queer years ahead is our values. exactly 20 years later to the minute where the american flight 77 hit the side of the pentagon on the first floor, penetrating three of the outer rings into the building. 20 years to the minute later after that was a moment of silence with the ceremony here wrapped up. many made their way over my right shoulder behind us, survivors, first responders, and loved ones of the fallen, to the memorial garden, where there are 184 memorial benches, each with an engraved name. all the innocent victims who were killed on that horrible day here. 125 in the building itself. 59 more on the flight. that s where many still are pausing, reflecting on what, of course, is a difficult day that brings back even more difficult memories. one that has defined this building and, wolf, if i may to get to that point, how much 9/11 defined what would happen here, the missions, the values, the ideas, the resources even of what would happen over the course of the last two decades,
at the white house ceremonies began this morning with a moment of silence and the president and first lady headed to the pentagon where flight 77 hit where president trump laid a wreath and had this message for those who lost loved ones in 2001. for the families who join us, this is your anniversary of personal and permanent loss. it s the day that himself replayed in your memory a thousand times over, the last kiss, the last phone call, the last time hearing those precious words i love you, but we offer you all that we have, our unwavering loyalty, our undying devotion and our eternal pledge that your loved ones will never, ever be forgotten. also at the pentagon, former
for everywhere you go, expedia has everything you need, all in one place. tonight we remember. we remember 2,977 lives lost 18 years ago in the september 11 terror attacks. you re looking right now at a live picture of the beams of light. the youngest who died was just 2. the oldest 85. they were daughters and sons, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, and grandparents and aunts and uncles, and cousins, military members, and firefighters and police officers. citizens. our fellow country men. people from overseas. we remember all those, all those who were killed, all those who were murdered. at the white house ceremonies began this morning with a moment of silence, and the president and first lady headed to the pentagon where flight 77 hit. that s where president trump laid a wreath and had this
americanairlines, that it had two aircraft in this tragedy. 81 passengers and nine flight attendants. flight 77, a boeing 757 him operating from washington dulles to l.a., that s from our henkle, one of the guys in the dallas area from americanairlines. now we know the identity of two of the flights involved. that leaves at least one more and a report of the crash in pittsburgh is accurate, that leaves two more. here s the first confirmat n confirmation. one of the flights crashed. flight 93, a boeing 757. originating in newark. no information on how many people were on board. there was a collapse of not just intelligence but airport security that that many planes
with now two towers burning mike mccormick and terry biggio and an army of air traffic controllers frantically trying to ground all airplanes. those that refused, they would become lieutenant colonel tim duffy s problem. were you prepared to take a plane down? if i had to, yes, i would have. at 9:05 a.m. american airlines learned flight 77 from dulles to los angeles was hijacked. it was already turning around. this time heading for washington d.c. nelson garabida, footnote 208 was in charge of protecting the white house airspace. in washington vice president dick cheney was hustled to a nearby bunker while the president was on air force one.