Nearly 3,000 people were killed when hijackers crashed planes into the World Trade Center and the pentagon, as old as 85, as young as just 2 years old. Lights illuminated the sky, though, Late Last Night in tribute here. Theyre going to be turned on again this afternoon in honor of the people who died. For a lot of people involved the wounds have not healed even 15 years after. Its the sight of the twin towers collapsing is too painful for many to watch. Victims without graves, now memorialized as names on that permanent memorial that i know so many people have seen there in new york. Most people when they lose someone, they have a grave to go to and that brings them closer to that person. But for us, this is our parents grave. So it brings us closer and makes us feel connected to that parent. A lot of our parents bodies werent found after 9 11. So that literally could be where our fathers bodies lay to this day. It is a memorial, but its our grave. We can go there and communicate with
That memory . With that, its very simple. Whenever i feel sad, depressed, worried, i think of that day and the courage of those First Responders and it lifts me up and it works every time. Really . When you have witnessed so much courage and heroism, there is no way you can complain about life. Not wanting to find a solution. Thats a pretty remark annual thing if thats what you take away from it. Yes. Not all of the loss and the pain and the horror but you saw the beauty and resolve of people to save others. Yes. You always see that. Thats a big lesson weve learned. The moment where the world seems the darkest, thats where you have this ray of light, this ray of hope that comes. For us it was the First Responders that saved us. Or Everyday Americans or people were in the towers saving people and helping each other. Be sure to watch the full episode of the film 9 11, fifteen years later. You can see it here on cnn at 6 00 p. M. In hong kong, 8 00 p. M. In london and 8 00 p. M. In new yo