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>> Melissa: A VERY SOLEMN DAY
AS AMERICA REMEMBERS 9/11 18
YEARS LATER.
AT GROUND ZERO IN LOWER
MANHATTAN, FAMILIES GATHERED
ONCE MORE WE ARE 3,000 PEOPLE
DIED ON THAT BRIGHT SEPTEMBER
MORNING.
ONCE AGAIN, FAMILY MEMBERS
READING THEIR NAMES, AND AT THE
PENTAGON THE PRESIDENT SAID FOR
EVERY AMERICAN WHO LIVED THROUGH
THAT DAY THE SEPTEMBER 11TH
ATTACK IS SEARED INTO OUR SOULS.
AT SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA,
WHERE FLIGHT 93 CRASHED AFTER
PASSENGERS FOUGHT BACK AGAINST
THE TERRORISTS.
VICE PRESIDENT PENCE GAVE
TRIBUTE TO THOSE HE CALLS
HEROES, STOPPING A PLANE THAT
WAS SURELY HEADED TO THE
NATION'S CAPITAL.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT,
WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR TODAY?
HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WATCH
ALL THAT?
>> Joey: IT'S HARD TO NOT MAKE
IT PERSONAL, TO REALIZE I WAS A
HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE WORRIED
ABOUT THINGS LIKE FOOTBALL
PRACTICE WHEN IT HAPPENED.
HERE I AM IN MY 30s HAVEN'T
GONE TO TWO WARS, LOOKING BACK
AND HAVING A RENEWED PERSPECTIVE
ON THIS EVERY YEAR WHEN I THINK
ABOUT IT.
THE ONE THING, I ALWAYS GET A
LOT OF PRAISE AS A SERVICE
MEMBER.
I APPRECIATE IT.
THOSE GUYS ARE MY HEROES.
BUT THE FIREMEN, EMPLOYEES, AND
CIVILIANS THAT RAN INTO THOSE
BUILDINGS, THAT RAN INTO THE
PENTAGON, THAT'S OF THE TYPE OF
HEAR YOU CAN'T MAKE IN BOOT
CAMP.
I BELIEVE OUR COUNTRY IS FULL OF
THOSE PEOPLE AND I'M IN ALL OF
THAT.
THE SPEED TO A RECENT GALLUP
SURVEY FINDING 60% SAY THEY
EITHER WORRY A GREAT DEAL OR A
FAIR AMOUNT ABOUT A FUTURE
TERROR ATTACK.
WHEN IT COMES TO WHETHER THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE
THE COUNTRY SAFER FROM AN ATTACK
BY ISLAMIC TERRORISTS, WHO
FOX POLL MACK FINDS A THREE-WAY
TIE AMONG
PEOPLE FEELING SAFER, LESS SAFE,
AND NO DIFFERENT.
DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU, DAGEN?
>> Dagen: NO.
IT DOESN'T.
BUT I WISH IT WAS THE OTHER WAY
AROUND, BECAUSE WE ARE A GREAT
DEAL SAFER, I FEEL, THEN WE WERE
18 YEARS AGO.
IT'S VERY HARD TO WATCH THESE
CEREMONIES, HAVING -- BEING HERE
IN NEW YORK ON THAT DAY.
>> Melissa: IT IS.
>> Dagen: AT KNOWING PEOPLE
WHO DIED.
TRYING TO GET PEOPLE ON THE
PHONE WHO WERE IN THOSE TOWERS.
IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL, AND I THINK
AS UPSETTING AS IT IS,
PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE FAMILIES
WHO LOST LOVED ONES, AT LEAST WE
STILL HAVE THAT CONNECTION AND
WE REMEMBER.
I WILL NEVER REGRET THAT.
>> Melissa: ALONG THOSE LINES,
THIS IS FROM A REALLY TOUCHING
OP-ED YOU WROTE TODAY THAT I
THINK AT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD,
ON THE 18TH ANNIVERSARY YOU
WROTE, "OF 9/11, WE TURN A
SPECIAL PAGE FROM A GENERATION
THAT EXPERIENCE WHAT WAS AN
UNMOUNTED
UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY.
THIS GENERATION ISN'T CONSUMED
WITH THE RESENTMENT OF SEEING A
HORRIFIC TRAGEDY.
INSTEAD, IT EMBODIES THE
RESILIENCE OF SURVIVING IT.
PERHAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
THAT SOLEMN MOMENT WHEN THE TWIN
TOWERS FELL.
WE CAN CALL THIS DAY
CELEBRATION, A CELEBRATION OF
RESILIENCE AND IDEALS OF LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE HONOR WITH THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE."
A CELEBRATION.
>> Joey: ABSOLUTELY.
YOU THINK ABOUT TODAY, EVERYBODY
YOU TURNED 18 TODAY NOW HAS THE
DECIDING VOTE.
EVERYTHING WE DO IN THIS
COUNTRY.
AND THEY WERE THE PEOPLE BORN ON
THAT DAY.
THE WAY I SEE IT IN THE WAY I
UNDERSTAND IT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE
A VICTORY LAP.
AS A SERVICE MEMBER WHO FOUGHT
THESE WARS, KNOWING WE HAVEN'T
HAD A MAJOR INCIDENT LIKE THAT
ON THE SOIL SINCE THEN, I THINK
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WE DON'T CELEBRATE IT ENOUGH.
AS A MATTER FACT, WE DO IS
CRITICIZE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO PLANT A FLAG IN THE
CENTER OF AFGHANISTAN AND CALL
IT SAFE.
>> Capri: IT'S COMPLICATED.
>> Joey: BUT WE ARE SAFE HERE.
NOT JUST BECAUSE WE INSPECT EACH
OF THE GOING ONTO AIRPLANES, BUT
BECAUSE OF WHAT MEN AND WOMEN DO
ALL OF THIS WORLD EVERY DAY TO
GATHER INTELLIGENCE, AND FOR
PEOPLE'S WILL.
NOT JUST THEIR PLANS AND
INTELLIGENCE, BUT THERE WILL TO
COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND TRY AND
DO SOMETHING.
MOST IMPORTANT, WE JUST TAKE
CARE OF EACH OTHER AND WE CARE
ABOUT EACH OTHER.
>> Capri: WE THINK YOU FOR
YOUR SERVICE, EVERYONE LIKE YOU.
YOU MENTIONED THE
FIRST RESPONDERS THAT HAVE ALSO
GIVEN THEIR ALL.
THIS IS A SOLEMN DAY AND I THINK
WE -- WE DO THE
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>> Dagen: WE KNOW IT HERE,
BUT NOT EVERYWHERE.
>> Melissa: THERE WAS A GREAT
POINT ABOUT HOW THAT BROUGHT US
TO GIVE IT.