o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rocket s red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave . pete: that was our that was our nation s anthem beautifully sung by a member of the port authority new york new jersey police department. you re looking live lower manhattan where 21 years ago the horrific, tragic terrorist attack of 9/11 occurred here, not just here but shanksville and the pentagon. we re live in lower manhattan for all four hours of sunday edition of fox & friends, year of our lord, 2022. myself, rachel campos-duffy and will cain here all morning long. will: ceremonies taking place at each of the attack sites throughout the morning will be featured on fox & friends. rachel: president biden will speak later from the pentagon. vice president harris will travel to the 9/11 memor
It there. so i was finishing it up and each time i got ready to head out to his office we heard new news what was going on in new york and other things that delayed me. just as i was ready to leave the phone rang and it was my wife. she was called because i called her earlier to teller what happened in new york. she was calling to check on me if i was okay there, safe in the pentagon. as soon as i finished the phone call, hung up the phone, i spun around in my chair, that is when the plane hit. my office sits right next to the, it is in the b ring. we have a window there between the b and c ring. all the rocks and debris and so forth was flying all through that area. now had i not received that call from my wife, i would have been on my way down to general webster s office when the plane struck between my office and his office. he was fortunately survived. didn t get hurt too seriously
Backwards, i watched the blast wave hit the windows behind us in the c ring and it shattered them and they dropped out whole into a&e boulevard. after that we got as low as we could, we could see the on-coming fire and smoke. got low to the ground and called out into the abyss that was the rest of the office, to get as many people out as we could. will: colonel kitzhaber, and colonel lewis, you both share something in common reading your stories, you headed into meetings that ended up being delayed or canceled. colonel kitzhaber, in your instance, that appears to have been a bit of a blessing, taking you away from eventually where you were headed. can you tell me about your morning? yes, that morning i had just finished up a briefing. i was going to take it down to general webster who was the army director of training and i didn t have a set time to bring