Serves as vice chair. The day come on the morning of september 11, 2001, President Bush awoke in sarasota, florida where he would attend an Education Event at a local elementary school. In washington and New York, americans went to work under cloudless skies, flawless early autumn day. 8 46 a. M. A commercial aircraft plowed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. That was 9 00 a. M. And the Port Authority orders the World Trade Center evacuated. 9 03 a. M. , the second commercial aircraft crashes into the South Tower. 9 37 a. M. , a third plane crashes into the pentagon. 9 59 a. M. , the South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses. 10 03 a. M. , a fourth plane crashes, this one near shanksville, pennsylvania. It would later emerge that passengers had recaptured the plane from the terrorist who had hijacked it, intentionally forcing the plane down in an empty field. 1020 8 a. M. , the North Tower collapses. Over 2000 people either died or sustained interest trees injuries f
Former staffers and secret Service Agents who were there that Day Talk with del clint wilbur, author of rawhide down, the near assassination of Ronald Reagan. The Ronald Reagan president ial Foundation And Institute hosted this event and provided the video. I want to start by thanking our guests for joining us today. Its a real honor to be with this group, men and women who witnessed history up close. Who fortunately lived to talk about it and who im sure joined me in thanking god and some very talented doctors for saving the life of president Ronald Reagan and the lives of some of those with him, almost 40 years ago to the day. Weve come together today because the reagan Foundation And Institute is commemorating several significant anniversary dates in 2021. All of them important reminders that 40 years have passed since Ronald Reagan beacon americas 40th president. Its a year when we have the opportunity to reexamine his legacy, not just to stir memories of one of americas most admir
Here. Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredericka whitfield. Breaking news. Haitian officials say at least 29 people are dead after a major Earthquake Hit the island this morning. The epicenter was far enough from the Capital City of portauprince that the country may avoid the kind of devastation that we saw from an earthquake that hit the area in 2010, but the nation still feeling aftershocks now and the damage is significant. This is new video. Just into cnn that shows the extent of some of the damage. You can see part of the building there, reduced to rubble. Haitis Prime Minister declaring a month long state of emergency. This disaster coming as two named storms are baring down in the area. Patrick oppmann is with us now from havana. Are we learning anything more about the damage and lives impacted . Reporter absolutely. It will probably take hours if not days to really get a better idea of the scope, the magnitude of this disaster. Areas that have been h
In mississippi. The hospitals are full from memphis to gulf port, natchez to meridian. Everything is full. Everything is full. The i. C. U. Crisis is getting more critical by the hour. Some states are at or they are near capacity. Only a few hundred beds are left in some of the largest states in the south, or in the case of mississippi you see there on your screen zero. Mississippi is now requesting help from the federal government as they are dealing with this crush of coronavirus patients. And a critical staffing shortage. Theres a Field Hospital thats now being set up in a Parking Lot that could be used to take Care Of older teenagers with coronavirus. Some schools in mississippi, Indiana And Georgia have already gone back to virtual learning because of growing case numbers. Many are now rethinking mask policies. West Virginia Republican Governor jim justice warns that if cases continue to climb, as they clearly are, masks may be required in schools there. More children are now hosp