstairs. you can already feel what tomorrow will be like. it's sad. it's solemn. at times, it's very quiet. so there's going to be a lot of events. certainly, the city is going to feel and it really the country is going to feel it as the president just said, we'll start to travel across the country, visiting pennsylvania and then also at the pentagon. so, it's going t...

Presidents and first responders. so he will be here. and then go to pennsylvania and then also wind up ending his day over at the pentagon. all of these are the sites where one of those planes went down, of course. and it is going to be a very solemn day here. 20 years, most people remember where they were on this day, 20 years ago. and now so many remembering leading up to this, i was down at the reflection pool before i came up for the live shot, you could start to feel some of the sadness and some of the solemn, the quiet around the pools, the reflection pools where many of the names are et...

This is a time where the reflection pools, where those towers once stood, are only open to those family members and first responders, to the people that rushed to that area to help on that horrible, horrible day. poppy and jim, back to you for the next moment of silence. >> and let's take that now. >> in just a moment we'll get that second moment of silence at ground zero for united flight 175 crashing in to the south tower. 614 people perished in that tower. >> brynn, you look at -- here's the moment of silence. [ bell ringing ]