islamic terrorists try to kill as many americans as possible and they did kill 2,977. we don t want this to happen again. plus, they have to know, like i said, all of these acts of courage. i promise you, the foundation will always focus on the fact we never forget. it s our first mission. yes, we built the smhomes for o country. mortgage free homes for gold star families. pay off their mortgages and deliver mortgage-free homes for our first responders who die in the line of duty that leave young families behind but our first duty to make sure we never forget and i promise you, the tell the towers foundation will set on the big initiative to make sure that we never forget. that s why called the never forget walk. we thank you, frank siller, thank you so much for all you ve done. we thank your brother, steven, and the 2,996 others who certainly gave the ultimate sacrifice.
different ways. reporter: and a lot of powerful moments too, fred. one of them happened an hour ago when the solemn task we heard echoing through lower manhattan ending, at least signaling the end of that particular ceremony, as you mentioned, the commander in chief starting a full day of attending multiple memorials by making the stop here in new york earlier this morning. at dawn, the unfurling of a flag over the side of the pentagon hit by jet liner 20 years ago signaled the beginning of the day of tributes. it s one of three sites where americans gathered in somber remembrance, honoring each one of the 2,977 people killed in the terrorist attacks on september 11th. at the footprints where the twin towers proudly stood over lower manhattan, president joe biden and the ferus lady joined by the obamas in a sea of 9/11 families
make it to its intended target, believed to be the u.s. capitol because the 40 passengers and crew members on board banded together, voted and decided to storm the cockpit. so instead of crashing in washington, it crashed here in the field in rural pennsylvania. and unity and americans coming together. that was really the theme of today s memorial. vice president kamala harris and former president george w. bush both gave remarks in tribute to the lives that were lost here in shanksville. and really interesting. former president bush, his remarks are really making headlines because he touched on the unity that he observed when he was leaving the country in the days following 9/11 and how that s such a contrast to the current climate and also talked about the threat of domestic extremism. listen to what he said. we ve seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders, but from violence that gathers within.
crew of flight 93 could have been any group of citizens selected by fate. in a sense, they stood in for us all. the terrorists soon discovered that a random group of americans is an exceptional group of people. reporter: and at the pentagon, general mark millie, chairman of the joint chiefs honored the victims and those who died at the subsequent war in afghanistan. never forget those murdered by terrorists. never forget those who rushed to save their lives and gave theirs in exchange. never forget the sons and the daughters, the brothers and sisters and the mothers and fathers who gave their tomorrows for our todays. reporter: tonight, the sky over lower manhattan lights up again with the annual tribute and light, a reminder of the nation s resilience and iconic symbol honoring those killed at the nation s un-breakable spirit. it is precisely today that new
it s a workplace safety issue for the employees. now, unfortunately, osha has not had a great track record in court. over the last 30 years, they ve only done about nine of them emergency rules and some six of them were actually successfully challenged in court, but i think those are dwistinguishable. industry specific, and this is unprecedented. this is a global pandemic, so i think it s going to survive in court. and then here is the statement coming from texas governor greg abbott, spokeswoman. the federal government needs to stop trying to run private businesses, texans and americans alike have learned and mastered the safe practices to protect themselves and their loved ones from covid, and do not need the government to tell them how to do so. so from the president s point of view, from the white house, i know it does make you chuckle a little bit considering what s happened in recent days and weeks there, but can the