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WILL: AS AMERICA MARKS 21 YEARS
SINCE THE SEPTEMBER 11th
ATTACKS WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO
LOST AND HONOR THE
FIRST-RESPONDERS WHO FACED
UNBELIEVABLE ODDS.
OUR NEXT GUEST WITNESSED THE
ATROCITY FIRST-HAND AND
SURVIVED.
PETE: TIM WAS WORKING ON THE 80
FLOOR IN THE SOUTH TOWER,
INJURED DURING THE ATTACK.
FIREFIGHTER TIM BROWN WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST ONES INSIDE OF THE
SOUTH TOWER.
HE HAD JUST RUN OUTSIDE FOR HELP
AS THE SECOND PLANE HIT
SURROUNDING HIM IN RUBBLE.
THEY ARE JOINING US NOW.
WE TALKED TO BOTH OF THE HEROES,
THE GENTLEMEN IN THE BREAK.
FASCINATING STORIES ACROSS THE
BOARD.
TIM, LET ME START WITH YOU, YOU
WERE WORKING THAT DAY.
YOU SAW THE NORTH TOWER HIT.
YOU WERE IN THE SOUTH TOWER.
WALK ME THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED?
>> I DIDN’T ACTUALLY SEE THE
NORTH TOWER HIT.
THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT OF NOISE.
SOMETHING HAPPENED OBVIOUSLY
BECAUSE THERE WAS SMOKE COMING
OUT OF THE NORTH TOWER ON THE
SOUTH SIDE I WAS WORKING ON.
PETE: YOU STARTED DOWN FROM
80th, DOWN TO THE 60th.
>> I DECIDED TO REST ON THE
60th FLOOR BECAUSE I WAS
FATIGUED FROM RUNNING.
AS I ENTERED A ROOM ON THE
60th FLOOR, THAT ROOM PRETTY
MUCH POPPED OR COLLAPSED.
THAT WAS APPARENTLY THE FLIGHT
175 COMING INTO THE SOUTH TOWER.
WILL: TIM REALLY QUICKLY WHAT
INSPIRED YOU.
YOU SAW THE NORTH TOWER HIT.
WHY DID YOU IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE
THE SOUTH TOWER?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS CONCERNED
ME, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE TOLL IT
WAS A CONTROLLED SITUATION IN
THE NORTH TOWER, ONE THINGS
CONCERNED ME THERE HAD STARTED
TO BE SMOKE STARTED TO KIND OF
WAFER IN FROM THE NORTH TOWER.
YOU COULD SMELL SOMETHING.
WE STARTED TO GET CONCERNED
BEING THAT HIGH UP, MAYBE WE
SHOULD START DOWN IN THE EVENT
OF A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, YOU
KNOW, WHATEVER WAS GOING ON AT
THE TIME WHICH WE DIDN’T KNOW.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE
OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO
MENTION TODAY THAT IS VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT TO ME AND I’M, I AM
BLESSED EVERY DAY FOR ME IS A
GOOD DAY BECAUSE I, THERE WERE
SEVERAL TIMES I HAD SAID MY
PRAYERS THAT DAY, FIGURING THAT
I WOULD BE UNFORTUNATELY KILLED.
THANKS TO MANY HEROES LIKE THIS
MAN SITTING NEXT TO ME I WAS
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SURVIVE BUT
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STILL HAS
A MAJOR HOLE IN MY HEART IS THAT
WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT AND NOT,
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
THIS GREAT COUNTRY WAS ATTACKED
BY A FOREIGN NATION AND THAT
NATION IS THE KINGDOM OF
SAUDI ARABIA.
FAMILIES THANKS, THANKS, TO
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S EXECUTIVE
ORDER, THE FAMILIES ARE BLESSED
NOW TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
THAT HAS RELEASED FBI DOCUMENTS
THAT HAS CLEARLY STATED THAT 12,
IN EXCESS OF 12 SAUDI GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS WERE HERE PLANNING,
PLOTTING, EXECUTING THE ATTACKS
ON SEPTEMBER 11th.
AND TO DATE WE DON’T HAVE ANY
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE CERTAINLY DON’T HAVE ANY
JUSTICE AND FOR ME, YOU KNOW,
TODAY, TODAY IS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT DAY TO REMEMBER.
I’M HERE, I’M BLESSED WITH MY
FAMILY, MY FRIENDS BUT IT’S ALSO
GOING TOWARDS JUSTICE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND I THINK AS A
COUNTRY WE NEED THAT TRUTH AND
WE NEED THAT COMPLETE STORY AND
SO FAR WE DON’T HAVE IT.
RACHEL: FAIR ENOUGH.
TIM, TELL US YOUR STORY ON THAT
DAY.
BECAUSE THERE WERE CERTAIN
MOMENTS YOU ALSO THOUGHT YOU
WERE GOING TO LOSE YOUR LIFE.
>> I WAS NEW YORK CITY FIREMAN
DETAILED TO MAYOR GIULIANI’S
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
OUR OFFICE WAS 7
WORLD TRADE CENTER.
THE 9/11 FIRST PLANE SMASHED
INTO THE NORTH FACE OF THE NORTH
TOWER.
IT FLEW OVER THE ROOF OF OUR
BUILDING.
MY JOB WAS TO GO TO THE COMMAND
POST.
I WAS IN THERE FOR A WHILE.
I SAW FIREFIGHTER CHRIS
BLACKWELL, MY VERY GOOD FRIEND
AND COLLEAGUE FROM THE BRONX
FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN WE WORKED
THERE.
I WAS THE LAST ONE TO SEE HIM.
CHRIS AND I KISSED ON THE LIPS
BECAUSE I LOVED HIM LIKE MY REAL
BROTHER.
WE ACKNOWLEDGED TO EACH OTHER
THIS WAS A VERY BAD THING AND,
AFTER HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, HE
WENT IN THE STAIRWELL AND WENT
UP TO SAVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE
HE DID NOT KNOW, RIGHT.
RACHEL: DID YOU FEEL LIKE HE
KNEW HE WOULD NOT COME BACK.
>> I KNOW HE KNEW.
I KNOW HE KNEW.
YOU KNOW, WE TOOK, WE ALL TOOK
AN OATH WHEN WE BECAME
FIREFIGHTERS OR POLICE OFFICERS
OR MILITARY OR, SO, HE FULFILLED
HIS OATH THAT DAY, RIGHT?
HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR PEOPLE HE
DIDN’T KNOW.
AND I CALL IT THE GREATEST LOVE.
RACHEL: CERTAINLY IS.
>> SO WHEN THE SOUTH TOWER GOT
HIT MYSELF AND ASSISTANT CHIEF
DONALD BURNS FROM THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT WENT TO THE LOBBY THE
SOUTH TOWER.
HE WENT TO THE COMMAND POST.
THERE WERE PEOPLE TRAPPED IN AN
ELEVATOR THERE AND, THE ELEVATOR
CAR ACTUALLY FREE FALLEN 70
FLOORS BECAUSE THE PLANE SNAPPED
THE CABLE.
AND THOSE PEOPLE WERE NOW STUCK.
I COULD SEE THEM, THE HOISTWAY
DOOR WAS OPEN BUT THE ELEVATOR
CAR WAS AT THE TOP.
WE COULD SEE EVERYBODY’S FEET.
THEY WERE SCREAMING AND, THE
ELEVATOR BELOW THEM WAS FULL OF
JET FUEL THAT WAS ON FIRE.
SO THEY WERE GETTING BURNED.
AND WHEN I SPEAK WE HAVE TO, WE
HAVE TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH
ABOUT 9/11, NOT JUST THE PARTS
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
RACHEL: I AGREE.
>> THE HEROES, THE 343 NEW YORK
CITY FIREFIGHTERS, 37 PORT
AUTHORITY POLICE OFFICERS, 23
NYPD AND EIGHT EMT PARAMEDICS
WHO ALL DID WHAT CHRIS BLACKWELL
DID, THEY ALL RAN TOWARD DANGER
TO FULFILL THEIR OATH.
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE
HORRORS.
WE HAVE TO AS TIM STATED WE HAVE
TO TALK ABOUT WHO DID IT, WHY
THEY DID IT.
THAT IS THE WHOLE TRUTH.
RACHEL: I COULDN’T AGREE MORE.
YOU BOTH HAVE STRONG AND
POWERFUL STORIES.
HEARING THOSE STORIES I THINK
ARE THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT
OURSELVES FROM IT HAPPENING
AGAIN.
IF WE KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
WE’LL MAKE SURE IT DOESN’T
HAPPEN AGAIN.
THAT IS THE HOPE OF COURSE.
>> THE THING, RACHEL, THE IDEA
THIS COULD CONCEIVABLY HAPPEN
AGAIN.
RACHEL: YEAH.
>> WHEN YOU INVADE A FOREIGN
COUNTRY AND YOU KILL INNOCENT
AMERICANS AND MAIM AND INJURE
AND LOOK AT THE, LOOK AT RESCUE
WORKERS TODAY ARE STILL DYING AS
A RESULT OF THIS ATTACK, IT IS
REPREHENSIBLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WOULD
LIKE TO SHOW, THIS IS, THIS IS
AN FBI DOCUMENT THAT WAS
RELEASED TO THE FAMILY A YEAR
AGO.
THIS DOCUMENT INDICATES THREE
HIGH-RANKING SAUDI GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS WHO HELPED THE
HIJACKERS PLAN, PLOT AND CARRY
OUT THAT TERRIBLE ATTACK 21
YEARS AGO TODAY.
THIS IS INFORMATION, THIS IS
PROOF, THIS IS EVIDENCE OF NAMES
OF SAUDI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WERE PAID
BY THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT TO COME
HERE AND MURDER 3,000 INNOCENT
AMERICANS AND SO FAR
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE HAS BEEN NO
JUSTICE FOR ANYONE REGARDING
THAT.
9/11 WAS A MURDER.
PEOPLE WERE MURDERED.
IT WAS NEVER AN INVESTIGATION ON
THAT MURDER.
WE DON’T, FOR THE LONGEST TIME
UP UNTIL LAST YEAR WE DIDN’T
KNOW.
NOW WE KNOW.
PETE: I’VE BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR
EFFORTS TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> WE HAVE THE INFORMATION,
THANK GOD.
WE NOW HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SHARE THAT.
PETE: APPRECIATE YOU SHARING IT
THIS MORNING.
TIM FROLICH.