The field in shanksville, pennsylvania, where flight 93 crashed. Passengers and crew made the historic decision that day 20 years ago to take on the hijackers so they couldn t reach intended destinations. Before leaving pennsylvania, biden made a surprise stop at the shanksville, pennsylvania volunteer fire department. It was there he made comments to reporters defending the u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan. If you told anybody we were going to spend 300 million bucks a day for 20 years to try to unite the country after we got bin laden, after al qaeda was wiped out there, can al qaeda come back? yeah. But guess what, it is already back other places. What s the strategy? any place al qaeda is, we re going to invade and have troops stay there? come on. We have reporters at all of the sites. Polo sandoval is at ground zero. Let s begin with paula reed in shanksville, pennsylvania. I want to begin with president biden defending the withdrawal during his visit to a shanksville fire depart
Bruce springsteen putting their loss into song. When i see you laugh again i ll see you in my dreams. President biden and the first lady attending the memorial. In shanksville, pennsylvania the first lady laid a wreath in memory of the people who overpowered, the heroes who overpowered the hijackers and spared the intended target. They defended ending the war in afghanistan and that was born from the attacks. If you had told anybody we were going to spend 3 million bucks a day for 20 years to try to unite the country after we got bin laden, after al qaeda was wiped out there. Can al qaeda come back? yes, but it s back other places. Every place al qaeda is, we re going to invade and have troops stay there? come on. Former president bush eight months after the insurrection condemned violence both abroad and at home. And we have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders but from violence that gathers within. There is little cultural overlap bet
None of their sting all these years later. [ bell ringing ] 20 years feels like an eternity, yet it still feels like yesterday. Until we meet again, my love, rest in peace. [ bell ringing ] gather round the river bend, for death is not the end cause i ll see you in my dreams the most moving and most terrifying, perhaps most meaningful accounts of what happened on 9/11 are of course told by the people who were there, the people who survived. One of those survivors, joe ditmarr, is with me now. Joe, thanks so much for being with us. You were on the 105th floor of the south tower world trade center 20 years ago today. Unfortunately very few people on floors as high as you were on are with us today. Take us back to that moment that the tower was struck. It was the tower beside you that was struck. What did it sound like, what did it feel like? did you realize what had happened? what was going through your mind? that s the incredible part for us, jim. We were in an enclosed conference room
Forever when terrorists took the lives of almost 3,000 people. The country took pause to honor those we lost. Gary jay frank. Sheila patricia barnes. For some it still feels like yesterday, whether they watched it all unfold on tv or from the dustfilled streets of new york. Some are too young to know what life was like before 9/11, yet they still lost just as much. My uncle firefighter, christopher mazell. I know you re with us every day watching over us, and even though i never met you in person, i miss you a lot. Mom always tells us about the crazy, fun things you did, and i m sure if you were here, i would probably be doing them with you. Generations refined and still healing. 20 years ago today. Polo sandoval is where many of the events were held. Polo, it s been an interesting day. It certainly has. Preside we didn t hear from the president at this site. It was all about what happened 20 years ago. A flag unfurled 20 years ago signaled a day of tributes. It s one of three sites wh
that s facing all of the museum managers and people that are responsible for generating, producing, and collecting objects that would likely go into a museum sitting such as this is how much do we need to keep? how many things do we need to have to tell the american story and it s the great conundrum of our protection. there are those who believe that maybe the time has come to start reducing the amounts of things we collect and be more judicious in how we collect them and what we collect. is it inappropriate to use representative samples, say at an archaeological site, where things are left at the vietnam veteran s memorial. do we need to keep everything? and there are those in the professional field that think we need to keep everything and there s others who think sampling is the more judicious and long-term strategy. because there is a point of diminishing return. it costs money. there is an inherent cost to storing all of these objects. in many cases the costs can be pro