My hometown lost 11 people. You know my mom was able to speak to him on the phone. Whip able to recover him and bring him home and just thought a lot of people did not get that. She has his wedding ring. Yeah im wearing it. Wow. Yeah, thats really nice. Thats incredible. That story smith ahead. Now, to ground zero after covering 15 years ago and she is there again this morning. Reporter good morning. A ceremony today remembering those that died 15 years ago and reading the names of the nearly 3,000 that died. Theres six moments of silence to mark the times that the planes hit the world trade of silence in rebem brans of those that died. I mentioned that you were there that day and you rushed down and covered it the days and weeks after wards. What are your thoughts . Its as if it were yesterday. It touches my heart like many others. It was a beautiful crisp day and now here we are 15 years later. The best thing is that the city is people live here and work here. Theres a thriving place
american flag was draped down the side of the building ahead of each victim s name being read there. jay joseph ferguson. amelia v. fields. in shanksville, pennsylvania, where flight 93 crashed into a field, the president and first lady laid a wreath in memory of everyday heroes that took down that plane that terrorists were using to target the nation s capitol. vice president kamala harris and former president george w. bush also there to commemorate those lost. cnn is at each of the commemoration sites, and with us now, laura jarrett at the 9/11 memorial in lower manhattan. oren lieberman at the pentagon, paula reed in shanksville, pennsylvania. laura, tributes to the fallen have been especially emotional
the building before the names were read there. jay joseph ferguson. amelia v. fields. and in shanksville, pennsylvania, the president and first lady laying a wreath in the memory of the everyday heroes who took down flight 93 and stopped it from reaching its intended target, the nation s capitol. across all three of those sites today, we have seen outpourings of raw grief and emotion alongside proud declarations of patriotic resolve. presidents, past and present, and other top officials joining everyday people at the day s many ceremonies. polo sandoval joining us now from new york with more on this. polo, we saw a lot. a lot of emotion and a lot of hope displayed at so many