>> AS SEPTEMBER 11TH APPROACHES, EARTH CAM IS SHARING THE LONGEST TIME LAPSE
PROJECT IT HAS EVER PRODUCED.
THAT 5 MINUTE VIDEO STARTS AS
YOU SAW WITH FOOTAGE OF THE
TWIN TOWERS STILL STANDING AND
PICTURES OF SOME OF THE
VICTIMS KILLED WHEN THE
BUILDING COLLAPSED. THEN COMES
20 YEARS WORTH OF IMAGES
DOCUMENTING THE PROGRESS MADE
TO REBUILD THE 16 ACRE SITE.
ALL OF THE CONTENT COLLECTED
OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS,
INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL EARTH
CAM CAMERA WAS DONATED TO THE
NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11TH
MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM.
REMEMBERING 9, 11, 20 YEARS
LATER OUT OF THE NEARLY 3,000
PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THE
ATTACKS. MORE THAN 400 FOR
FIRST RESPONDERS IS 4 JAX
ANCHOR KENT JUSTICE SAT DOWN
WITH 4 FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE
THERE AND RUSHED TOWARD THE
DANGER.
>> THEY WERE THERE 20 YEARS
AGO. THE TERROR ATTACK ON NEW
YORK CITY.
>> I CAN’T MY HEAD. HOW HOW
FAST 20 YEARS IS GONE.
>> THESE 4 MEN LIVE IN SAINT
JOHNS COUNTY BUT ON 9.11, THEY
WERE SERVING IN THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK. EACH
RESPONDED FROM DIFFERENT
FIREHOUSES, DIFFERENT JOBS,
DIFFERENT SCHEDULES. BUT EACH
RESPONDED LIKE A NEW YORK CITY
FIREFIGHTER. THE IMMEDIATELY
RAN TOWARD THE DISASTER. WE’RE
EVENTUALLY 343 FIREFIGHTERS
WHO DIED.
>> AND GOD BLESS ALL THOSE
GUYS. IT WILL LAST. JOHN
WESTFIELD WAS FIRST OF THESE 4
ON SEEN ON DUTY AND ESPECIALLY
BEFORE UNITED FLIGHT ONE. 75
ARRIVED AND DELIVERED ANOTHER
DEVASTATING BLOW TO THE TWIN
TOWERS. I WATCHED THOSE
BUILDINGS GO UP AS A KID AND
I.
>> NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS
THOUGHT I’D WATCH HIM GO OUT
AND PUT THE TRUCKS.
>> EDDIE’S YEOMAN, BOB PAWNEE,
JERRY DIRK AND THEY WERE ALL
FORMALLY OFF DUTY WHEN THE
PLANE SAID THEY ALL RACE TO
RESPOND AND NONE COULD IMAGINE
HOW MANY IN THEIR BROTHER THEY
WOULD LOSE.
>> AND HE TELL ME ABOUT I KNOW
THAT YOU ARE THERE PRETTY
QUICKLY. WHAT WAS YOUR ENGAGE
WITH AARON? AND YOU SAID THE
PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH.
>> YOU LOST NEARLY ALL. YES.
SO ALL 5 BARROS HAVE A RESCUE
COMPANY. ALL 5 RESCUE
COMPANIES WERE SENT TO WORLD
TRADE CENTER. ALL 5 COMPANIES
LOST EVERY MEMBER FROM EACH OF
THOSE COMPANIES.
>> SOMETHING
>> HAPPENED THAT IN MORE THAN
30 YEARS. A CALL TO EACH
FIREFIGHTER IN NEW YORK CITY
BECAUSE WHEN A RECALL
FIREFIGHTERS FROM THEIR
OFF-DUTY BACK ON NEVER
HAPPENS. WHEN THAT HAPPENS
MYSELF INTO MY FIREFIGHTERS.
WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO REPORT
TO SHEA STADIUM. APONTE
RESPONDED FROM THAT STAGING
AREA WHEN HE WAS SENT TO THE
PILE. THE PILE OF DEBRIS
FOLLOWING THE TOWERS
COLLAPSING. DURKIN WAS ACROSS
THE RIVER IN NEW JERSEY AND
SAYS HE WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT
HE SAW ON A FERRY RIDE TO
MANHATTAN.
>> SO WE GOT ABOUT HALFWAY
ALMOST PARALLEL WITH THE
STATEN ISLAND FERRY. AND GUESS
WHAT, NOT HOW IT GOES. AND WE
WERE LIKE, OH, MY GOD.
>> DURKIN IS A NURSE AND
ARRIVED TO TREAT PEOPLE FOR
INJURIES. HIS YOUNG SISTER IN
LAW, THOUGH HE WOULDN’T BE
ABLE TO TREAT. SHE WAS TAKEN
BY THE TERRORIST ATTACK. AND
THE GUY GOES ME. THEY’RE MY
BROTHERS SOMEWHERE. I’M MICAH.
WHAT COMPANIES WITH NOW. I
THINK MY SISTER WAS IN 2 EACH
OF THESE MEN SUFFERED LOSS IN
THE ATTACK. IT SEEMS EACH IS
UNABLE AND IT REALLY SOUNDS
LIKE UNWILLING.
>> TO LET DAY PASS WITHOUT
REMEMBERING THE HORROR AND THE
HEROES AND THOSE LEFT BEHIND.
>> IT’S NOT EASY TO TALK ABOUT
IT.
>> IMAGINE THE COURAGE IT TOOK
FOR THOSE GUYS KNOW WHAT THEY
HAD TO GO TO TO GET TO THOSE
TOP FLOORS. AND SOME GOT TO
THOSE TOP FLOORS. THAT’S THE
CALLING THAT MAKES THESE
PEOPLE YOU GOING.
>> PEOPLE RUN OUT. YOU RUN IN
9.11, PEOPLE RUNNING OUT.
YOU’RE RUNNING. AND THAT’S
JUST THAT’S WHAT YOU DO. YOUR
SOLDIER.
>> SERVE AND PROTECT.
>> YEAH, I WAS GRATEFUL TO GET
TO TALK TO ALL 4 THESE MEN SAY
THAT THEY ARE GRATEFUL BUT
STILL STRUGGLE, STRUGGLE THAT
IS WITH GRIEF FROM WHAT
HAPPENED THERE. COMING UP
LATER ON NEWS, 4 JAX, THE
STRUGGLES THEY STILL FACE 20
YEARS LATER. AND THE MESSAGE
THAT THEY WANT A YOUNGER
GENERATION TO KNOW SINCE SO
MANY PEOPLE WERE TOO YOUNG TO
REMEMBER, NOT EVEN ALIVE WHEN
THE ATTACKS HAPPENED. THAT’S
TONIGHT ON THEE. 10 O’CLOCK
NEWS HARKINS.
>> YOU KNOW, KEN, IT’S IT’S
REMARKABLE AS WE HEAR ALL THE
STORIES FROM THE HEROES, MEN
ARE HEROES OF 9.11. HOW MANY
OF THE NEW YORKERS ARE IN
FLORIDA SPECIFICALLY IN NORTH
FLORIDA. YEAH, I KIND OF A
JOKE WITH SOME OF THEM. I SOME
OF THOSE FIREFIGHTERS BECAUSE
THEY LIVED IN THE SAME
NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I MET AND
NEVER MET SO MANY NEW YORKERS.
NEW YORKERS IS WHEN I MOVED TO
FLORIDA.
>> BUT TO HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT
THE CITY. THEY GREW UP IN THE
CITY. THEY LOVE THE CITY. THEY
LOVED PROTECTING AND SERVING
IT JUST DRIVES HOME. HOW
PERSONAL IT IS FOR EACH OF
THEM ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED 20
YEARS GOOD. THANK YOU.