dempsey will deliver marks as well. we are also in shanksville, pennsylvania, where the final hijacked airliner crashed into a field after hero passengers fought back. vice president joe biden is there. we re expecting him to speak at the top of this 10:00 hour, an hour from now. first at new york s ground ze zero, a sign of healing. an overnight breakthrough that now clears the way for a museum on the site. we ll have more on that in a minute. poppy harlow is at ground zero. it is a beautiful, clear, crisp morning here. really reminiscent about 9/11 itself, a day just like that day. we spent the morning talking to family members. bob hughes, here with his wife, remembering their 30-year-old son, chris hughes, who was killed. he was a trader on the 89th floor of the south tower. his mother, for the first time today, carolyn, in a few minutes, will get to read some of those names in the ceremony. very big day for them, for all the families. they open this morning with ev
right now and she s doing great. say hello to golly for us. i love you. bill: live look at ground zero. family members and victims reading names of those lost with those personal touches that we hear every time this year. we await a moment of silence right now, marking the instant that united airlines flight 175 struck the south tower of the world trade center. that s where we start this morning as we move through this event together as a nation. welcome here to our coverage. i m bill hemmer. how are you, martha? martha: i m doing fine. good morning bill. good morning everybody. i m martha maccallum. as we all remember 11 years later 9:03 a.m., september 11th, 2001 was the moment the second plane hit the towers. the moment many of us realized clearly our nation was under attack. on this day of remembrance we ll bring you the somber moments from ground zero, the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania and some of the memories what is good in some ways about the strength and cou
the top of this 10:00 hour, an hour from now. first at new york s ground ze zero, a sign of healing. an overnight breakthrough that now clears the way for a museum on the site. we ll have more on that in a minute. poppy harlow is at ground zero. it is a beautiful, clear, crisp morning here. really reminiscent about 9/11 itself, a day just like that day. we spent the morning talking to family members. bob hughes, here with his wife, remembering their 30-year-old son, chris hughes, who was killed. he was a trader on the 89th floor of the south tower. his mother, for the first time today, carolyn, in a few minutes, will get to read some of those names in the ceremony. very big day for them, for all the families. they open this morning with everyone singing the star spangled banner. there was a bell that chimed and bagpipes and they began reading the names, as they do every year. 4.5 million visitors have come down to the memorial that opened this day last year. in the past
york where ceremonies will be held throughout the morning. here in our area, the biggest events are happening at the pentagon. several top brass are due to speak including president obama. we get latest now from our own melanie alnwick live at the pentagon this morning. reporter: good morning, tony. president obama and the first lady are scheduled to arrive here around 9:20 this morning to honor the friends, family and colleagues of so many people here in the d.c. area killed that day. this morning, a large flag was hung outside the pentagon, the section that was hit that morning, just as it was september 12, 2001, the day after the attack of 2001 when the flag was hung. not too long ago there was a moment of silence on t lawn at the white house to market first planes hitting the world trade center at 8:46 and 9:02. it was then we realized that america was under attack! here at the pentagon the memorial service begins at 9:0. president obama will take part in a wreath-lay
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