john hodgins and daniela mcmonegal, two interns are joining me now. you had no idea, obviously, when you started your internship, you would be here for this history-making event. absolutely not. i mean, we found out we started basically the day the announcement came out that pope benedict would be resigning. that was your first day. our first day. wow. so it was a great way to start and a complete and total surprise to both of us. you were surprised today, you were in st. peter s when the smoke hit. absolutely. you didn t have any inner word we had no inside scoop. we had been told people were asking back home, do you guys know, can you get us something inside. but no idea. it was a surprise to us. we thought maybe tomorrow. right. and what was it like to be in that square? sort of fascinating to hear everybody s different vantage points on it. it was quite a rush of excitement for me. it was more than i had anticipated, for sure. we were standing there an
university near philadelphia, a unique partnership with the vatican. john hodge ins and daniela mcmonegal, two interns are joining me now. you had no idea, obviously, when you started your internship, you would be here for this history-making event. absolutely not. i mean, we found out we started basically the day the announcement came out that pope benedict would be resigning. that was your first day. our first day. wow. so it was a great way to start and a complete and total surprise to both of us. you were surprised today, you were in st. peter s when the smoke hit. absolutely. you didn t have any inner word we had no inside scoop. we had been told people were asking back home, do you guys know, can you get us something inside. but no idea. it was a surprise to us. we thought maybe tomorrow. right. and what was it like to be in that square? sort of fascinating to hear everybody s different vantage points on it. it was quite a rush of excitement for me.
yes. miguel, i appreciate your reporting today. some students from villanova university have gotten a once in a lifetime experience, seeing history unfold right before their eyes, as interns at the vatican. villanova is a private catholic university near philadelphia, a unique partnership with the vatican. john hodgins and daniela mcmonegal, two of the interns joining me now. you had no idea, obviously, when you started your internship, you would be here for this history-making event. absolutely not. i mean, we found out we started basically the day the announcement came out that pope benedict would be resigning. that was your first day. our first day. wow. so it was a great way to start and a complete and total surprise to both of us. you were surprised today, you were in st. peter s when the smoke hit. absolutely. you didn t have any inner word we had no inside scoop. they didn t tell the interns? we had been told people were asking back home, do you g
you are looking at live pictures now from ground zero in new york. and we are less than an hour away from an historic moment. workers expected to put in place the beams that will make the freedom tower the tallest building in new york city, surpassing the empire state building, and david lee miller is there. just as he was over ten years ago, when he was one of the very first reporters to arrive at the base of the south tower on september 11th, 2001, just after the first plane hit. reporter: we re here, a few blocks away from the world trade towers. your name? simon. reporter: describe for me, you were first among the scene. yes, i was by the bridge, when the smoke hit, the first aircraft carrier hit the main tower. [inaudible] a lot of havoc and fire.