Of tomorrows 20th Anniversary of the 9 11 Terror Attacks. The nation getting ready to mark this difficult milestone with tributes at the three sites where nearly 3,000 americans lost their lives. Terrorists using planes as missiles, crashing into the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York and here at the pentagon. Their mission thwarted by passengers in a fourth plane who fought back, crashing down into a remote field in shanksville, pennsylvania, instead of the intended target, the capitol hill. In Shanksville Lanterns will be lit and placeed alongside The Wall of names commemorating the 40 passengers and crew members. President bide listen visit all Three Memorial Sites tomorrow. Were also expecting to hear from him in a few moments where hes expected to talk about how his administration is keeping students safe in the classroom during the pandemic. Were going to bring that to you live. This hour will be a busy one for us here. Well look ahead at the lessons learned and lo
Yeah. An important moment for you and important moment for people to see. Im glad we were able to see your photo. Thank you for being here to share your story. We are grateful for your service and time today. I appreciate it. Well think about you tomorrow. Thank you. Thank you for watching. Our special coverage live from the pentagon here. We will have more from the same spot tomorrow. Ill anchor here with Andrea Mitchell. Ill have more on msnbc reports. We continue with Craig Melvin live from shanksville, pennsylvania right now. This field is the site where the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 wrestled control of the hijacked planes on September 11th, 2001 and crashed it into the ground. Craig melvin picking up Friday Coverage from Sacred Ground In Shanksville, pennsylvania. The site where we lost 40 american heroes and sacrificing their own lives and likely saved thousands more. That plane was bound for the u. S. Capitol. Where im standing, literally, the exact place where Fam
You and three others that carried the marine corps flag that was rescued from the pentagon. that was thursday when he did that during the week of 9/11. we pulled the flag from the fourth floor of the pentagon. danny went up in a fire apparatus boom and they lifted him up. jones and i were at the bottom. the medical student. you know, he has become my uncle for my kids the last 20 years. he is family. when danny came down, major, you know, here we are all the work we were doing and recovering bodies and, you know, it was a moment for us. we had tears in our eyes. we gave each other a hug. the flag just meant it was a sign of defiance.