And every step that we take. Bill it is that day again. September 11th, 23 years ago Today America came under attack in our lives and our country changed forever. To this day it changed forever. Thats a live Look Ground 0 lower manhattan. The families remembering the names of those killed in the deadliest Terror Attack in american history. It is important for us to share this day with you at home and it is very important to share this day with you, partner. Dana always an honor. Bill im Bill Hemmer live in new York City. Well watch it together. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. Down there right now President Biden, Vice President harris, former President Trump and Vice President ial nominee d. J. Vance are all in attendance. One of several ceremonies for biden and harris. Theyll later head to shanksville, pennsylvania and also attend a ceremony at the pentagon. Bill there will be several moments of silence coming up in the next 90 minutes. Well get to one in a moment a
Newsroom of the commemoration of the 9 11 terror attacks. It is still unbelievable. I was living in atlanta that morning and remember driving into work as we were all scrambling in on our lives looking for your Loved Ones, trying to make sure everybody is okay and your responsibilities are taken Care Of. And i heard it on the radio at that moment when the South Tower went down and i thought to myself, how many thousands of New Yorkers could there be on a sidewalk in new York City at that moment . Thankfully my thought was wrong. We lost so many inside the towers themselves and came to new york on that friday, September 14th and i was stationed at 6 00 a. M. At the corner the 34th Street and 10th avenue. It was the Gathering Center for the media. As far south as they would allow us to go and where all the volunteers would show up and they would go in trucks down the westside highway and spend 14 hours a day and come back with nothing. All the bodies were crushed in that debris. They tri
Of this live right now. Reporter absolutely. Ana, what youre hearing is it will be almost 3,000 names that will be read this morning and for as long as it takes, sometimes it goes into the early afternoon. It is of those people who died here on 9 11, not only those who died here but also six people who were killed when the World Trade towers were attacked in 1993. In addition for the four moments of silence we have had here, there will be a Moment Of Silence as you point out for when there was the attack on the pentagon and another one for when the plane, flight 93, plowed into the field in shanksville, pennsylvania. And behind me what you see behind vaughan and i, that is whats called The One world observatory. It is in the footprint of where the World Trade towers stood. As one woman said to me as she was taking her children in a couple years ago for a visit, to tour, and to learn about what happened here, she said that for her its a symbol of power, strength and resilience. This is