there was so much discussion over whether or not there should be anything built there at all and you feel that it is truly a rising of the entire downtown area of manhattan and it is a fighting-back and there is a definite sort of glorified feeling about looking out through the windows and seeing the huge american flags hanging from the gleaming buildings, and it does strike you, the significance of how much it means to this part of the country and to, you know, americans across the country, to have this very special place and to also, have it be a thriving workplace, once again. bill: we re two minutes away from 9:03 a.m., eastern time, the moment united airlines flight 175 struck the south tower and there will be a moment of silence for that and president george bush who is here in new york will also deliver a reading and we ll hear from yo-yo ma and the names will continue, after that. i think it should be remarked, to let the rest of the country and world know how diffe
bill: it will be 1776 feet tall. 1776, intentional in the design, clearly. martha: one of the things that strikes you when you are down here is that there is a feeling of comfort, and hopefulness, when you look at these towers and as bill said, there was so much discussion over whether or not there should be anything built there at all and you feel that it is truly a rising of the entire downtown area of manhattan and it is a fighting-back and there is a definite sort of glorified feeling about looking out through the windows and seeing the huge american flags hanging from the gleaming buildings, and it does strike you, the significance of how much it means to this part of the country and to, you know, americans across the country, to have this very special place and to also, have it be a thriving workplace, once again. bill: we re two minutes away from 9:03 a.m., eastern time, the moment united airlines flight 175 struck the south tower and there will be a moment of si
[applause] good morning. you may be seated. i am jon jarvis, director of national park service, and i am humbled to be here this morning for the families of the heroes of flight 93 to dedicate this memorial to your loved ones. today we also recognize those who made this memorial to the passengers and crew of flight 93 a reality. people from this community, from the state, and across the nation who share an unwavering commitment to make this field in shanksville, pennsylvania, an eternal tribute to those whose unselfish actions spared the lives of so many. thousands of people had made the journey to be here in this solemn place, and millions more are watching or listening to the ceremony. please, welcome you all. let me also welcome several of our distinguished guests. speaker of the house john boehner [applause] members of the congressional delegation who are here with us as well [applause] there are many state elected officials as well representing the state of penns
street fight situation, with real trained killers, and they got it done. obviously they would have liked to have gotten control of the plane. they would have liked to have gotten the pilots back in control. but what they did do was stop the other side from doing what it wanted to do, and that was the first sign of american defiance, which came at the first sign of american awareness, which i m glad to see the minute what was going on, we stopped them. there were any number of what if moments that surrounded flight 93, where a matter of seconds could have made a differen difference. the terrorists, chris, they picked well fueled flights and four flights that had departure times within 25 minutes. this one almost didn t get off the ground and four minutes after its departure was one of the first planes to strike the towers. you look at mark bingham, he was running late that day. he had to sprint to make the flight and had he been a few minutes later beyond, that wouldn t have