years ago when nearly 3,000 americans were killed by terrorists. on this september 11th, the loss and the pain felt fresh as the names of the dead were read once again. steven patrick driscoll. charles a. drows iii. christopher michael duffy. gerard j. duffy. michael joseph duffy. as always, tributes were held at other sites as well where the hijacked planes crashed, a field in shanksville, pennsylvania, and over at the pentagon. president obama laid a wreath there and reminded the nation that the terror threat is still very real. from the new york right now, joining me is the police commissioner, ray kelly. commissioner, thanks very much for coming in on this very important day.
out. we knew we thought is that where it s going? it kept coming. then at one point we got under a minute, and i said it s about 30 seconds out. faa control manager mike mccormick is on a teleconference call listening helplessly to a similar countdown. think started counting down ten miles to the white house, nine miles to the white house, eight miles to the white house. seems like more than 30 seconds. what do you got? we don t know. it dropped off our radar. american flight 77 did not hit the white house. instead it crashed into the pentagon. as for the fourth plane, the passengers on board united flight 93 made sure the terrorists wouldn t hit anything but a field in shanksville,
if this guy doesn t look like an arab terrorist, nobody does. i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than bewear of cockpit. i was in my office. one of the most horrific days in history. we clearly had a hijack in progress. they said, be prepared to shoot down the next hijacker. there was a report ten miles, 8 miles. this is their story. if it was going to hit anything, it was going to hit us. the footnotes of 9/11. tuesday, september 11, 2001, cloudless in the eastern united states. so begins the 9/11 commission report, on a day about to be fill wide dark skies. the first event of that day happened not in washington, boston or no, but here in portland, maine. u.s. airways ticket counter before 6:00 a.m., and dewy just checked in the first commuter flight to boston. as i stepped over the counter, i see these two fellows standing there. they are looking around. in the official report of the 9/11 attack, he is th
this guy doesn t look like an arab terrorist. nobody does. i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than beware of cockpit intrusion. they are the people who awoke september 11th living ordinary lives. i was in my office sitting in that chair. reporter: suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nation s history. they said we have some planes. we clearly had a hijack in process. they said be prepared to shoot down the next hijack track. and they report ten miles from the white house. nine miles. eight miles. reporter: this is their story. if it was going to hit anything, it was going to hit us. reporter: the footnotes of 9/11. tuesday, september 11, 2001, dawned temperate and nearly cloudless. so begins the 9/11 commission report on what was about to become a day filled with dark skies. the first event of that day happened not in washington, boston or new york, but here in portland, maine, at the
like an arab terrorist. nobody does. i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than be wear of cockpit intrusion. they are the people who aswoek september 11th living ordinary lives. i was in my office sitting in that chair. reporter: suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nation s history. they said we have some planes. we clearly had a hijack in process. they said be prepared to shoot down the next hijack track. and they report ten miles from the white house. nine miles. eight miles. reporter: this is their story. if it was going to hit anything, it was going to hit us. reporter: the footnotes of 9/11. tuesday, september 11, 2001, dawn temperate and nearly cloudless. so begins the 9/11 commission report on what was about to become a day filled with dark skies. the first event of that day happened not in washington, boston or new york, but here in portland, maine, at the us airways ticket counte