compassion that arose in the aftermath of those tragic events two decades ago to this very day. shine a light is being brought to you by the nonprofit 9/11 day so that members of the 9/11 community can tell their own stories directly and authentically. 9/11 day is joining with the 9/11 memorial and museum, pentagon memorial fund, and the friends of flight 93 national memorial, along with many other prominent 9/11 organizations to support this meaningful and forward-looking tribute. over the past 20 years, those forever connected by a day of tragedy have become a loving and diverse extended family. i feel honored to be spending time during this next hour getting to know this extraordinary group of young people who are tuesday s children, the children who lost a loved one tuesday, september 11th, 2001. and so tonight we will do our
real moral stain on our country. and in a piece for the atlantic, you look back at 17 minutes that passed between the first and second planes hitting the world trade center, how america became or before the second plane hit is unrecognizable today. we became a different place. yeah. that 17 minutes from 8:46 to 9:03, you see just how innocent a nation we really were on the morning of tuesday, september 11th, 2001. people across the nation from the streets of new york to the president of the united states in florida see and hear of that first crash into the north tower and sort of collectively shrug. everyone assumed it was at first a small plane, pilot had a heart attack, air traffic control was having a bad day, we didn t default to believing it was terror. we didn t default to thinking this was an attack, and it
else? what s more to the point than beware. is that american 11 tracking the call? they are the people who awoke september 11th leading ordinary lives. i was in my office sitting in that chair. suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days many this nation s history. he said we have some planes. try to make any more. we have planes. we clearly had a hijack in progress. they said be prepared to shoot down the next hijack track. i said roger. there were ten miles away. nine miles, eight miles. this is their story. who is going to hit us? the footnotes of 9/11. tuesday, september 11th, 2001 dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern united
i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than beware of cockpit intrusion . is that america 11 trying to call? they are the people who awoke september 11th living ordinary lives. i was in my office sitting in that chair. suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nation s history. they said, we have some planes. nobody move. if you try to make any moves, you ll endanger yourself and the airplane. we clearly had a hijack in progress. they just said, be prepared to shoot down the next hijack track. i said roger. and the report ten miles from the white house. nine miles. eight miles. this is their story. if it was going to hit anything, it was going to hit us. the foot notes of 9/11. tuesday, september 11th, 2001 dawned temper at and nearly cloudless in the eastern united states. so begins the 9/11 commission report on what was about to become a day filled with dark skies. the first event of tha
i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than beware of cockpit intrusion . is that america 11 trying to call? they are the people who awoke september 11th living ordinary lives. i was in my office sitting in that chair. suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nation s history. they said, we have some planes. nobody move. if you try to make any moves, you ll endanger yourself and the airplane. we clearly had a hijack in progress. they just said, be prepared to shoot down the next hijack track. i said roger. and the report ten miles from the white house. nine miles. eight miles. this is their story. if it was going to hit anything, it was going to hit us. the foot notes of 9/11. tuesday, september 11th, 2001 dawned temper at and nearly cloudless in the eastern united states. so begins the 9/11 commission report on what was about to become a day filled with dark skies. the first event of that