20 years ago i was a senior at the University Of Miami getting into the shower. I remember complaining about how tabloid the Today Show was that day, wishing for something more substantive. I got out of the shower, turned up the tv, and the North Tower of the World Trade Center was on fire. What were you are doing when you heard the news . Would you recognize who you were then or the country we lived in . And what have we gained after 20 years of war . What have we lost . Are we safer now than we were then . People have been asking those questions throughout the day, taking perspective on this 20th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Memorial ceremonies took place across the country today. It was a chance for Family Members to honor their Loved Ones and for the nation to honor its promise to never forget. Today President Biden visited the sites of all three memorials. He started in Lower Manhattan alongside former president s clinton and obama. He joined a Wreathlaying Ceremony
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[reading of names] it is that day again, September 11th, 20 years later. Over the next two hours, well embrace two decades of death and life, and well reflect on the last 27 days in kabul. You will hear many of the names, the names we promised to never forget as we say good morning from Ground Zero. Im Bill Hemmer on this 9 11 yet again. Dana and im dana perino. Its an honor to be here. We are coming to you live where 20 years ago america came under attack. Bill it started with disbelief and ended with a unified national resolve, and within days we moved to hunt down the terrorists that murdered nearly 3,000 in cold blood. Dana the evil did not discriminate. The victims were men, women and children of all races and religions. Bill some of them were going to work, boarding flights, others were fighting to save lives, losing their own in the process that morning. Dana right now in new York City we are approaching our second Moment Of Silence at 9 03 eastern. Thats when flight 175 struck
Were about a block from the reflecting pool where the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center once stood. President Joe Biden arriving at this moment in Lower Manhattan. He and Jill Biden will visit all Three Memorial Sites today. Starting here at the museum on this site. Vice president Kamala Harris will speak In Shanksville, pennsylvania later this morning, thats where United Flight 93 was forced down. She and second gentleman, doug emhoff, will then join the president and the First Lady at the pentagon. Nicolle wallace, as i always say, for millions of americans especially anyone in the tristate area, this is the saddest place on earth. Theres no way to walk by this spot if youre on Jury Duty a few blocks away, on an errand or going somewhere else that you dont feel gutted by what was lost here. Our Day Job is to cover politics, what you have in this place and what you have in this remembrance is heroes. Heroes who ran into towers. I think 20 years later that means more today than any