Forward. that meeting we re told involves two cardinals and an archbishop. your tears are not shed alone, for they are shared grief with an entire nation. we grieve together for every mother and father, sister and brother, son and daughter who was stolen from us at the twin towers, the pentagon, and here in this pennsylvania field. the president and first lady paying a somber tribute today to victims of flight 93 in pennsylvania on the 17th anniversary of the september 11 terror attacks. bells tolled, and named of the 40 victims of the flight were read allowed by survivors. in new york at the 9/11 memorial, family members also read those names of victims that lost their lives at the world
Center. it is extraordinary to see, no matter how much time has passed. it is still difficult to watch. still difficult to see. and it s still difficult to think about. it s like time and history sort of collapsed into a single moment here. poppy. for everyone. miguel, stay with me. i want to welcome our viewers again. it is the top of the hour. i m poppy harlow in new york. we have been watching and honoring and taking that moment of silence to mark the collapse 17 years ago this morning of the south tower of the world trade center. as we all know all too well, almost 3,000 lives were taken that day when those hijacked planes crashed into both of the twin towers and into the pentagon on that clear september morning. another hijacked flight that was believed to be headed for the capitol instead was crashed into a field in shanksville, pennsylvania, when passengers on united flight 93 rose up and overtook the terrorists. as we wait to get to the
President, who will honor those lives this morning in shanksville, let me go back to new york to the southern tip of manhattan to ground zero. miguel is back with me. and miguel, we have both covered this year in and year out, and we have been there. but i always feel at a loss for words, and like anything that i say can t do justice to the moment and to all of those thousands of people who lost those closest to them. it is it is still difficult to talk about. i m surprised at my own emotion on this day. taking the subway down today, it was a quieter day. new york, the city itself, is more somber. it is hard to think about those 343 firefighters who were going up those stairs as they were coming down, and here s the fifth moment of silence to remember those who died in shanksville.
[ bell ringing ] he loved his sister and aunt. those are the bells tolling in shanksville, pennsylvania. marking 10:03 a.m. eastern time, 17 years ago. united flight 93 brought down by those heroes who overtook the terrorists. we will hear from the president. the president of the united states is in shanksville.
Politicians and joined relatives of the victims survivors and rescuers for a solemn ceremony it began at eight forty six am the moment the first plane slammed into the north tower relatives read out the names of the nearly three thousand people who lost their lives when the hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers in new york the pentagon in washington and a pennsylvania field. now the white house says president donald trump has received a letter from north korean leader kim jong un requesting a second summit they met for the first time in june the letter was described as very positive and that s despite weeks of apparent deadlock between the two sides. oh how my shoulder and his story can shake that raised hopes of a to taunt between north korea and the united states both sides apparently working