barnabus road at 10:30 in the morning. a u-haul van was stolen. then, an hour later, from this u-haul lot on allentown road. turns out police say both stolen vehicles were white econoline vans, both with arizona license plates and police immediately issued a lookout. >> and there is nothing to believe that there is anything more sinister than two stolen vans. how far, with the climate of 9/11, we're taking extra precautions. >> reporter: it came as the d.c. region is on high alert, dealing with a possible terror threat. word that al qaeda operatives might be planning to detonate a vehicle bomb in d.c. or new york city around the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. citizens are taking the warnings seriously. police responding to dozens of calls for suspicious vehicles, suspicious people, suspicious packages. >> what we keep telling people is do not focus on any one thing or any one string can of things. look -- description of things. look for something out of place. >> reporter: fox news is pointing a senior u.s. official said the threat is looking less credible and might be something of a, quote, wild-goose chase. we asked the police chief cathy lanier to weigh in. >> i'm not going to comment on the specifics, but i will say in my experience and in the past, almost 10 years of doing this with work on the intelligence community. you have to warn people that intelligence is not an exact science or a crystal ball, you know and that is a lot of chasing leaves and the important thing for all of us on is is to remember, i take everyone serious, i don't care how credible they tell me it s. never underestimate anything in this environment. >> and on friday, the chief asked the public to be on the lookout. they were up 20% win an hour ago and that were up by 70% as nervous citizens were staying vigilant. >> and roz plater, thank you for that. we're following another developping story at dulles airport where part of the airport was evacuated and this started at 4:30 this afternoon when a bomb-sniffing dog alerted this to a suspicious item. several gates were evacuated. the area was given the all- clear, though, an hour and a half ago. and when d.c. came under attack on 9/11, the people keeping the city safe were equally as shocked as the rest of us. the d.c. fir chief is here tonight and all good to have you here. >> thank you, good to be here. >> reporter: 10 years ago, you were the deputy chief of the operations division. did you get a call to rush in that morning? >> no, i think most of the members along with myself realized that when the event occurred, it was time for us to report to doughty. >> how did the day play out for you? >> the day played out not like we enpicked but better than we expected. we were well-trained and well- equipped and we planned for an instance like that. the nation's capital hosts a series of high-level events, anyway, and i am proud of the way our department, the metropolitan police department and the emergency management agency responded during that day. >> when the between towers came down, is that something with your fire training and expertise you anticipated or thought possible? >> i was teaching fire -- i taught building construction for the fire service at the university of d.c., and i did antes 58 at least one of the building coming down. >> so, it was not a big surprise? >> what was a surprise was the speed that it came down. i expected in 24 hours it would have been on the ground. it happened quicker than that. >> is the department doing anything different this week, especially with heightened security around us in. >> we have more members on duty, more units on the street and we're extremely prepared and extremely cautious about the event that could occur this weekend. >> has d.c. fire and e.m.s. adapted significantly to deal with terrorism here at home since it really brought the realization to the forefront? >> what 9/11 was an event for the entire country. our city ramped up its security and ability to respond to any emergency in the nation's capitol. so we have done a lot of different things and more training, we have more equipment and we're well- prepared. >> reporter: 95 sep probably -- 9/11 is probably a reminder of how dangerous a job the firefighter is. your thoughts on that? >> our job is dangerous every day and i have to tell you again that i am extremely proud of the way our country responded, demonstrated resilience and where it's unseen. we're well-prepared, our members come to work every day and they are -- 9/11 is a day which you recognize as being heros. some heroic efforts and activities every day of the year. >> all right, chief kenneth ellerby with d.c. fire and ems, again, thank you for coming in tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> throughout the district, it was a day of remembrance for the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks that happened 10 years ago tomorrow. a watershed moment that shattered the lines forever. many set out to show that the heros and victims of that day were not forgotten. sherri ly has more on the numbers. >> reporter: white rose petals rain down a symbol of peace. children in d.c.'s wilson building honor the victims of the september 11th attacks. some live were born and lived with whatever since. >> i was telling him you should think about what you are doing and try to regret it. >> reporter: those old enough to remember the moment the plane struck, fire chief ken ellerby support his brother, a firefighter, into the pentagon. >> this is an unprecedented event, maybe something we have never seen before, something we only planned for in our wildest dreams. this is the 10th anniversary of one of the most awful periods in the life of this country. >> reporter: d.c. lost three students and three teachers that day on flight 77. >> and to remember them, they handed out these pips with all of their -- pins with all of their names on it -- asia, romley, bernard, sarah, james, and hilda. >> reporter: on capitol hill, the volunteers span out across the national cemetery, sweeping, resetting headstones and cleaning the grounds. >> this morning, 208 members of the armed services and their families showed up. we had a wonderfully fabulous moving ceremony. >> reporter: the members of the army, navy, air force, marines, and coast guard remembering 9/11 with a day of service. >> we never, never should forget that dreadful attack on our country. >> reporter: the day was as much about the past as the hopes for a peaceful future her grandfather was inside the pentagon when the plane hit. >> to teach communities to get together and talk about what happened. and do not kill other people's children. >> we're not going to drop to the knees in fear. we're going to continue to walk tall and live in a society promoting freedom and that is what today is about. >> reporter: it's an american resolve that can't be taken away. sherri ly, fox 5 news. >> maureen's first day back on the weekend and the clouds partd? >> is it a symbol? >> maybe yet is, it's nice to you have back. >> thank you. >> and nice to have a break from all of the rain. >> it is. >> and tucker barnes has more. maureen, welcome back. >> thank you. >> a lot of sunshine today, a beautiful afternoon. the high temperatures, a few degrees above average in the low to mid-80s and tomorrow is so-so, i'll show you why in just a second and stat with the look at the current -- start with the look at the current temperatures, cooling off nicely. 73 at reagan national. lots of 60s out, there 67 in hagerstown; 71 at the moment and in ocean city. oner two thunderstorms to the north and east in northeastern maryland where we had a flood warning earlier this evening and a good thunderstorm to the west of fredericksburg and that is about it. should be quiet this evening and we're looking at partly cloudy conditions and a nice overnight. 65 the overnight in washington, 64 in fredericksburg. we're detailing the sunday forecast, the thunderstorms, a possibility by tomorrow afternoon and those details are coming up testimony. >> new at 10, the redskins owner dan snider dismissed his lawsuit against washington city paper and its writer. a statement from the team released this eveninged the focus needs to be on the football'sson, you can understand -- season, you can understand that. lindsay has more. >> reporter: the redskins got rid of the on-field distraction, hainesworth mcnabb and a few. and now, the owner is tokeusing on the season. he dismissed his lawsuit against washington city paper and its writer. he filed suit against the pain or april 26th of this year, citeing defamation in an article that appeared in the publication november 19th, 2010. the redskins statement said, in part, the lawsuit was pursued as a means to correct the public record following several critical factual misstatements in the course of the defendants recently filing pleadings and statements in this matter. the washington city paper and the writer have admitted certain assertions contained in the article were, in fact, unintended by the defendant to be read literally as true. since snider said he saw nothing farther to be gaped from continuing the lawsuit, he chose to dismiss it to focus on the season and that is perfect timing. the redskins open against the giants tomorrow. >> timing is perfect. thank you, lindsay. >> sure thing. people in one local neighborhood are pushing for changes to protect them from future flood waters. >> but they're facing a major roadblock. and military families fighting a war here at home against foreclosures. what is being done to protect them from losing their homes. the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. >> residents of a morn virginia community are -- northern virginia community are frustrated by the neighborhood floods and are demanding action. the huntington residents had a meeting today with the local political and emergency services leader. they want someone to figure out how to prevent more flooding long-term. the congressman jim moran understands their anger. and they understand that huntington creek, which runs behind their homes has been filled up with sediment from development of the woodrow wilson bridge, of all of the things that occurred upvitamin and they're bearing the brunt of it. >> the problem is congressman moran said it would cost nearly $20 million to prevent future flooding in the neighborhood and those funds are in the available right now. now, they have to deal with the damage before coming home. the cleanup effort continues in occoquan tonight. the congressmen toured some of the damage today. yesterday, mr. copley met with neighbors who had tokers vaciate and muff to a shelter in woodbridge. today, the focus included business owners who also became flood victims. >> and occoquan is an important center in northern virginia, a tourist center, an artistic center, a very old village with a lot of heritage and history, and we need to take care of this. >> and congressman connelly said that's errorrer feet -- eight feet of sediment was added. he was grateful that they were there the up to was flooding and trying to help. tonight because of last week's tried waters and this is -- the flood waters. this is the village of sidney. the flooded roads turned the up to into a virtual island. and in pennsylvania, tips of thousands of people were evacuated because of tropical storm lee's impact on the susquehanna river and they were allowed to go back home. and to new jersey, two homes were buried by a massive mud slide and caused by rainfall. it happened within sicks. they saw the mud coming up in the yard and stopped to hire the grounds of about the houses were destroyed. the area got 20 inches of rain and that built up pressure in the ground and erupted and triggered the slide. >> and one whole house fell in the home. the deck on the other house cracked and the whole underside of the house vanished and is gone. >> luckily no one was hurt and the mud slides, the mayor doesn't believe that home owner's insurance will cover the damage. foreclosure rates are high across the country. there is one group of home owners you may not realize being hard. >> it's because the troops don't have time to wait for the market to correct. their missions change and they have to relocate often. foxs casey segal explains. gee. >> reporter: we're all familiar with the challenges our troops face when returning from war. post traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse, to name a few. now, add something else to the list. >> the foreclosure filings and a home gone in foreclosure have increased. >> reporter: according to realty track.com, foreclosure rates jumped 32% over the past three years in zip codes near military towns, compared to 23% nationwide. >> there is two main reasons why military families go into default on their mortgage. the first one is orders. the average military family moves every two to three years. >> reporter: christopher rodriguez was a combat engineer in the marine corps and is a realtor who specializes in helping the comrades near camp pendelton, california. the golden state is hit especially hard because it has one of the largest active duty military populations in america. eight california cities have the highest foreclosure number in the city next year near bases. >> i think military familiesed in to be careful when they're purchaseing homes and determine if it's going to be a long-term investment they plan to keep. >> reporter: to combat the problem, authorities are closing in on banks and predatory lepers known to target troops. support groups have also been established to help guide families through the maze of home ownership. >> and there is a program in place on help soldier or service members with financial education and in terms of what is a good purchase to make and what mortgage rate should they look for. >> reporter: 40% of calls into a special veterans hotline operated here in california involved a question regarding financial help about a housing issue. numbers that do not bode well for a segment of the population that has already given so much to honor their country. case stegal, fox news. daddy. a father-son reunion nearly a year in the making. don't you love that? the father, surprised his son during school friday in fairfield, ohio. moments before the surprise, the mother and son welcomed the soldier dad home and the 5-year- old ethan was all smiles y. it's been something that little boy has waited for, you know, the past year to have his daddy home. he's been talking about it every single day. >> and of course he has. don't you love it? i can't get over how lucky they are to have each other. after serving his one-year in the reserves, he should be home for at least the next four years. >> a happy camper? >> yeah, the smiles make you happy all around. >> it warms your heart. and that does. and i think a mommy. >> a mommy? >> empathize with everything. i'm sorry. coming up. >> 10 years later, members of the bush administration, hirlooking back at their memories of 95y. an emotional memorial in pennsylvania where united flight 93 went down. fox 5 is there bringing you that part of the weekend commemorative. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] coca-cola glasses are at mcdonald's. one free with every large extra value meal... like the one-of-a-kind big mac. the simple joy of seeing things in a whole new light. ♪ oh, we call it the bundler. let's say you need home and auto insurance. you give us your information once, online... 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terrorist attack. >> reporter: president bush conducting an education event an at -- at an elementary school in florida when the attacks happened. the former white house chief of staff andy card delivered the terrible news to the the president. and that same staffer came back and said oh, my gosh. a second plane hit the other tower at the world trade center and that is when i knew i had to tell the president and i leaned over and i said a second plane hit the second tower and america is you were attack. >> reporter: the nation's first secretary of homeland security tom ridge saying the war of terror is not over. >> after 9/11, the focus was not al qaeda and there still exists and some related groups, now sanctuaries and in amsterdam and over the past several months, the growth of the domestic terrorists as well. it's more complicated today than a few years ago. crowds flocking to the national mall this weekend. what police say you may not notice is people keeping you safe on the anniversary of the attacks. the families of those killed in shanksville, pennsylvania, are joined by national leaders. as a memorial is honored and dedicated. >> is no way of knowing how many lives would have been lost if united airlines had reached d.c. they believe the capitol was the planned target. and that plane crashed in shanksville, pennsylvania, before reaping the capital. 10 years later, a dedication to a memorial built where the plane went down and matt ackland is there. >> allen anthony biven. >> reporter: the names of those lost in this rural pennsylvania meadow were read aloud. >> mark bingham. >> reporter: and then presented on this memorial wall, one name for each panel. the flight 93 national memorial was dedicated on saturday to the 40 heros who gave their lives fighting off the terrorists who were 20 minutes away from striking washington, d.c. >> and credible men and women answered the call. they gave their lives and in doing so, gave this country a new life. we owe them. >> reporter: vice president biden and former presidents bush and clinton told family members that the country owes them an e terp etof gratitude. this memorial is a small token of proceeding for that sacrifice a decade ago. >> you never know how many innocent people may have been lost, but we do know this: meres are alive today because of the passengers and crew of flight 93 and how they chose to act. >> they gave the entire country an incalculable gift. they saved the capital from attack, they saved god knows how many lives, they claimed the terrorist -- saved the terrorists the symbolic victory of smashing the center of the american government. >> reporter: this is the memorial and there is where flight 93 hit the ground, and that is called the field of honor. only family members are penaltied there. >> and knowing that is where my brother lost his life. >> reporter: gordon felt's brother edward was killed on flight 93. for years, he and other family members worked together to create this memorial. >> this story is not going away and is important and resonates with americans in a way that it's being remembered. >> reporter: along with the dig in the aries, everyday -- dignitaries, everyday americans travel to shanksville and there were traffic lines for miles. no one complained. a slight inconvenience to honor those who fought to the death. >> i get tears and goose bumps, it's overwhelming. >> reporter: in shanksville, pennsylvania, matt ackland, fox 5 news. >> and former president bush we heard from was in d.c. earlier today paying tribute to the victims at the pin with the former first lady laura bush and he placed a wreath of white flowers outside of corridor four and that is near the spot where american airlines flight 77 careened into the building and killing 184 people. a lot of people on the national mall today determined to ignore the spot of potential threats and enjoy this weather. and among onlookers were police making sure that nothing went wrong. audrey barnes has more on court had weekend. >> reporter: the security is tighter. law enforcement officials i spoke with said it's nothing new but a way of life here and they say there will be new measures that people will see and some they won't and a lot of people say they're determined not to let the threats spoil their fun. the national mall was alive and kicking today. the weekend events including the black family reunion celebration went on as planned under the watchful eye of scores of local police officers out in force after getting reports of a terrorist plot against new york and d.c. >> and i am not going to let that share me -- scare me. it's scary but, you know, it's a time to go, it's a time to go. >> reporter: and dr. ken mcgregor heard about the recent threats and made the trip to d.c. from new zealand anyway. >> i did think about it and hesitated to come do you, but i thought, well, i could also be run over by a bus, so that is more important to be here. and overcome terrorism and not let it affect ourlos. >> reporter: u.s. mark police who have jurisdiction over landmarks like the national mall and the washington machine humidity will be out in force, too. and they're going to be on foot, cars, motorcycles and horses. may even see a helicopter in the area. >> there will be an increase of police presence wherever there are crowds. the police say it's what you don't see that may offer the most protection. >> and the visitors are not going to see the officers in plain clothes. most of the technology infrastructure in place is not visible to the general public and this is coming together to give us posture. >> reporter: maury, i'm told that all of the 95 -- maureen, i'm told all of the 9/11 anniversary events schedule tomorrow will go on as planned. back to you. >> thank you for that update. mean while, a massive american flag wasup furled on the centero pious tower this after. workers hung the flag on the south side of one world trade center. the building is now under construction and that flag will be eventually moved to the highest points of the tower. in the next segment, a break from the 9/11 coverage and talking sports. rfk stadium plays host to the nation's first football classic featuring, drum roll, howard university. >> and the nationals play down to the level of their competition. wow, sports is next. first up, though, tucker. moment a beautiful day. that was a nice saturday and watching a few showers develop tonight in northeast maryland. a good thunderstorm west of fredericksburg. will the forecast hold together for the big redskins debut on sunday in i'll have more in just a couple of minutes. these sweet honey clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh, forgot jack's cereal. 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[ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. being sent to the back of a freezer. and it's all because someone said "tacos." old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. >> thumbs up and thumbs down on maryland's new uniforms. >> and hate it. >> love it. >> and that is cool. sorry, we don't have a picture for you and reminds me of the transformers movie. >> that does and that is so good. >> yeah, there you go. >> and i think they're great, 32 combinations or something? you will see it that one week now. >> and -- yeah, yeah. >> let's talk about the football. and on labor day last monday, they played beating miami 32-24. they will face number 19 west virginia at home and in exactly a week and meanwhile, length- ranked virginia tech paid a visit to east carolina. the sick quarter, trailing sib- 0 and with jared, a historical test. 123rd of the career and is the school's all-time leader in recession. and tied continue-10 and over the fender and with that friendly bush into the end zone, beating south carolina, 17-10. video virginia on the road against indiana. leading 16-3 and this is kevin parks, up the middle and the cavaliers lead 23-3 and in that fourth quarter, 23-17 and the ball is loose, lawrence burnet soups it up and goes the distance, 54 yards for the td and minutes ago, virginia would come and win on the final play of the game, a 23-yardfield and that was 34-31. and howard and moorehouse at rfk stadium, trailing 20-9 and to brandon flanagan, a 29-yard score. cuts the deficit to just three. fourth quarter, 20-17. mcgee, play-action and finds carter, 23 yards for this touchdown. howard defeats moorehouse, 30- 27. the first meeting of the schools since 1997. >> and the nats hosting the astros in game two of the three- game series. john lanon in a 3rd-inning bases-loaded. jose out with a slow roller and feels it at home. crazy wile past jesus flores. two runs come in to score and that is what mo's reaction looks like now. the astros score 6 in the 3rd and beat the nats, 9-3. in coming up, the redskins remember 9/11. a good package we'll run on the pregame show tomorrow. >> thank you. >> sure. coming up next on fox 5 news at 10. stunning amateur video captures a raging texas wildfire. we have more on that state's battle to stop the flames. there are over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee that have earned the keurig brewed seal of approval. the keurig brewed seal is our commitment that the coffee inside will deliver a delicious cup of coffee every time. keurig brewed. look for the only mark of genuine keurig quality. we're on the move. ♪ and we don't want anything, ever, to slow us down. so it's surprising that most women aren't getting enough calcium. but thankfully, with over 25 great flavors, like strawberry cheesecake and blackberry harvest, only yoplait original gives you 50% of the daily value of calcium and vitamin d in every cup. yoplait. it is so good. >> this stunning video catches a wildfire raging through texas. it's burring through the neighborhood in the city of back strop. the officials have recalled president obama to declare the state a disaster zone as they combat the wildfire that destroyed more than 1,000 homes. y thes of thousands of acres have been scotched and finishes worry that winds will make it -- scorched and officials worry that winds will make it worse. the 9/11 anniversary reminds you of the danger of the firefighters every day. >> it does. >> tucker barnes, nice weather today. >> yeah. >> gorgeous. >> i totally forgot what the sun looked like. >> we all did. and i would like to take credit for it, my return, the sun came out judge and -- a what? judge a bit much. don't you dare. >> didn't you tell me you came back on thursday? >> i did. >> and was in alexandrea. we're back. >> and next to starbucks. >> we're back. i did. >> and there is a live look and a beautiful evening and into the low 70s, plenty of 60s to the north and west and generally some quiet conditions. most of the area is dry here overnight and back to today. what a nice day and beautiful this afternoon. the humidity is starting to increase a little bit and the temperatures made it with sunshine into the low to mid- 80s and a few degrees above normal. 84 at reagan national; 83, dulles; 84 at bpi -- bwi marshal. if you wonder what the tures ar a few degrees above that the next few days and look out. by the end of the five-day, the end of next week, our high temperatures are several degrees and have a first shot of the cool air on the horizon. hot it too cool, 73 as mentioned in the city. lots of 60s breaking out. leonardtown, 68 degrees and 64 in gaithersburg; door, frederick and in matinsburg, 69; upper 50s to the north and west and you're in up to and more comfortable. bottoming out about 65 degrees or see and should be the comfortable conditions up and out of the door tomorrow morning and looking at the satellite radar, one or two showers and a good one north and eat of baltimore and near havre de grace prompting some flood warnings and that dissipated the last few minutes and a good shower and thors into the -- thunderstorms there and west of fredericksburg. we're watching that drift and put that in motion for you. there you go, west of fredericks and nothing of charlottesville. should dissipate without the daytime heating. to the west, not a lot is happening and talking about the remnants of lee for days and days and there is not a lot out there. an area of low pressure in some portions of missouri. in the afternoon, a possibility of thundershowers and that big football game at fed ex field tomorrow and that is going to be dry. in case, you might want to prepare for the possibility of a few showers. the futurecast, here we go. showing you the current conditions and leave night, we're fine and trying to kick up a few showers and thunderstorms and much of the area should be dry. tomorrow night, dry, one or two leftover showers and sunday into monday. the redskins forecast. again, generally a good one if you're tailgating tomorrow afternoon. partly sunny, warm. temperatures in the low 80s, can't rule out the possibility of a shower or thunderstorm. a 30% chance to get one during game time tomorrow afternoon. in case you're ready, partly cloudy and cooler overnight. the forecast tomorrow, a good who, partly sunny and on the scattered afternoon shower or thunderstorm. 83, the daytime he and the showers and thunderstorms back in the forecast. and any shower and/or thunderstorm tomorrow will not be the deluge from earlier this week. by wednesday, tel in the 80s, thursday daytime highs in the 70s and friday and saturday, may be upper 60s near 70 and that is much cooler air. o. >> there show is. >> and so cute. >> this is little zu on zula maria and she's in the drilling phase and that is my pudding pop. >> three months ole. >> yes. and is she sleeping through the night? that's why you look good. >> i am the luckiest a i've. >> they're going to wonder zula, what does that mean? papa is from tagria. >> and zul amines brilliant -- zula means brilliant. and the second we found out the girl, he said zula. >> sounds like private school to me. >> you paying for it? the scholarship, right? >> exactly. >> congratulations again. >> and thank you. >> moving back to that fire that we spoke about, you saw some of the credible footage shot by a firefighter. >> we want to go in and it's still burning, about 30% contained. fox's lisa brady has the latest. >> reporter: firefighters in bastron county camping down hotspots of the largest wild fire in texas. officials confident enough to call off the plans to use a d ctep tanker. instead sending -- d.c. 10 tagger instead sending it to another area. >> we move the resources around to where the priority s. >> reporter: the tanker, one of the firefighter's biggest weapons, drops about dwell thousand gallons of fire retardant. the bastrop fire destroyed 1400 homes. although no homes were reported destroyed since thursday not, the fire is largely uncontained. >> and this is where individuals are getting stressed. this is what we have to do. as a community, we have been doing this and have been working hard. >> last night in his speech, the president was using the words right-of-way. mr. president, we need a statewide disaster and that declaration right away. >> reporter: it's one of 200 fires to break out across texas this week. statewide, 1700 homes were burned down and tour people killed, thens remain evacuated. >> and he was not out there and had that taped. our cattle's gone and this is so -- i have nothing for my five kids. everything's gone. >> reporter: the fire's blazing as the lope star state is pounded by the one of the drought since the 1950s. mother nature is not helping. forecasters expect more dry and windy weather in the coming months. lisa brady, fox news. and all of our lives changed on 9/11, some more than others. >> hear how a husband who lost his wife on that day is honoring her memory. and 10 years after the attacks, thousands of americans sibbed in afghanistan. and they sit down with some to get their opinion on that war. >> michelle heidenberger, wife, mother of two, career flight attendant from chevy chase, maryland, was one of the many people killed in the attack. as part of the remembrance of the fateful day, fox 5s bob barnard sits down with michelle's husband tom whose life would forever change that day. >> reporter: life is for the living and to live is to survive. >> reporter: tom heidenberger is a retired u.s. airways pilot, whose wife michelle was the senior flight flight attendant on american airlines flight 77 that was crashed into the pentagon on september 11th, 2001. >> out of -- out of something ugly like that, we have to look at it not too much in a positive fashion but something good has to come out of it. >> reporter: almost right away, he thought of himself as a lucky one, considering how many young people were killed that day. >> and you have the 5 which were who were born on flight steph. y that starting their lives out. i had almost 29 years with michelle and at that time, two wonderful char. sun thomas was 49, daughter allison was 20 and both in school in the far from home that day. he's the one who told them their mother was on the plane that was flown into the pentagon. it's the hardest thing that i have ever done. it's most likely the hardest thing i will have to do in my entire life. >> reporter: that was after tom got the news that michelle was gone. and i am staning in the shower wailing away and bagging on the shower wail and, you know, why her some. >> reporter: michelle -- why her? >> reporter: she was 52, an american airlines flight attendant for 30 years. >> one of the things i learned from this is procrastination. nothing good ins from it. she and i always said we'll take this trip then or we'll take it later on and while i'm crying in the shower going, wow, those are things we're not going to do. >> reporter: they last spoke by phone that morning. she called before flight 77 from dulles to los angeles. >> now 10 years later or that day, when i replay the conversation in my mind, i can't remember i told her if i loved her. >> reporter: and 2006 as part of the healing process, he led a 33-day cross-country bike ride, l.a. to the pin, a tribute to the 33 -- to the pentagon, a tribute to the 33 airline flight crew members killed on 9/11, raising roughly $300,000 for the three 9/11 memorial funs, earning 180 to 200 miles per day. >> i remember hopping on the bike going michelle get me over the hump. get me home and here i am. >> reporter: tom said he will mark the 10th anniversary tomorrow by going to church and visiting michelle's grave site and stopping by the 51 memorial late in the day to place a seg will white rose on the bench dedicated to michelle heiden beggar. >> if you look around, not a choppered and i am cooking dinner, every now and then i will look to the side door and expect her to come home. it's frequent now as it was in the first days and months. >> reporter: in these past 10 years, his son finished high school and collie, got a job on wall street. the daughter graduated from college, got married and one year ago today, last september 10th, made tom a grandfather. >> they're doing what michelle would have wanted us all to do, go on and move on with our lives. >> reporter: what about tom? he has remarried. >> something like the events of 9/11 that will always be with us and julia, not necessarily accepts it or tolerates it, but she understands that it's part of my life, like an appendage like my arm is part of me. again, i hate to sound like a broken record, lucky me. >> reporter: catching up with lucky tom and looking back 10 years later. chevy chase, bob barnard, fox 5