susan leigh blair. harry blanding, jr. janice lee blaney. craig michael blass. rita blau. richard middleton blood, jr. michael andrew boccardi. john paul bocchi. and my father, james patrick burger. we love you, dad, me, nick, al, mom, we ll never forget you. and my father, we miss you, you are forever in our hearts, rest in peace. michael l. bocchino. susan m. bochino. vera bodyley. bruce boehm.
the roll call of names continues. craig michael blass. rita blau. richard middleton blood jr. michael andrew boccardi. john paul bocchi. and my father, james. we love you dad. we ll never forget you. and my father, john mazzo. dad, we miss you. you re forever in our hearts. rest in peace.
the building had been struck and then along came that second impact. that changed everything because we knew what this was. there was bewilderment before that and there was an urgency. people said something happened at the world trade center, the hole was so large it didn t seem it could be a small plane. i was en route to the studio at the time. a plane had just flown over washington square and flown into the south tower. i knew then we were at war very likely this was a deliberate atalk of unimaginable proportions. absolutely. we were talking with the bushs a moment ago. the friday before the attack mrs. bush had a book festival and the week before that she a state dinner for the president of mexico. 9/11 changed for everyone. people forget how new the presidency was of george w. bush. we were coming off the hotly contested election and then everyone came together, of course in the wake of this. we re going to return to the reading of the names because this will thi
united airlines flight 175 hit the south tower of the world trade center the bell will ring twice, then we ll hear from former president george w. bush. tom, again, in real-time, on television we were dealing with the picture and the reality that the building had been struck and then along came that second impact. that changed everything because we knew what this was. there was bewilderment before that and there was an urgency. people said something happened at the world trade center, the hole was so large it didn t seem it could be a small plane. i was en route to the studio at the time. a plane had just flown over washington square and flown into the south tower. i knew then we were at war very likely this was a deliberate atalk of unimaginable proportions. absolutely. we were talking with the bushs a moment ago. the friday before the attack mrs. bush had a book festival and the week before that she a state dinner for the president of mexico. 9/11 changed for everyone
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