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Explosion. we can see a billowing smoke rising, and i can't -- i'll tell you that i can't see that second tower, but there was a cascade of sparks and fire, and now it looks almost like a mushroom cloud explosion. >> as america was glued to the horrific images playing out in new york in a lonely field near shanksville, pennsylvania, united airlines flight 93 crashed, killing all onboard. the passengers and crew had fought back against their hijackers, having learned what was happening outside. and moments later, collapse again. >> in washington, there is a large fire at the pentagon. the penta...

I was just very impressed he was not the least bit selfish that day, he was completely engaged and trying to do the right thing. >> mr. secretary, every year i vow not to reimmerse myself into the readings and documentaries about what happened here and every year i fall into the same pattern. and every year i remind myself of the time line. this is the incredible part to me. regarding your role in this, and i want to hear about the infrastructure behind the scenes. as you've been talking, we saw some of the -- the photos of the makeshift office area that follows when the white house is on the ...

There with tears in her eyes. and she told me what had happened, and we had a moment in the hallway. i think i was just very confused at first. like, you know, you're an innocent ten—year—old thinking, "the world is great." and then, you find out that someone killed your father. hundreds of miles south, in florida, andy card was also at an elementary school. the chief of staff to president bush knew he had to interrupt him. that's when i walked up to the president and i leaned down and i whispered to him, "a second plane hit the second tower. "america is under attack. " ann van hine was in...

Appears it was not a small plane but a commercialjetliner. 0h appears it was not a small plane but a commercialjetliner. oh my god, another— a commercialjetliner. oh my god, another plane hit the other tower at the world _ another plane hit the other tower at the world trade center. that is when i the world trade center. that is when i walked _ the world trade center. that is when i walked up— the world trade center. that is when i walked up to the president and i whispered — i walked up to the president and i whispered to him, a second plane hit the second _ whispered to him, a second p...

On that day, always with a lot of sadness and, you know, really i don't talk about it very much, but the one thing that always strikes me is that i remember most vividly the courage i saw on that day. i mean, there was such a sense of helplessness, when i found out that the plane that hit the second tower was an airliner, because someone i'd met on the street told me, it was just -- it took my breath away, and i was confused and overwhelmed, but i think back about the firemen who rushed in the building with the hope of putting out the fire. so there was a lot of courage that day. >> paul: i sh...