happened in shanksville is often forgotten in the larger conversation about 9/11, that most attention is on the world trade center or pentagon. they have been fighting for years to create this memorial, and it is finally finished, and it is quite remarkable. national park service overseas this center. you can come here and learn more about sacrifices made and arguably lives that were saved that day. president biden has just arrived. he is not expected to give remarks but is expected to lay a wreath. it is notable, the only former president we will hear from today is george w. bush, who was leading the country on 9/11 and his remarks today incredibly poignant. a lot of people will be talking about them in days to come. paula reed in shanksville. talk about the comments from former president bush in shanksville, he talked about the threat to this country is not
those passengers gave their lives so that others might live. jeff zeleny joins us from the white house. jeff, obviously president biden is from pennsylvania, he is from scranton. and it was important for him to be in this field today, the citizens of shanksville and family members of those lost on flight 93 sometimes feel as though they are forgotten. without a question, jake. simply, shanksville is out of the way. it is a rural location. as you said, so critical to the tragic story of september 11th which would have been almost certainly far more tragic. that s what the terrorists intended, was for that plane to come here to the nation s capitol. likely the u.s. capitol as the 9/11 report said, but possibly also here at the white house. it was unclear what the actual target was. most think it was the u.s.
alabama was not in the path of the storm? no, i never did that. let s remember, he even whipped out a map with a now famous sharpie scrawl over alabama, a scrawl he reportedly put there himself. and i ve said this before, but it bears repeating. americans rely on information from noaa and from the president to make what could be life or death decisions when a hurricane is threatening. so the facts are more important than this president s apparent inability to admit that he made a mistake. but there s one more thing that i want to say tonight. i want you to look at this. please take a look at this. the tribute in light here in new york city. the memorial to those who died when two hijacked planes crashed into the north and south towers of the world trade center, september 11th, 2001. solemn ceremonies also taking place today at the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania.
let s remember, he even whipped out a map with a now famous sharpie scrawl over alabama, a scrawl he reportedly put there himself. and i ve said this before, but it bears repeating. americans rely on information from noaa and from the president to make what could be life or death decisions when a hurricane is threatening. so the facts are more important than this president s apparent inability to admit that he made a mistake. but there s one more thing that i want to say tonight. i want you to look at this. please take a look at this. the tribute in light here in new york city. the memorial to those who died when two hijacked planes crashed into the north and south towers of the world trade center, september 11th, 2001. solemn ceremonies also taking place today at the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania. so much has changed in the 18 years that have passed since that awful day.
we remember 2,977 people who were murdered by terrorists here in new york, in washington, and in that field outside shanksville. they deserve so much more from us. and in the face of all this, ten of the democrats vying for the chance to run against the president will take the debate stage tomorrow night. we ve got a new cnn poll on the tightening race. we re going to discuss it with frank bruni, abby phillip, ryan lizza next. i mean, if you haven t thought about switching to geico, frankly, you re missing out. uh. the mobile app makes it easy to manage your policy, even way out here. your marshmallow s. get digital id cards, emergency roadside service, even file a. whoa. whoa. whoa. whoa. whoa. whoa!