1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,207 Good morning my name is Liz Costanzo . 3 00:00:07,207 --> 00:00:09,550 I'm the 6 12 iss for social studies at 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:11,838 DEA headquarters in alexander Virginia . 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,407 It is my honor to be the moderator for 6 00:00:14,407 --> 00:00:16,480 this event . 20 years since 9 11 7 00:00:16,670 --> 00:00:19,040 education . Remember Thank you to our 8 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,207 panel for volunteering to help educate 9 00:00:21,207 --> 00:00:23,151 their students on the event at the 10 00:00:23,151 --> 00:00:25,318 pentagon that occurred 20 years ago on 11 00:00:25,318 --> 00:00:27,420 September 11 . So our panelists know 12 00:00:27,430 --> 00:00:29,652 who is in the audience . Let's meet the 13 00:00:29,652 --> 00:00:31,430 schools . Let's start with fort 14 00:00:31,430 --> 00:00:32,430 Campbell . 15 00:00:36,940 --> 00:00:39,107 Good morning ladies and gentlemen I am 16 00:00:39,107 --> 00:00:41,790 connect major victoria Lopez and I am 17 00:00:41,790 --> 00:00:43,734 the battalion XO for Campbell High 18 00:00:43,734 --> 00:00:45,901 School where I was using and where the 19 00:00:45,901 --> 00:00:49,860 Campbell founded . Thank you victoria . 20 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:54,060 Let's go to fort Knox . Oh God 21 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,590 good morning I'm cadet Major Eastern 22 00:00:58,590 --> 00:01:02,360 colvin introducing for Knox busy . 23 00:01:03,140 --> 00:01:06,250 Thanks Eastern . How about Lejeune ? 24 00:01:08,540 --> 00:01:10,707 Good morning ladies and gentlemen , my 25 00:01:10,707 --> 00:01:12,929 name is alma Sanchez and this is lizzie 26 00:01:12,929 --> 00:01:16,830 in high school . Mhm Thank you . Let's 27 00:01:16,830 --> 00:01:17,850 go to Quantico . 28 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,318 Good morning , my name is Olivia toria . 29 00:01:24,318 --> 00:01:26,429 I am a tooth grouper at Quantico High 30 00:01:26,429 --> 00:01:28,429 School located on Marine Corps base 31 00:01:28,429 --> 00:01:30,151 Quantico . My classmates and I 32 00:01:30,151 --> 00:01:32,262 appreciate sharing your story . Thank 33 00:01:32,262 --> 00:01:36,070 you so much . Thank you and 34 00:01:36,070 --> 00:01:36,770 chilies . 35 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,460 Good morning , my name is Jose Guerena 36 00:01:42,470 --> 00:01:44,526 and welcome to into this high school 37 00:01:45,140 --> 00:01:47,307 and this is the U . S . History pass . 38 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,660 Hi over the parts . Thank you . 39 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,660 How about Remy unit school . All right 40 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,670 good morning my name is Adrian de la 41 00:01:58,670 --> 00:02:01,220 rosa and I am a junior in rainy school 42 00:02:01,230 --> 00:02:04,490 from aguadilla Puerto rico . Thank 43 00:02:04,490 --> 00:02:08,160 you 44 00:02:08,940 --> 00:02:10,950 and finally W . T . Sampson . 45 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:14,630 Um Good morning I'm Nicholas Russell . 46 00:02:14,630 --> 00:02:17,090 I'm a hearing W . T . Sampson high . 47 00:02:17,090 --> 00:02:19,312 I'm erin Lindsay . I'm also a senior at 48 00:02:19,312 --> 00:02:21,479 W . T . Sampson in Guantanamo Bay . We 49 00:02:21,479 --> 00:02:23,590 here at Guantanamo Bay have a special 50 00:02:23,590 --> 00:02:25,534 connection to the events that took 51 00:02:25,534 --> 00:02:27,479 place on 9 11 because we house the 52 00:02:27,479 --> 00:02:29,479 prisoners at a trial for the events 53 00:02:29,479 --> 00:02:31,701 that led up to and transpired on that . 54 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,830 Oh that's what ? Okay 55 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,062 all right thank you . Thanks everyone . 56 00:02:51,062 --> 00:02:52,951 So panelists we've got all of our 57 00:02:52,951 --> 00:02:55,173 schools in Dodea America's were able to 58 00:02:55,173 --> 00:02:57,340 join us today which we're very excited 59 00:02:57,340 --> 00:02:59,562 about that because it brings your story 60 00:02:59,562 --> 00:03:02,340 to more students . So we are going to 61 00:03:02,340 --> 00:03:04,150 get started with 62 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,980 our first speaker and we are fortunate 63 00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:11,460 to have with us today . Dr tom Lastman , 64 00:03:11,470 --> 00:03:13,440 he is the senior historian at the 65 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,384 office of the Secretary of Defense 66 00:03:15,384 --> 00:03:19,060 doctor . Last one will be providing The 67 00:03:19,060 --> 00:03:20,949 historical context for the events 68 00:03:20,949 --> 00:03:23,940 occurring on 9 11 , 2001 was specific 69 00:03:23,940 --> 00:03:25,810 focus on the Pentagon . So let's 70 00:03:25,810 --> 00:03:29,030 welcome Dr . Lastman . Good morning 71 00:03:29,030 --> 00:03:31,770 everyone . Thank you very much for 72 00:03:31,770 --> 00:03:33,992 being here and I'm delighted to be here 73 00:03:33,992 --> 00:03:36,214 as well . A slide one . Thank you . The 74 00:03:36,214 --> 00:03:38,214 pentagon headquarters of the United 75 00:03:38,214 --> 00:03:39,937 States Military is the largest 76 00:03:39,937 --> 00:03:42,159 government office building in the world 77 00:03:42,159 --> 00:03:44,381 big enough to hold five U . S . Capitol 78 00:03:44,381 --> 00:03:46,326 complex is shown here On a typical 79 00:03:46,326 --> 00:03:48,437 workday before the current pandemic . 80 00:03:48,437 --> 00:03:50,326 Approximately 25,000 civilian and 81 00:03:50,326 --> 00:03:52,270 military personnel reported to the 82 00:03:52,270 --> 00:03:54,560 Pentagon for duty . Five concentric 83 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,760 rings labeled a through E . From the 84 00:03:56,770 --> 00:03:58,880 inner to the outer most intersect 10 85 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:01,047 radio corridors that provide efficient 86 00:04:01,047 --> 00:04:03,380 access to offices and hallways located 87 00:04:03,380 --> 00:04:05,547 throughout the buildings . Five floors 88 00:04:05,547 --> 00:04:06,547 slide to please . 89 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,620 And here you can see the rings A . B . 90 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:15,676 C . D . And E . Which are marked and 91 00:04:15,676 --> 00:04:18,390 then the radio corridors . This 92 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,678 overview of the building . Slide three , 93 00:04:20,678 --> 00:04:24,570 please . As the workday began 94 00:04:24,570 --> 00:04:26,540 on september 11th 2000 and one , 95 00:04:26,550 --> 00:04:29,180 exactly exactly 60 years to the day 96 00:04:29,190 --> 00:04:31,550 after work crews had broken ground for 97 00:04:31,550 --> 00:04:34,720 the pentagon news . The two Boeing 7 67 98 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:36,664 jetliners had struck the north and 99 00:04:36,664 --> 00:04:38,831 south towers of the World Trade Center 100 00:04:38,831 --> 00:04:40,887 in new york city shocked the country 101 00:04:40,887 --> 00:04:43,700 slide four please Here by the way , 102 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:46,180 just through an image that was taken on 103 00:04:46,190 --> 00:04:48,246 five days after ground was broken on 104 00:04:48,246 --> 00:04:50,890 the Pentagon site in September uh , 105 00:04:50,900 --> 00:04:53,060 this is September 15 , 1941 . 106 00:04:54,940 --> 00:04:57,280 A third aircraft American Airlines 107 00:04:57,280 --> 00:04:59,690 flight 77 had departed from nearby 108 00:04:59,690 --> 00:05:01,900 Dulles International Airport at 8:20 109 00:05:01,900 --> 00:05:04,220 a.m. Bound for Los Angeles with 58 110 00:05:04,220 --> 00:05:06,164 passengers and six crew members on 111 00:05:06,164 --> 00:05:09,920 board slide five police When it 112 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,087 reached the Ohio Valley , the hijacked 113 00:05:12,087 --> 00:05:14,470 Boeing 757 shown here . This is not the 114 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,702 exact plane , but this is the same type 115 00:05:16,702 --> 00:05:19,080 of flame Reversed course and turned 116 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,191 back towards Washington . Now piloted 117 00:05:21,191 --> 00:05:23,358 by one of five al Qaeda terrorists who 118 00:05:23,358 --> 00:05:25,470 had seized control slide six please . 119 00:05:30,140 --> 00:05:32,310 Nearing the Pentagon . The al Qaeda 120 00:05:32,310 --> 00:05:34,477 pilot lowered the aircraft altitude to 121 00:05:34,477 --> 00:05:36,850 about 2000 ft and increase the speed to 122 00:05:36,850 --> 00:05:40,520 530 mph closer to the building . The 123 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,290 airliner dropped down to 150 ft low 124 00:05:43,290 --> 00:05:45,290 enough to knock down light poles on 125 00:05:45,290 --> 00:05:47,500 nearby Washington boulevard maps like 126 00:05:47,870 --> 00:05:50,610 this shows you the approach of the 7 57 127 00:05:50,610 --> 00:05:52,721 as it got near the building . This is 128 00:05:52,721 --> 00:05:54,888 just a diagram of slide eight please . 129 00:05:55,740 --> 00:05:58,020 And this shows you ground level looking 130 00:05:58,020 --> 00:06:00,460 behind the plane as it near the 131 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:02,750 building . Slide nine please . 132 00:06:04,740 --> 00:06:08,200 At 9:37 a.m. Flight 77 slammed into the 133 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,367 west side of the pentagon at the first 134 00:06:10,367 --> 00:06:12,422 floor near the fourth corridor . The 135 00:06:12,422 --> 00:06:14,256 front of the aircraft's fuselage 136 00:06:14,256 --> 00:06:16,367 exploded on impact but the midsection 137 00:06:16,367 --> 00:06:18,422 and the tail penetrated the interior 138 00:06:18,422 --> 00:06:20,367 splintering aircraft parts blasted 139 00:06:20,367 --> 00:06:22,589 through the D . Ring , then punctured a 140 00:06:22,589 --> 00:06:24,756 hole through the outer C . Ring wall . 141 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,150 F slide 10 please . This is the outer c . 142 00:06:28,150 --> 00:06:30,372 Ring wall . This is the furthest damage 143 00:06:30,372 --> 00:06:32,317 that the aircraft caused . It went 144 00:06:32,317 --> 00:06:34,372 through the first three rings of the 145 00:06:34,372 --> 00:06:38,090 building slide 11 please . And this is 146 00:06:38,090 --> 00:06:40,270 a shot again showing that a little bit 147 00:06:40,270 --> 00:06:42,730 more of the damage uh in the hole in 148 00:06:42,730 --> 00:06:45,910 the C . Ring wall , The jet fuel 149 00:06:45,910 --> 00:06:48,480 ignited and flames shot 200 ft into the 150 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:50,647 air while fireballs spread through the 151 00:06:50,647 --> 00:06:52,813 buildings , Corridors , Hallways , and 152 00:06:52,813 --> 00:06:55,036 offices , debris and flames spilled out 153 00:06:55,036 --> 00:06:57,091 into the service road . That's shown 154 00:06:57,091 --> 00:06:59,147 here between the sea and be rings an 155 00:06:59,147 --> 00:07:01,313 uncovered area that allowed flames and 156 00:07:01,313 --> 00:07:03,536 the remaining force of the explosion to 157 00:07:03,536 --> 00:07:05,536 escape and dissipate into the air , 158 00:07:05,536 --> 00:07:07,702 leaving the B and A rings intact . The 159 00:07:07,702 --> 00:07:09,869 jetliner had cut an 80 ft gash through 160 00:07:09,869 --> 00:07:12,091 the pentagon's exterior and left a path 161 00:07:12,091 --> 00:07:12,040 of destruction longer than a football 162 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:13,984 field through three of its rings , 163 00:07:13,984 --> 00:07:16,740 slide 12 please . And here you can see 164 00:07:17,230 --> 00:07:19,397 an overhead shot of the offices in the 165 00:07:19,397 --> 00:07:22,070 path of the aircraft . Unlike the world 166 00:07:22,070 --> 00:07:24,292 trade centers to vertical skyscrapers , 167 00:07:24,292 --> 00:07:26,292 the pentagon's expansive horizontal 168 00:07:26,292 --> 00:07:28,403 design aided human efforts to contain 169 00:07:28,403 --> 00:07:30,459 the damage and minimize casualties . 170 00:07:30,459 --> 00:07:32,514 Most of the building remained intact 171 00:07:32,514 --> 00:07:34,626 and continued to function . An urgent 172 00:07:34,626 --> 00:07:36,848 priority necessary to maintain military 173 00:07:36,848 --> 00:07:39,070 readiness . The damage and loss of life 174 00:07:39,070 --> 00:07:41,126 likely would have been Worse had the 175 00:07:41,126 --> 00:07:42,959 airliner crashed into one of the 176 00:07:42,959 --> 00:07:45,181 buildings , other sections which lacked 177 00:07:45,181 --> 00:07:47,014 the modern safety and structural 178 00:07:47,014 --> 00:07:49,480 improvements built into wedge one , the 179 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,536 recently named section that absorbed 180 00:07:51,536 --> 00:07:53,702 the horrible impact they have slide 13 181 00:07:53,702 --> 00:07:57,600 please . So if you see 182 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,822 the color coded wedges , there are five 183 00:07:59,822 --> 00:08:02,044 of them . The wedge one is the blue one 184 00:08:02,044 --> 00:08:04,100 on the left near corridor four where 185 00:08:04,100 --> 00:08:06,210 the airplane hit Nearly a decade 186 00:08:06,210 --> 00:08:08,620 earlier . In the early 1990s , work had 187 00:08:08,620 --> 00:08:10,731 begun on a building wide renovation . 188 00:08:10,980 --> 00:08:12,924 The first one undertaken since the 189 00:08:12,924 --> 00:08:15,210 Pentagon opened in 1943 . Engineers had 190 00:08:15,210 --> 00:08:17,432 divided the building into five numbered 191 00:08:17,432 --> 00:08:19,543 sections called Wedge is shown here . 192 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,110 Each one to be upgraded in a sequential 193 00:08:22,110 --> 00:08:24,750 clockwise direction . On september 10th , 194 00:08:24,750 --> 00:08:27,028 2000 and one the day before the attack , 195 00:08:27,028 --> 00:08:28,917 nearly 4000 military and civilian 196 00:08:28,917 --> 00:08:31,028 personnel had settled back into their 197 00:08:31,028 --> 00:08:32,750 workplace routines in the just 198 00:08:32,750 --> 00:08:34,750 completed and thoroughly modernized 199 00:08:34,750 --> 00:08:38,410 wedge one slide 14 please after the 200 00:08:38,410 --> 00:08:40,299 impact , the new sprinkler system 201 00:08:40,299 --> 00:08:42,521 sprang into action to contain the fires 202 00:08:42,521 --> 00:08:44,688 while the steel reinforced outer walls 203 00:08:44,688 --> 00:08:46,688 help stabilize areas near the crash 204 00:08:46,688 --> 00:08:48,743 site long enough for those inside to 205 00:08:48,743 --> 00:08:50,910 escape the new blast resistant windows 206 00:08:50,910 --> 00:08:53,190 in the outer ear ring held to shielding 207 00:08:53,190 --> 00:08:55,357 occupants from deadly shards of flying 208 00:08:55,357 --> 00:08:57,468 glass and preventing outside air from 209 00:08:57,468 --> 00:08:59,412 rushing inside to fuel the fires . 210 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:01,529 Their resiliency , however , also 211 00:09:01,529 --> 00:09:04,300 limited access and escape routes after 212 00:09:04,300 --> 00:09:06,490 the impact victims trapped inside and 213 00:09:06,490 --> 00:09:08,601 firefighters in search of more points 214 00:09:08,601 --> 00:09:10,720 of entry to douse the frame , flames 215 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,610 struggled to break the glass . These 216 00:09:13,610 --> 00:09:16,330 conditions worsened . 30 minutes after 217 00:09:16,330 --> 00:09:18,330 the airliner hit the building , the 218 00:09:18,330 --> 00:09:20,274 ring collapsed from the fifth down 219 00:09:20,274 --> 00:09:22,386 through the second floors , leaving a 220 00:09:22,386 --> 00:09:24,552 gaping hole about 90 ft five ft across 221 00:09:24,552 --> 00:09:26,570 and 50 ft deep . May have slide 15 222 00:09:26,570 --> 00:09:28,980 please Here you can see just after the 223 00:09:28,990 --> 00:09:31,770 collapse tearing wall Secretary of 224 00:09:31,770 --> 00:09:33,992 Defense Donald Rumsfeld who had been in 225 00:09:33,992 --> 00:09:35,937 his third floor E ring office when 226 00:09:35,937 --> 00:09:38,048 flight 77 hit the building , made his 227 00:09:38,048 --> 00:09:40,103 way outside , then headed toward the 228 00:09:40,103 --> 00:09:42,900 billowing black smoke . He paused long 229 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:44,733 enough to help rescue crews lift 230 00:09:44,733 --> 00:09:46,622 victims onto stretchers before he 231 00:09:46,622 --> 00:09:48,733 returned to his office to confer with 232 00:09:48,733 --> 00:09:50,844 the President Slide 16 Here , you can 233 00:09:50,844 --> 00:09:52,956 see third from the right as Secretary 234 00:09:52,956 --> 00:09:55,220 Rumsfeld helping other rescuers take 235 00:09:55,220 --> 00:09:58,550 the wounded a way to get help In the 236 00:09:58,550 --> 00:10:00,439 Pentagon's building operations in 237 00:10:00,439 --> 00:10:02,439 command centre monitor board showed 238 00:10:02,439 --> 00:10:04,550 more than 350 activated fire alarms . 239 00:10:05,140 --> 00:10:07,140 The heating and refrigeration plant 240 00:10:07,140 --> 00:10:08,860 nearly nearby also reported a 241 00:10:08,860 --> 00:10:11,027 significant drop in water pressure and 242 00:10:11,027 --> 00:10:12,971 I'm gonna sign for firefighters on 243 00:10:12,971 --> 00:10:15,138 their way to the scene . The explosion 244 00:10:15,138 --> 00:10:16,971 and resulting damage had severed 245 00:10:16,971 --> 00:10:19,138 utility lines , allowing water to gush 246 00:10:19,138 --> 00:10:21,304 from broken pipes , low water pressure 247 00:10:21,304 --> 00:10:22,860 also risk disabling the air 248 00:10:22,860 --> 00:10:24,860 conditioning system , putting vital 249 00:10:24,860 --> 00:10:26,971 computer and communications equipment 250 00:10:26,971 --> 00:10:29,138 at risk . Building personnel scrambled 251 00:10:29,138 --> 00:10:29,100 to keep the heating and refrigeration 252 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:30,822 units running and cut power to 253 00:10:30,822 --> 00:10:32,933 electrical vaults near the crash site 254 00:10:32,933 --> 00:10:35,044 to allow rescue crews to pull victims 255 00:10:35,044 --> 00:10:37,211 to safety without additional threat of 256 00:10:37,211 --> 00:10:39,378 electrocution . The pentagon continued 257 00:10:39,378 --> 00:10:41,156 to operate to maintain military 258 00:10:41,156 --> 00:10:43,156 readiness but did so under severely 259 00:10:43,156 --> 00:10:45,044 adverse conditions as thick smoke 260 00:10:45,044 --> 00:10:47,378 filled hallways , corridors and offices . 261 00:10:47,378 --> 00:10:49,489 At a Prince conference on the evening 262 00:10:49,489 --> 00:10:51,433 of the attack , Secretary Rumsfeld 263 00:10:51,433 --> 00:10:53,211 conveyed a clear message to the 264 00:10:53,211 --> 00:10:55,378 american . People quote , the pentagon 265 00:10:55,378 --> 00:10:57,211 is functioning and it will be in 266 00:10:57,211 --> 00:10:59,378 business tomorrow end , quote The next 267 00:10:59,378 --> 00:11:01,433 morning . More than 10,000 employees 268 00:11:01,433 --> 00:11:03,656 converged on the smoldering building to 269 00:11:03,656 --> 00:11:05,711 resume their work , either in shared 270 00:11:05,711 --> 00:11:07,822 office space or temporary swing space 271 00:11:07,822 --> 00:11:10,570 spaces nearby , Work crews brought in 272 00:11:10,570 --> 00:11:13,280 to rebuild wedge one the scene of the 273 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,391 attack and complete the building wide 274 00:11:15,391 --> 00:11:17,740 renovation still faced a daunting task , 275 00:11:17,750 --> 00:11:19,750 twisted metal , shattered glass and 276 00:11:19,750 --> 00:11:21,861 broken concrete covered nearly half a 277 00:11:21,861 --> 00:11:24,620 million square feet at the impact zone 278 00:11:24,990 --> 00:11:28,550 beyond the physical destruction . More 279 00:11:28,550 --> 00:11:32,540 than three times that area was coated 280 00:11:32,540 --> 00:11:34,980 with greasy black soot May have slight 281 00:11:34,980 --> 00:11:35,760 17 please . 282 00:11:43,140 --> 00:11:45,196 And here you can see the area that's 283 00:11:45,196 --> 00:11:47,029 marked in the different colors , 284 00:11:47,029 --> 00:11:50,730 showing the extent of the damage beyond 285 00:11:50,730 --> 00:11:54,640 the impact zone , eager to 286 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:56,473 begin workers favorite . A tight 287 00:11:56,473 --> 00:11:58,584 schedule that promised to put Defense 288 00:11:58,584 --> 00:12:00,529 Department employees back into the 289 00:12:00,529 --> 00:12:02,362 rehabilitated and fully function 290 00:12:02,362 --> 00:12:04,584 functional outer ring by september 11th 291 00:12:04,584 --> 00:12:06,696 2000 and two , exactly one year after 292 00:12:06,696 --> 00:12:08,918 the attack demolition at the crash site 293 00:12:08,918 --> 00:12:11,410 began five weeks after the attack crews 294 00:12:11,410 --> 00:12:13,577 worked around the clock , seven days a 295 00:12:13,577 --> 00:12:15,577 week to remove rubble and strip all 296 00:12:15,577 --> 00:12:17,799 that remained of wedge one . While dump 297 00:12:17,799 --> 00:12:19,688 trucks hauled away 56,000 tons of 298 00:12:19,688 --> 00:12:21,799 debris work that normally took months 299 00:12:21,799 --> 00:12:23,854 to complete proceeded much faster as 300 00:12:23,854 --> 00:12:25,910 crews push themselves to the limit . 301 00:12:25,910 --> 00:12:28,243 One of the site managers want excuse me , 302 00:12:28,243 --> 00:12:30,466 one of the site managers explained that 303 00:12:30,466 --> 00:12:32,688 just like a phoenix , the mythical bird 304 00:12:32,688 --> 00:12:34,743 that rises from the ashes . So too , 305 00:12:34,743 --> 00:12:36,966 with the pentagon , the phoenix project 306 00:12:36,966 --> 00:12:39,021 as it came to be known , adopted the 307 00:12:39,021 --> 00:12:41,132 slogan quote , Let's roll end , quote 308 00:12:41,132 --> 00:12:42,854 the words spoken by one of the 309 00:12:42,854 --> 00:12:44,854 passengers on board hijacked United 310 00:12:44,854 --> 00:12:46,799 Airlines flight 93 that crashed in 311 00:12:46,799 --> 00:12:48,710 shanksville pennsylvania . Soon 312 00:12:48,710 --> 00:12:51,360 pentagon construction workers . So 313 00:12:52,140 --> 00:12:54,084 pentagon construction workers wore 314 00:12:54,084 --> 00:12:56,084 phoenix project jackets and adorned 315 00:12:56,084 --> 00:12:58,140 their hard hats with phoenix project 316 00:12:58,140 --> 00:13:01,720 stickers have slide 18 please as 317 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,776 twisted metal and shattered concrete 318 00:13:03,776 --> 00:13:05,887 gave way to clean lines in a pristine 319 00:13:05,887 --> 00:13:07,942 look . Two separate events , marquis 320 00:13:07,942 --> 00:13:09,776 milestones in the reconstruction 321 00:13:09,776 --> 00:13:11,998 program . In april construction workers 322 00:13:11,998 --> 00:13:13,720 held a topping off ceremony to 323 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:13,660 celebrate the completion of the 324 00:13:13,660 --> 00:13:16,060 concrete work . First responders 325 00:13:16,060 --> 00:13:18,171 invited back to the Pentagon , joined 326 00:13:18,171 --> 00:13:20,449 them to mark the occasion . On June 11 , 327 00:13:20,449 --> 00:13:22,504 workers carefully placed the last of 328 00:13:22,504 --> 00:13:24,671 4000 blocks of limestone facing on the 329 00:13:24,671 --> 00:13:26,980 building's exterior . This final piece , 330 00:13:26,990 --> 00:13:28,934 a chart fragment that survived the 331 00:13:28,934 --> 00:13:30,657 attack had been inscribed with 332 00:13:30,657 --> 00:13:33,430 September 11 , 2001 Sealed inside the 333 00:13:33,430 --> 00:13:35,210 wall behind it . A time capsule 334 00:13:35,210 --> 00:13:37,321 included letters from school Children 335 00:13:37,321 --> 00:13:39,543 patches and badges from police and fire 336 00:13:39,543 --> 00:13:41,488 personnel who had responded to the 337 00:13:41,488 --> 00:13:43,654 attack , a Phoenix project patch and a 338 00:13:43,654 --> 00:13:45,821 bronze box containing the names of the 339 00:13:45,821 --> 00:13:47,932 184 victims . The black and limestone 340 00:13:47,932 --> 00:13:50,043 panel is the only exterior remnant of 341 00:13:50,043 --> 00:13:52,099 the damage sustained on September 11 342 00:13:53,940 --> 00:13:57,640 May have slight 19 please . 20 343 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,230 years on the memories of september 11th 344 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,060 2001 still linger grieving families , 345 00:14:03,060 --> 00:14:04,838 military personnel and civilian 346 00:14:04,838 --> 00:14:06,893 employees continue to pay tribute to 347 00:14:06,893 --> 00:14:08,893 those who died through a compelling 348 00:14:08,893 --> 00:14:11,060 memorial built on the pentagon grounds 349 00:14:11,060 --> 00:14:13,060 after the attack , family members , 350 00:14:13,060 --> 00:14:12,990 friends of the victims and visitors to 351 00:14:12,990 --> 00:14:15,323 the pentagon left letters , photographs , 352 00:14:15,323 --> 00:14:17,323 teddy bears and american flags at a 353 00:14:17,323 --> 00:14:19,601 makeshift memorial near the crash site . 354 00:14:19,601 --> 00:14:21,823 Plans for a more permanent tribute also 355 00:14:21,823 --> 00:14:23,657 got underway . Two acres of land 356 00:14:23,657 --> 00:14:25,768 outside the Pentagon's West Wall near 357 00:14:25,768 --> 00:14:27,879 Flight 77 point of impact serves as a 358 00:14:27,879 --> 00:14:29,657 memorial site slide 20 please . 359 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,210 The memorial itself features 184 360 00:14:34,210 --> 00:14:36,550 cantilever cast aluminum benches shown 361 00:14:36,550 --> 00:14:39,490 here Inscribed with each victim's name 362 00:14:39,550 --> 00:14:41,606 set above their own reflecting pools 363 00:14:41,606 --> 00:14:43,606 and lit from below . The architects 364 00:14:43,606 --> 00:14:45,328 arranged the benches and lines 365 00:14:45,328 --> 00:14:47,272 according to each victim's year of 366 00:14:47,272 --> 00:14:49,494 birth , from the youngest to the oldest 367 00:14:49,494 --> 00:14:49,120 and in a pattern that marks the path of 368 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,050 Flight 77 . The benches are oriented 369 00:14:52,050 --> 00:14:54,161 such that visitors who read the names 370 00:14:54,161 --> 00:14:56,383 of the 59 victims on board the aircraft 371 00:14:56,383 --> 00:14:58,217 always look up towards the sky . 372 00:14:58,217 --> 00:15:00,383 Likewise for the victims who worked in 373 00:15:00,383 --> 00:15:02,606 the pentagon , the visitors view always 374 00:15:02,606 --> 00:15:04,717 tracks to the building . A wall along 375 00:15:04,717 --> 00:15:06,883 the edge of the memorial begins at the 376 00:15:06,883 --> 00:15:09,050 height of three inches . The memory in 377 00:15:09,050 --> 00:15:10,717 memory of three year old Dana 378 00:15:10,717 --> 00:15:12,661 Falkenberg And rises to 71" at the 379 00:15:12,661 --> 00:15:14,717 other end for the oldest victim , 71 380 00:15:14,717 --> 00:15:17,840 year old John um Nikki 85 Maple trees 381 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:19,673 add to the serenity of the space 382 00:15:19,673 --> 00:15:21,618 culminating in a moving tribute to 383 00:15:21,618 --> 00:15:23,840 those who perished on that tragic day . 384 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:23,360 Thank you . 385 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:34,040 Okay . 386 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,950 Mhm . Thank you . Dr Lastman . Um 387 00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:43,251 that was a hopefully that was , did a 388 00:15:43,251 --> 00:15:45,610 great job for the students Uh kind of 389 00:15:45,610 --> 00:15:48,140 setting the stage for the scene at the 390 00:15:48,140 --> 00:15:51,360 Pentagon on 911 and also in the context 391 00:15:51,370 --> 00:15:53,426 of what happened on the day with the 392 00:15:53,426 --> 00:15:55,600 inclusion of the twin towers . So our 393 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:59,150 panelists today . Yeah . Mhm . 394 00:16:01,340 --> 00:16:03,451 Are survivors of the terrorist attack 395 00:16:03,451 --> 00:16:05,284 on the pentagon and they include 396 00:16:05,284 --> 00:16:07,507 Captain joseph Gradishar retired and mr 397 00:16:07,507 --> 00:16:09,860 keith walker . We really appreciate you 398 00:16:09,860 --> 00:16:12,027 sharing your story with us today . And 399 00:16:12,027 --> 00:16:13,916 we're going to begin with Captain 400 00:16:13,916 --> 00:16:15,971 Joseph Gradishar who works for , who 401 00:16:15,971 --> 00:16:18,249 worked for the office of the D . C . N . 402 00:16:18,249 --> 00:16:20,471 O . For information warfare . Thank you 403 00:16:20,471 --> 00:16:22,800 so much Captain very much . At the time 404 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,560 of the 9 11 event , I was on active 405 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,230 duty as a Navy captain and I was the 406 00:16:29,230 --> 00:16:31,230 deputy Chief of information for the 407 00:16:31,230 --> 00:16:33,397 Navy . That means I was the number two 408 00:16:33,397 --> 00:16:35,452 person and Navy public Affairs where 409 00:16:35,452 --> 00:16:37,508 the official navy spokesman that you 410 00:16:37,508 --> 00:16:39,563 see quoted in newspapers and on tv . 411 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:43,570 Our office was located directly in the 412 00:16:43,570 --> 00:16:46,260 path of the building on the fourth 413 00:16:46,260 --> 00:16:49,650 floor B ring of the fourth corridor . 414 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,660 So in those images you saw where that 415 00:16:53,660 --> 00:16:55,660 hole popped out in deceiving of the 416 00:16:55,660 --> 00:16:58,840 building That was right below and about 417 00:16:58,850 --> 00:17:01,850 20-30 ft away from our office . 418 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,280 So I was immediately in the immediate 419 00:17:06,290 --> 00:17:10,060 area where the plane hit . Now being a 420 00:17:10,060 --> 00:17:13,180 public affairs office , we had a lot of 421 00:17:13,180 --> 00:17:16,210 TVs on and we always do to monitor 422 00:17:16,210 --> 00:17:18,266 what's going on in the world . So we 423 00:17:18,266 --> 00:17:20,321 saw the events happening in new york 424 00:17:20,321 --> 00:17:23,170 city as they were being shown on tv . 425 00:17:23,540 --> 00:17:26,350 And of course the first plane was a 426 00:17:26,350 --> 00:17:28,350 surprise to everybody and then they 427 00:17:28,350 --> 00:17:30,572 thought it was an accident . But we all 428 00:17:30,572 --> 00:17:32,572 watched as the second plane hit the 429 00:17:32,572 --> 00:17:34,406 tower in new york , then we knew 430 00:17:34,406 --> 00:17:37,070 something was wrong . So from a Navy 431 00:17:37,070 --> 00:17:39,181 public affairs perspective we started 432 00:17:39,181 --> 00:17:41,950 to figure out what we could talk about , 433 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:43,960 to say how the navy and the U . S . 434 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:45,900 Military might respond should the 435 00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:47,940 president call us call on us to do 436 00:17:47,940 --> 00:17:51,370 something . And then at 9:37 AM 437 00:17:51,380 --> 00:17:54,360 without any warning at all , the plane 438 00:17:54,360 --> 00:17:57,810 hit us . It was a 439 00:17:57,810 --> 00:18:01,170 tremendous impact . Excuse me . 440 00:18:03,540 --> 00:18:05,540 I not only heard the plane into the 441 00:18:05,540 --> 00:18:09,170 building , I felt um 442 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:14,170 it was just one huge bam 443 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:18,980 and but within seconds multi minimal 444 00:18:18,980 --> 00:18:21,310 seconds you felt the concussion of the 445 00:18:21,310 --> 00:18:24,040 plane hitting the building and I had my 446 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,207 back to the window in the direction of 447 00:18:26,207 --> 00:18:30,130 where the plane came in and I ducked 448 00:18:30,140 --> 00:18:32,410 because I felt like whatever was coming 449 00:18:32,410 --> 00:18:35,530 in was coming in right over my shoulder . 450 00:18:36,620 --> 00:18:38,750 Now you think you're first impulse 451 00:18:38,750 --> 00:18:40,694 after something like that when you 452 00:18:40,694 --> 00:18:43,170 stand back up is to run , it's not , 453 00:18:43,270 --> 00:18:45,214 it's to look out the window to see 454 00:18:45,214 --> 00:18:48,460 what's going on . So I looked at the 455 00:18:48,460 --> 00:18:51,110 window behind me and fortunately we 456 00:18:51,110 --> 00:18:53,221 were in an area that was part of that 457 00:18:53,221 --> 00:18:55,332 wedge one renovation project . So our 458 00:18:55,332 --> 00:18:57,277 windows had all been replaced with 459 00:18:57,277 --> 00:19:00,200 stronger windows and if it hadn't been 460 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:03,440 for that reinforcement that they did to 461 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:05,440 the front of the the outside of the 462 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:07,496 building , the plane would have gone 463 00:19:07,496 --> 00:19:09,551 underneath us . But I looked at that 464 00:19:09,551 --> 00:19:11,607 window and it was just wobbling back 465 00:19:11,607 --> 00:19:14,700 and forth by that point , the fireball 466 00:19:14,700 --> 00:19:16,970 that you saw in that image passed over 467 00:19:16,970 --> 00:19:20,420 the top of our heads and we could see 468 00:19:20,420 --> 00:19:23,350 some of the smoke and fire from the , 469 00:19:23,740 --> 00:19:27,560 the fireball . And then it created a 470 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,230 vacuum in that passage way in that 471 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,240 alleyway and there was just smoke and 472 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:35,920 debris and things flying all over the 473 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:39,070 place . So then at that point it was 474 00:19:39,070 --> 00:19:41,237 all right , let's get everybody out of 475 00:19:41,237 --> 00:19:43,650 our office . Um , fortunately for us , 476 00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:46,010 we didn't have anybody in our 477 00:19:46,020 --> 00:19:49,170 particular office um , that got injured 478 00:19:49,170 --> 00:19:52,950 that day , but we , we 479 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,930 exited the building , which oddly 480 00:19:55,930 --> 00:19:59,580 enough was a very calm , exited the 481 00:19:59,580 --> 00:20:01,730 building and I walked around the 482 00:20:01,730 --> 00:20:03,952 building to where the plane hit and saw 483 00:20:03,952 --> 00:20:06,180 pieces of plane of the plane on the 484 00:20:06,180 --> 00:20:08,236 ground in front of the whole and the 485 00:20:08,236 --> 00:20:10,830 fire . Um , and then for us , it became 486 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:14,500 a multi tasking day . We had to 487 00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:17,270 account for our people who do you know , 488 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,550 how do you know if anybody got out the 489 00:20:19,550 --> 00:20:21,661 cell phone network that we had at the 490 00:20:21,661 --> 00:20:24,410 time was so new , it shut down . So we 491 00:20:24,410 --> 00:20:26,299 had to try and track just for our 492 00:20:26,299 --> 00:20:29,910 office 65 people . Um , and you know , 493 00:20:29,910 --> 00:20:31,966 you have fire drills there to school 494 00:20:31,966 --> 00:20:34,730 and you have one place to go to to make 495 00:20:34,730 --> 00:20:36,786 sure everybody got out our one place 496 00:20:36,786 --> 00:20:39,680 with where the plane hit . So we had 65 497 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,170 people dumping out into a parking lot 498 00:20:42,180 --> 00:20:44,347 where conservatively half the building 499 00:20:44,347 --> 00:20:46,740 was going out . So we had to try and 500 00:20:46,740 --> 00:20:48,907 find everybody and then we had to move 501 00:20:48,907 --> 00:20:50,907 farther away when there was worried 502 00:20:50,907 --> 00:20:53,130 that the second plane was coming in at 503 00:20:53,140 --> 00:20:55,740 that point it was trying to find folks 504 00:20:55,750 --> 00:20:58,050 uh talked to the news media that we're 505 00:20:58,050 --> 00:21:00,217 gathering because they knew we were in 506 00:21:00,217 --> 00:21:02,383 that immediate impact area and then we 507 00:21:02,383 --> 00:21:04,161 work to set up a temporary Navy 508 00:21:04,161 --> 00:21:06,272 headquarters in a department of motor 509 00:21:06,272 --> 00:21:08,439 vehicles for Virginia building just up 510 00:21:08,439 --> 00:21:10,494 the hill fellas . And then we had to 511 00:21:10,494 --> 00:21:12,494 try and account for all of the Navy 512 00:21:12,494 --> 00:21:14,717 people that were in the building , that 513 00:21:14,717 --> 00:21:17,280 data to find out who got out . So it 514 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,960 was a long day , It was a hectic day . 515 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,240 Um as you can tell from how I spoke 516 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,462 about , it is still , I've talked to me 517 00:21:25,462 --> 00:21:27,590 today , I've been back working in the 518 00:21:27,590 --> 00:21:29,701 building for many years and I spent a 519 00:21:29,701 --> 00:21:32,410 lot of time uh Introducing a lot of 520 00:21:32,410 --> 00:21:34,632 people to what happened in 911 by going 521 00:21:34,632 --> 00:21:36,854 down to that area and talk telling them 522 00:21:36,854 --> 00:21:38,910 my story because it really is , it's 523 00:21:38,910 --> 00:21:41,210 not a story about the building , it's a 524 00:21:41,210 --> 00:21:43,377 story about the people in the building 525 00:21:43,377 --> 00:21:46,260 and how we reacted . So that's my story . 526 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:54,170 Thank you captain . I I'm wondering if 527 00:21:54,170 --> 00:21:56,114 the other teachers are feeling the 528 00:21:56,114 --> 00:21:58,281 emotions that I'm feeling at this time 529 00:21:58,281 --> 00:22:00,448 to as we remember , just watching that 530 00:22:00,448 --> 00:22:02,337 experience and to hear your story 531 00:22:02,337 --> 00:22:04,448 really brings that back and home . So 532 00:22:04,448 --> 00:22:06,614 thank you for sharing . And um next we 533 00:22:06,614 --> 00:22:08,837 have Mr keith walker , he is the senior 534 00:22:08,837 --> 00:22:11,110 analyst at the office of the D USD for 535 00:22:11,110 --> 00:22:13,760 acquisition and sustainment , so Mr 536 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,100 walker , Good morning class . 537 00:22:17,140 --> 00:22:20,030 Um my name is keith walker and at the 538 00:22:20,030 --> 00:22:22,230 time I was active duty military also , 539 00:22:22,230 --> 00:22:24,452 I was I'm a retired master sergeant for 540 00:22:24,452 --> 00:22:27,960 the US Air Force um just like my um 541 00:22:28,340 --> 00:22:31,490 cohort here um the morning of the 542 00:22:31,490 --> 00:22:34,450 attack , I was happened to be on that 543 00:22:34,450 --> 00:22:36,394 side of the building in a training 544 00:22:36,394 --> 00:22:39,020 class . My actual office is almost on 545 00:22:39,020 --> 00:22:40,909 the opposite side of the building 546 00:22:40,909 --> 00:22:43,400 during that time frame , just so 547 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,870 happens that morning um I am sitting in 548 00:22:46,870 --> 00:22:49,340 a makeshift classroom , I don't know if 549 00:22:49,340 --> 00:22:51,507 you gentlemen remember they had to the 550 00:22:51,507 --> 00:22:55,090 classes on the ring or the officers on 551 00:22:55,090 --> 00:22:57,840 a ring , so I'm in a makeshift 552 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,350 classroom and we're 553 00:23:01,940 --> 00:23:04,530 going through our oceans and all of a 554 00:23:04,530 --> 00:23:07,790 sudden bam the room shakes , 555 00:23:09,140 --> 00:23:11,307 I'm on the inner ring , so I can't see 556 00:23:11,307 --> 00:23:13,473 what's happening on the outside of the 557 00:23:13,473 --> 00:23:15,807 building , I'm sitting just so happened , 558 00:23:15,807 --> 00:23:15,670 I'm sitting next to the to the window , 559 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,500 so I pulled the curtain back and the 560 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:21,910 fireball rose down past the window so I 561 00:23:21,910 --> 00:23:25,710 jumped back and kind of looking up and 562 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,831 I see the debris from the roof flying 563 00:23:27,831 --> 00:23:31,770 to the center courtyard . Um Today is 564 00:23:31,770 --> 00:23:33,826 the first time I've seen exactly how 565 00:23:33,826 --> 00:23:36,440 far the plane came in , so I'm a little 566 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,160 emotional like my friend here um 567 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,590 because I really realized now how close 568 00:23:43,590 --> 00:23:45,757 I was , I was less than 100 yards away 569 00:23:46,540 --> 00:23:48,762 and had had to come all the way through 570 00:23:48,762 --> 00:23:50,873 the building , I probably wouldn't be 571 00:23:50,873 --> 00:23:54,360 here now . Um , but again , 572 00:23:55,140 --> 00:23:58,270 because I was not in my office and 573 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,170 had access to TVs and things of that 574 00:24:01,170 --> 00:24:04,460 nature . Um , we in the classroom did 575 00:24:04,460 --> 00:24:06,750 not know what was going on during that 576 00:24:06,750 --> 00:24:08,861 time frame . Small planes always flew 577 00:24:08,861 --> 00:24:11,083 over the pentagon . So we thought maybe 578 00:24:11,083 --> 00:24:12,917 a small plane hit the building , 579 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,960 nothing , nothing exciting . So I get 580 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,182 up from my desk and I walk out into the 581 00:24:18,182 --> 00:24:20,293 hallway just so happens again , we're 582 00:24:20,293 --> 00:24:22,349 on the new side of the building , so 583 00:24:22,349 --> 00:24:24,571 it's still kind of empty . Everyone had 584 00:24:24,571 --> 00:24:26,793 to move back into the uh , that side of 585 00:24:26,793 --> 00:24:28,793 the building yet . Um walk down the 586 00:24:28,793 --> 00:24:30,849 hallway , I see a friend of mine and 587 00:24:30,849 --> 00:24:33,016 he's got this lady on his shoulder and 588 00:24:33,016 --> 00:24:34,904 he's helping her , hey , you know 589 00:24:34,904 --> 00:24:37,127 what's going on ? He says , man , we're 590 00:24:37,127 --> 00:24:39,071 under attack . You know , my exact 591 00:24:39,071 --> 00:24:41,293 words were gonna , you know , get the h 592 00:24:41,293 --> 00:24:44,190 out of here , we're in America that 593 00:24:44,190 --> 00:24:47,250 don't happen here . So again , still 594 00:24:47,250 --> 00:24:49,472 not knowing exactly what's going on . I 595 00:24:49,472 --> 00:24:51,960 walked back down to the classroom And 596 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,127 there's about 30 students in the class 597 00:24:54,127 --> 00:24:56,404 with me . I said , Hey Guys , you know , 598 00:24:56,404 --> 00:24:56,220 they're evacuating the building . The 599 00:24:56,220 --> 00:24:59,060 plane hit the building , you know , um , 600 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,780 I suggest you either report back to 601 00:25:01,780 --> 00:25:04,380 your office or go um go out to where 602 00:25:04,380 --> 00:25:06,269 you're supposed to meet with your 603 00:25:06,269 --> 00:25:08,600 office mates . So myself , I walked out 604 00:25:08,610 --> 00:25:10,832 classroom walked across the courtyard , 605 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,410 back to my office and as I opened the 606 00:25:14,410 --> 00:25:18,400 office door , you know , I'm 607 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,790 sorry , okay . And as I opened the 608 00:25:21,790 --> 00:25:23,846 office door , I see the second plane 609 00:25:23,846 --> 00:25:25,957 flying to the World Trade Center . So 610 00:25:25,957 --> 00:25:28,480 now I know exactly . Hey , we're truly 611 00:25:28,490 --> 00:25:30,730 under attack and my Colonel was in the 612 00:25:30,730 --> 00:25:32,841 office and he's actually putting away 613 00:25:32,841 --> 00:25:34,980 classified documents so I assist him 614 00:25:34,980 --> 00:25:38,460 with that and grab my bag . 615 00:25:39,140 --> 00:25:41,860 I walked out down the hallway 616 00:25:42,610 --> 00:25:45,260 and as I'm walking out , the first 617 00:25:45,260 --> 00:25:48,130 thing is , you know , hey , call a wife , 618 00:25:48,140 --> 00:25:50,251 let her know you're okay . Secondly , 619 00:25:50,251 --> 00:25:52,840 it's called my family . I reached , my 620 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,320 wife reached the uncle down in 621 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,880 Birmingham Alabama . By the time I got 622 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:00,880 to the door of the building , there 623 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,102 were no phone signals . So you couldn't 624 00:26:03,102 --> 00:26:06,950 make any calls . Um , just so happens 625 00:26:06,950 --> 00:26:09,140 like the captain here , you know , we 626 00:26:09,140 --> 00:26:11,120 had a meeting place also for our 627 00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:13,430 teammates and we went down to the 628 00:26:13,430 --> 00:26:16,990 flagpole stand up there for probably an 629 00:26:16,990 --> 00:26:20,530 hour or so . And as he mentioned , you 630 00:26:20,530 --> 00:26:22,474 have thousands of people exiting a 631 00:26:22,474 --> 00:26:24,474 building . And so people are always 632 00:26:24,474 --> 00:26:27,750 everywhere on the street . Um , I'll 633 00:26:27,750 --> 00:26:29,639 never forget the images of people 634 00:26:29,639 --> 00:26:31,694 walking up and down the interstate . 635 00:26:32,540 --> 00:26:35,020 You know , uh , that was , that was 636 00:26:35,020 --> 00:26:37,076 something that , that you can't just 637 00:26:37,076 --> 00:26:39,187 can't get out of your head . Um , the 638 00:26:39,187 --> 00:26:41,270 one thing that I take from that day 639 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:45,260 that , that stays with me 640 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:49,250 is that there was a lady that , that 641 00:26:49,250 --> 00:26:52,050 was a victim working in 642 00:26:52,940 --> 00:26:56,520 army installations and I just did some 643 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,080 work with her two weeks prior on a 644 00:26:59,090 --> 00:27:01,930 black project and to know that I was 645 00:27:01,930 --> 00:27:03,930 just speaking and working with this 646 00:27:03,930 --> 00:27:06,041 lady and she's not here anymore . You 647 00:27:06,041 --> 00:27:09,770 know , just breaks my heart . Thank you . 648 00:27:14,340 --> 00:27:16,990 Thank you Master Sergeant . Um , so now 649 00:27:16,990 --> 00:27:19,157 kids are going to bring it back to you 650 00:27:19,157 --> 00:27:21,323 and your schools for questions for our 651 00:27:21,323 --> 00:27:23,157 panelists and thank you both for 652 00:27:23,157 --> 00:27:25,900 sharing your stories . Um it was thank 653 00:27:25,900 --> 00:27:28,600 you . Um so we're gonna go start at 654 00:27:28,610 --> 00:27:31,200 fort Campbell and if you could ask your 655 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,422 question , I believe it's emigre who is 656 00:27:33,422 --> 00:27:35,533 gonna be asking the question and then 657 00:27:35,533 --> 00:27:37,589 after you're done answering , if you 658 00:27:37,589 --> 00:27:39,589 could mute your mic , Thanks asking 659 00:27:39,589 --> 00:27:42,470 sorry , good morning cadet Captain 660 00:27:42,470 --> 00:27:45,040 immigrant . And my question is , did 9 661 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,530 11 sparked a new sense of loyalty for 662 00:27:47,530 --> 00:27:49,740 the United States within insistent if 663 00:27:49,740 --> 00:27:53,510 so . I'm sorry . I didn't hear , 664 00:27:53,510 --> 00:27:56,260 don't it ? I'll take it , go ahead , go 665 00:27:56,260 --> 00:27:59,790 ahead . Um yes and yes . Um , I will 666 00:27:59,790 --> 00:28:01,960 tell you that . Um from my point of 667 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,220 view , being active duty Air Force at a 668 00:28:04,220 --> 00:28:07,960 time and a senior enlisted member . Um 669 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,730 We had an increase in enlistments right 670 00:28:13,730 --> 00:28:17,540 after 911 . You know , people 671 00:28:17,540 --> 00:28:19,484 that for some of you there in high 672 00:28:19,484 --> 00:28:21,707 school people that are graduating , you 673 00:28:21,707 --> 00:28:23,818 know , deciding hey , they want to go 674 00:28:23,818 --> 00:28:26,040 and you know , and defend our country . 675 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,160 So um , that was what I saw . I don't 676 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,330 know about yourself . Yeah , I would 677 00:28:32,330 --> 00:28:36,300 say that it was definitely A moment 678 00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:38,900 where the country truly came together 679 00:28:38,900 --> 00:28:42,730 as one . Um , with very 680 00:28:42,730 --> 00:28:46,190 little dissent . There were images , 681 00:28:46,260 --> 00:28:50,130 uh , you're shrines and 682 00:28:50,140 --> 00:28:52,550 memorials set up all around the 683 00:28:52,550 --> 00:28:54,772 pentagon in new york and shakes ville . 684 00:28:55,140 --> 00:28:57,680 But anyway he went , people were flying 685 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,940 the american flag . Um , there were 686 00:29:00,940 --> 00:29:04,200 memorial services across the country 687 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,900 for those that passed that day . We 688 00:29:07,900 --> 00:29:11,460 were truly united in shock 689 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,060 in anger at what had happened to us and 690 00:29:15,060 --> 00:29:17,116 that that could happen to the United 691 00:29:17,116 --> 00:29:20,150 States of America . And I would say for 692 00:29:20,150 --> 00:29:24,010 at least a good year plus that 693 00:29:24,020 --> 00:29:27,510 unity remained before the course of 694 00:29:27,510 --> 00:29:30,340 events moved on and , and people went 695 00:29:30,340 --> 00:29:32,396 about their lives . But it , we very 696 00:29:32,396 --> 00:29:34,562 much came together as a country in the 697 00:29:34,562 --> 00:29:36,451 immediate aftermath of that day . 698 00:29:40,340 --> 00:29:42,118 Thank you and thank you for the 699 00:29:42,118 --> 00:29:44,070 question . Uh , Fort Campbell . So 700 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:45,670 let's go to Fort Knox . 701 00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:52,630 Hi , my name is not Maria . And my 702 00:29:52,630 --> 00:29:54,852 question is , what is the importance of 703 00:29:54,852 --> 00:29:57,074 the survival tree to those like you who 704 00:29:57,074 --> 00:30:00,260 are directly affected by 9 11 ? 705 00:30:04,070 --> 00:30:06,237 Could you repeat the beginning part of 706 00:30:06,237 --> 00:30:08,126 that ? It was , it came across as 707 00:30:10,540 --> 00:30:12,540 a little garbled at the beginning . 708 00:30:12,740 --> 00:30:13,740 Yeah , 709 00:30:13,940 --> 00:30:17,770 good . 710 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:20,607 What is the importance of the survival 711 00:30:20,607 --> 00:30:22,384 tree to those like you who were 712 00:30:22,384 --> 00:30:24,670 affected by 9:11 ? 713 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:29,260 Uh , we're all kind of uh , looking at 714 00:30:29,260 --> 00:30:31,630 each other and actually , I have it all 715 00:30:31,630 --> 00:30:33,750 right . He's got uh , I saw your 716 00:30:33,750 --> 00:30:35,972 question that I had to actually look up 717 00:30:35,972 --> 00:30:38,083 because the survivor tree is not here 718 00:30:38,083 --> 00:30:40,250 at the pentagon , it's actually in new 719 00:30:40,250 --> 00:30:42,250 york at the World Trade Center . Um 720 00:30:42,250 --> 00:30:45,860 that particular tree um was a 721 00:30:46,740 --> 00:30:49,670 a calorie pear tree and it 722 00:30:49,670 --> 00:30:53,390 survived , the building's collapsing 723 00:30:53,390 --> 00:30:56,000 all around it . So apparently 724 00:30:57,540 --> 00:31:00,450 the uh the recovery workers 725 00:31:01,340 --> 00:31:04,370 found this tree and nursed it back to 726 00:31:04,370 --> 00:31:08,310 health and it was replanted there 727 00:31:08,310 --> 00:31:12,110 to uh as a reminder um of the strength 728 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,360 of you know , americans . 729 00:31:17,940 --> 00:31:21,830 Mhm . Thank you . Thanks to question . 730 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,170 Let's go to Lejeune . 731 00:31:28,340 --> 00:31:30,562 Hi , I'm Naomie Gordon ? Thank you guys 732 00:31:30,562 --> 00:31:32,784 so much for being here today to educate 733 00:31:32,784 --> 00:31:34,896 us . My question is , what did you do 734 00:31:34,896 --> 00:31:37,007 in the days following the attacks and 735 00:31:37,007 --> 00:31:40,060 how did that affect you ? Well , 736 00:31:40,740 --> 00:31:43,880 I'll start out with that . It was 737 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,170 extremely busy for us because we 738 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:51,260 um we had to take care of our people . 739 00:31:51,260 --> 00:31:53,482 That's always number one in anything we 740 00:31:53,482 --> 00:31:55,670 do . And then to expand to the great 741 00:31:55,670 --> 00:31:59,260 admission of speaking on 742 00:31:59,260 --> 00:32:01,580 behalf of the U . S . Navy , we spend a 743 00:32:01,580 --> 00:32:04,700 lot of time in very small offices 744 00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:06,867 trying to figure out how we were going 745 00:32:06,867 --> 00:32:08,600 to operate . How the US Navy 746 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,489 headquarters , our Chief of Naval 747 00:32:10,489 --> 00:32:12,544 Operations and Secretary of the Navy 748 00:32:12,544 --> 00:32:14,711 and their immediate staffs we're going 749 00:32:14,711 --> 00:32:17,910 to operate and how the 750 00:32:17,910 --> 00:32:20,850 navy was going to be able to respond . 751 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:25,430 Um if necessary . You know , we had a 752 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,551 carrier battle group , the Enterprise 753 00:32:27,551 --> 00:32:29,662 Carrier battle group coming back from 754 00:32:29,662 --> 00:32:31,718 the Middle East at the time and they 755 00:32:31,718 --> 00:32:34,051 just turned around and stood on station . 756 00:32:34,051 --> 00:32:36,107 So we had to have all of that in our 757 00:32:36,107 --> 00:32:38,329 hip pockets um to to be able to talk to 758 00:32:38,329 --> 00:32:40,551 the news media about that because of as 759 00:32:40,551 --> 00:32:42,773 you might expect , there was tremendous 760 00:32:42,773 --> 00:32:45,020 attention on the military services , 761 00:32:45,020 --> 00:32:47,353 not only for the attack on the pentagon , 762 00:32:47,353 --> 00:32:49,860 but how we could respond . So is 763 00:32:49,860 --> 00:32:52,000 extremely busy trying to set up an 764 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,820 office that works with phones and 765 00:32:54,820 --> 00:32:58,400 computer access . Um making sure that 766 00:32:58,410 --> 00:33:01,810 that our staff were taken care of and 767 00:33:01,810 --> 00:33:04,540 that um and the Greater Navy staff was 768 00:33:04,540 --> 00:33:07,610 accounted for . It took us days really 769 00:33:07,610 --> 00:33:11,590 to make sure we had an accurate account 770 00:33:11,590 --> 00:33:13,812 of who was in the building , who wasn't 771 00:33:13,812 --> 00:33:15,979 that day . Um There was no easy way to 772 00:33:15,979 --> 00:33:19,060 do it . We set up a 1 800 number And 773 00:33:19,060 --> 00:33:21,227 asked anybody that was in the building 774 00:33:21,227 --> 00:33:24,060 that day to call that 101 800 number 775 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,930 and let us know that they are alive and 776 00:33:26,930 --> 00:33:29,300 that they , who else did they see or 777 00:33:29,300 --> 00:33:32,620 who else are they missing ? So it was , 778 00:33:32,630 --> 00:33:36,480 it was extremely busy 779 00:33:36,490 --> 00:33:40,260 few days in long days that 780 00:33:40,260 --> 00:33:43,170 happened on a Tuesday and uh 781 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,960 I was fortunate enough that 782 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,607 I would live near the Pentagon . I was 783 00:33:49,607 --> 00:33:51,662 about two miles away so I could walk 784 00:33:51,662 --> 00:33:53,884 home . But I had my car in the pentagon 785 00:33:53,884 --> 00:33:57,250 parking lot for a personal anecdote and 786 00:33:57,250 --> 00:33:59,417 we had people that left their purses , 787 00:33:59,417 --> 00:34:01,250 their wallets , their car keys , 788 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,720 identification , anything they had , 789 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,887 they left them in their offices and it 790 00:34:05,887 --> 00:34:07,998 was weeks before we could get back in 791 00:34:07,998 --> 00:34:10,350 there for just a half hour to grab 792 00:34:10,740 --> 00:34:13,950 things . So there's personal impact and 793 00:34:13,950 --> 00:34:16,950 then there's navy wide impact that that 794 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,500 filled my days for for many days after 795 00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:20,500 that . 796 00:34:33,740 --> 00:34:35,907 Thank you . Staff sergeant . Did you ? 797 00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:38,129 Master Sergeant ? Did you want to reply 798 00:34:38,129 --> 00:34:40,296 to that question as well ? You want me 799 00:34:40,296 --> 00:34:39,850 to go ahead and have the next question 800 00:34:39,850 --> 00:34:42,860 be asked . All right . Do you hear me 801 00:34:43,940 --> 00:34:46,350 now ? We can . Yes sir . So for me it 802 00:34:46,350 --> 00:34:48,461 was all about accountability . Also , 803 00:34:48,461 --> 00:34:50,517 you know , we were trying to account 804 00:34:50,517 --> 00:34:49,600 for the people that were here in the 805 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,489 building and also account for the 806 00:34:51,489 --> 00:34:53,711 people that were in other places in the 807 00:34:53,711 --> 00:34:55,878 United States or the world . They were 808 00:34:55,878 --> 00:34:57,767 trying to get back because if you 809 00:34:57,767 --> 00:34:59,933 remember that there was no flying , no 810 00:34:59,933 --> 00:35:02,100 planes flying right afterwards . So it 811 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,322 was days before we could get you know , 812 00:35:04,322 --> 00:35:07,920 a pure assessment of who was here , who 813 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,920 wasn't who was able to get back . I 814 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:11,976 mean people were driving from as far 815 00:35:11,976 --> 00:35:13,753 away as California because they 816 00:35:13,753 --> 00:35:17,750 couldn't get planes . Mhm . Thank 817 00:35:17,750 --> 00:35:20,640 you . I remember that very well . All 818 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:22,418 right . So let's go to our next 819 00:35:22,418 --> 00:35:26,410 question from quantico . Uh Good 820 00:35:26,410 --> 00:35:28,577 morning . My name is Emma Barnhart . I 821 00:35:28,577 --> 00:35:30,743 am an 11th grade . And I wanted to ask 822 00:35:30,743 --> 00:35:32,966 how did 9 11 impact your life ? And did 823 00:35:32,966 --> 00:35:34,910 you make any personal life changes 824 00:35:34,910 --> 00:35:37,550 after 9 11 . Mhm . 825 00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,660 Yeah , I'll go 1st . 1st time for 826 00:35:42,660 --> 00:35:46,480 me . Um The one primary change for 827 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,590 me is that I never , the pentagon is a 828 00:35:49,590 --> 00:35:52,300 really big building , 17.5 miles of 829 00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:55,140 hallways . I never go anywhere in this 830 00:35:55,140 --> 00:35:57,370 building now . Without my car keys . Uh 831 00:35:57,370 --> 00:36:00,830 huh . Mhm . Camera , I never go 832 00:36:00,830 --> 00:36:02,830 anywhere without my car keys and my 833 00:36:02,830 --> 00:36:06,790 wallet . Um Mhm . From 834 00:36:06,790 --> 00:36:10,140 a outside the building standpoint . Um 835 00:36:10,150 --> 00:36:13,050 I am more aware of my surroundings 836 00:36:14,830 --> 00:36:18,660 you know , other than that , you know , 837 00:36:18,660 --> 00:36:20,549 we can't live our lives in fear . 838 00:36:22,130 --> 00:36:26,030 Let me add a little bit um because it 839 00:36:26,030 --> 00:36:28,830 did affect how I behave towards people , 840 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:31,850 especially my friends and family . Um 841 00:36:33,530 --> 00:36:35,730 The first few days afterwards when I 842 00:36:35,730 --> 00:36:37,820 saw friends around here , they'd say 843 00:36:37,830 --> 00:36:40,930 it's nice to see you and I said it's 844 00:36:40,930 --> 00:36:42,350 nice being seen 845 00:36:44,730 --> 00:36:48,270 um with my family and 846 00:36:48,270 --> 00:36:52,110 friends , I hug people more . I tell 847 00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:55,420 them I love them more . Every time I 848 00:36:55,420 --> 00:36:57,642 talked to somebody on the phone from my 849 00:36:57,642 --> 00:36:59,476 family , I tell them I love them 850 00:36:59,930 --> 00:37:01,986 because you don't know when the last 851 00:37:01,986 --> 00:37:04,041 time is , you're going to be able to 852 00:37:04,041 --> 00:37:06,330 say that . And it was especially 853 00:37:06,330 --> 00:37:09,550 profound for me because my wife and 854 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,727 Children lived in michigan at the time 855 00:37:12,130 --> 00:37:14,370 and it was four hours before I got a 856 00:37:14,370 --> 00:37:17,160 phone call out that said I was alive , 857 00:37:18,330 --> 00:37:21,050 My youngest daughter was in 9th grade 858 00:37:21,530 --> 00:37:23,580 and they turned the TVs on at her 859 00:37:23,580 --> 00:37:26,010 school and they were panicking , she 860 00:37:26,010 --> 00:37:27,788 was panicking and they couldn't 861 00:37:27,788 --> 00:37:29,621 understand why she was panicking 862 00:37:29,621 --> 00:37:31,677 because they didn't know that that's 863 00:37:31,677 --> 00:37:35,570 where I worked . Um So it affected my 864 00:37:35,570 --> 00:37:38,060 family very much , it affected me , 865 00:37:38,060 --> 00:37:40,610 still does . But like I say on a 866 00:37:40,610 --> 00:37:43,420 personal level I hug people more , I 867 00:37:43,420 --> 00:37:45,031 told them I love them more . 868 00:37:48,330 --> 00:37:50,630 Thank you . Let's go to our next 869 00:37:50,630 --> 00:37:52,519 question . Antilles High School . 870 00:37:54,630 --> 00:37:55,630 Uh huh . 871 00:37:58,410 --> 00:38:01,000 Good morning . My name is Anna 872 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,167 Hernandez . And my question is in your 873 00:38:03,167 --> 00:38:05,167 opinion , what has been the biggest 874 00:38:05,167 --> 00:38:07,750 impact on society because of 9:11 ? 875 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:09,120 Okay , 876 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,231 Do you want to take that 1 ? That's a 877 00:38:14,231 --> 00:38:16,231 good question . Yes , that's a good 878 00:38:16,231 --> 00:38:18,600 question . That's go ahead . Okay . No , 879 00:38:18,610 --> 00:38:21,130 you haven't . Let me think for a minute 880 00:38:21,130 --> 00:38:23,352 government go ahead . That's fine . Let 881 00:38:23,352 --> 00:38:26,410 me just think , I would say it woke us 882 00:38:26,410 --> 00:38:30,330 up a little bit . Um we thought we 883 00:38:30,330 --> 00:38:32,330 were this great big powerful nation 884 00:38:32,330 --> 00:38:34,730 that nobody would touch . And there 885 00:38:34,730 --> 00:38:37,008 have been minor incidents of terrorism . 886 00:38:37,008 --> 00:38:39,119 In fact , the outside of the building 887 00:38:39,119 --> 00:38:41,540 was reinforced um specifically 888 00:38:41,540 --> 00:38:44,050 following the lessons learned at the 889 00:38:44,050 --> 00:38:47,180 Oklahoma city bombing of the murrah 890 00:38:47,180 --> 00:38:49,370 building there . And that's why the 891 00:38:49,370 --> 00:38:52,640 reinforcement but we realized we were 892 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:56,260 now a target and we had to think 893 00:38:56,270 --> 00:38:58,740 differently about how we defend our 894 00:38:58,750 --> 00:39:01,750 home territory . We're used to fighting 895 00:39:01,750 --> 00:39:03,972 our battles away from the United States 896 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:08,170 and that hit us home . I 897 00:39:08,180 --> 00:39:10,291 would I think that I would agree with 898 00:39:10,291 --> 00:39:12,291 that . I think that's true . It had 899 00:39:12,291 --> 00:39:14,513 been 10 years since the end of the Cold 900 00:39:14,513 --> 00:39:16,736 War . The Berlin Wall had fallen Soviet 901 00:39:16,736 --> 00:39:18,902 Union had collapsed . The Cold War was 902 00:39:18,902 --> 00:39:20,847 over . Everyone breathed a sigh of 903 00:39:20,847 --> 00:39:22,791 relief . The world was safer and I 904 00:39:22,791 --> 00:39:25,013 think that's it . I think it really was 905 00:39:25,013 --> 00:39:27,013 a wake up call that we thought this 906 00:39:27,013 --> 00:39:29,180 couldn't happen here and it did and it 907 00:39:29,180 --> 00:39:31,800 just shocked very much so I think 908 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:32,800 that's true . 909 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:38,576 Okay so I'm gonna turn it over . Our 910 00:39:38,576 --> 00:39:40,520 next question comes from Remy unit 911 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,687 school and I'll turn it over to Remy . 912 00:39:45,060 --> 00:39:48,150 Good morning gentlemen . 913 00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:51,560 My name is Carlos Tevez and I'm in 11th 914 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,840 grade Ap us history student . And I 915 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,290 just wanted to ask you uh when did you 916 00:39:56,290 --> 00:39:58,457 learn that the attack that happened on 917 00:39:58,457 --> 00:40:00,679 9 11 was not an accident . And what was 918 00:40:00,679 --> 00:40:03,820 your initial reaction to that ? Mhm . 919 00:40:04,210 --> 00:40:08,080 Oh for me I think as I stated that 920 00:40:08,090 --> 00:40:10,740 it wasn't until I made the trek from 921 00:40:11,410 --> 00:40:13,650 the classroom now was in to the other 922 00:40:13,650 --> 00:40:15,650 side of the building where I saw it 923 00:40:15,650 --> 00:40:17,706 actually on T . V . That we're being 924 00:40:17,706 --> 00:40:21,390 attacked . Um And my response was still 925 00:40:21,390 --> 00:40:24,440 in disbelief . You know as we've said 926 00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,496 here a couple of times you know that 927 00:40:26,496 --> 00:40:28,384 you know how could this happen in 928 00:40:28,384 --> 00:40:32,360 America as soon as that 929 00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:35,560 second plane hit the tower and we were 930 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:37,727 watching it live on tv we knew we were 931 00:40:37,727 --> 00:40:41,380 under attack . Um We didn't know where 932 00:40:41,380 --> 00:40:43,547 they were coming at us at the pentagon 933 00:40:43,610 --> 00:40:47,050 until the moment it hit . And even then 934 00:40:47,050 --> 00:40:49,217 we didn't know it was an airplane . We 935 00:40:49,217 --> 00:40:51,439 thought it could have been a truck bomb 936 00:40:51,439 --> 00:40:54,260 like in Oklahoma city . So it was 937 00:40:54,260 --> 00:40:56,482 immediate on watching that second plane 938 00:40:56,482 --> 00:40:59,030 hit the building you just knew um is 939 00:40:59,030 --> 00:41:01,620 like the first one . Okay , air traffic 940 00:41:01,620 --> 00:41:03,810 control problem . Maybe the plane was 941 00:41:03,810 --> 00:41:06,030 having engine difficulties whatever , 942 00:41:06,030 --> 00:41:08,200 but one that second one hit . It was 943 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,290 immediate . We're not this is not 944 00:41:11,290 --> 00:41:14,830 normal . Thank you . 945 00:41:15,210 --> 00:41:17,488 And our last question comes from W . T . 946 00:41:17,488 --> 00:41:21,350 Sampson . Mhm . Hi , 947 00:41:21,350 --> 00:41:23,940 I'm a freshman at W . T . Sampson High 948 00:41:23,940 --> 00:41:25,884 School in Guantanamo Bay Cuba . My 949 00:41:25,884 --> 00:41:27,996 question is , how do you as survivors 950 00:41:27,996 --> 00:41:30,470 feel about the 9-11 Commission's and 951 00:41:30,470 --> 00:41:32,526 the fact that the alleged terrorists 952 00:41:32,526 --> 00:41:34,470 are still awaiting trials 20 years 953 00:41:34,470 --> 00:41:37,550 after the attacks . Thank you . It's a 954 00:41:37,550 --> 00:41:39,230 tough one . Um 955 00:41:40,510 --> 00:41:44,480 The commission had a tough job in 956 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,591 trying to get to the bottom of this . 957 00:41:47,310 --> 00:41:51,310 Um uh not an easy task of 958 00:41:51,310 --> 00:41:54,030 so many elements to figure out here . 959 00:41:54,910 --> 00:41:57,640 Um and the fact that the 960 00:41:58,010 --> 00:42:01,900 the perpetrators of this , the ones 961 00:42:01,900 --> 00:42:04,067 that of course we're not in the planes 962 00:42:04,067 --> 00:42:06,940 themselves um are still being held in 963 00:42:06,950 --> 00:42:10,720 Gitmo um really is a 964 00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:12,750 testament to our country because we 965 00:42:12,750 --> 00:42:15,600 didn't rush through the judgment were 966 00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:19,310 the trials . It's really about we 967 00:42:19,310 --> 00:42:22,940 follow the law and the law says 968 00:42:22,940 --> 00:42:25,200 these folks , even if they were 969 00:42:25,210 --> 00:42:27,930 perpetrators of such a terrible act 970 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:32,430 have rights and we need to give the law 971 00:42:32,430 --> 00:42:35,020 the due process and the time it takes . 972 00:42:35,500 --> 00:42:38,760 Is it taking too long ? Yes , we we we 973 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:41,450 all think that but it's again , it's 974 00:42:41,450 --> 00:42:44,420 part of our process and it will take as 975 00:42:44,420 --> 00:42:47,050 long as it takes , but we will hold 976 00:42:47,050 --> 00:42:50,520 people responsible and in the larger 977 00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:53,010 sense , we held people responsible by 978 00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:56,230 um going into Afghanistan like we did . 979 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,010 Thank you . 980 00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,830 So that is our final question for 981 00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,450 today . Um I would just like to thank 982 00:43:14,460 --> 00:43:18,190 Dr Lastman Captain radish er and master 983 00:43:18,190 --> 00:43:20,079 sergeant walker for your time for 984 00:43:20,079 --> 00:43:22,246 sharing your stories with our students 985 00:43:22,246 --> 00:43:24,550 and students and teachers . Thank you 986 00:43:24,550 --> 00:43:26,900 so much for being here today . I hope 987 00:43:26,900 --> 00:43:29,480 you found this as valuable as I did . 988 00:43:29,490 --> 00:43:32,640 And thank you very much everyone . 989 00:43:32,650 --> 00:43:35,130 Anything coming from anybody else here 990 00:43:35,130 --> 00:43:37,420 to bring it for closure . We good 991 00:43:39,900 --> 00:43:43,610 like to thank the other panelists for a 992 00:43:43,620 --> 00:43:46,620 very interesting and uh important 993 00:43:46,630 --> 00:43:48,880 discussion and recollections I have 994 00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:52,650 learned a lot . Um uh and so I was very 995 00:43:52,650 --> 00:43:54,706 pleased to be here and thank you all 996 00:43:54,706 --> 00:43:56,761 for coming and participating as well 997 00:43:56,761 --> 00:43:56,690 and thank you for asking such good 998 00:43:56,690 --> 00:43:58,801 questions . Very much appreciate it . 999 00:43:59,900 --> 00:44:02,120 Thank you . Thanks very much . 1000 00:44:03,700 --> 00:44:04,870 It's 1001 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,111 it would be great . 1002 00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:24,600 Yeah , 1003 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:28,630 thank you everybody have a 1004 00:44:28,630 --> 00:44:30,797 great rest of the day . And once again 1005 00:44:30,797 --> 00:44:33,120 we really appreciate you . Thank you