9-11, twenty-five years later, and it is still not enough to just remember; we must honor! Michael’s address to the listeners on this anniversary is still a clear and present danger!
Veteran New York radio reporter Tim Scheld was among those who rushed to Ground Zero (by BICYCLE) on the morning of September 11, 2001. Over the past 25 years, he has covered the aftermath of the attack and recently wrote about his work as a reporter in New York (My Front Row Seat). He will recap the events on 9/11 and talk about the aftermath, including the investigation into the attack and the health problems that many have encountered since.
For those who lived through it, the memories are vivid, but one-third of the American population can’t remember the attacks of September 11, 2001 – or they were not even born yet. National Correspondent RORY O’NEILL will take a look at how the events of that day are being remembered, and what has changed since.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, it's Michael.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
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Speaker 3 (00:21):
And I'm.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
So.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
So.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
So.
Speaker 5 (00:29):
Captain, I would like you to remain medium. We're going forward,
as we are going tonight. As we are on demand,
so please remain quiet. Say again? You mentioned 956, did
you understand that transmission? Yeah, that transmission, he said it
was unreasonable. It sounded like someone said they have a
(00:49):
bomb on board.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Sir, did you hear the transmission?
Speaker 5 (00:51):
Was it the airplane that said he had a bomb
on board? He said there was a bomb on board.
That's what we thought.
Speaker 6 (00:58):
We just, uh, we didn't get it clear.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
That aircraft, you can't get a hold of it. Has
he turned to the east now? He's just turned to
the east also. American 9-56, we had a visual out
of this standby. Do you have a visual on him now? Uh,
we did, but we lost him in the turn. We'll
make a turn back to a 220 heading up to
North Eastern Field. We're making a turn at 9-56. American 10-16,
this is American 9-56. We just lost a target.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
On that aircraft.
Speaker 7 (01:29):
Man z100 852.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Something weird is going on the world trade center is on.
Speaker 6 (01:35):
Fire oh my seriously the top of the building we're
trying to get information.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Top level of one of the.
Speaker 7 (01:41):
News to unfold from new york okay.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
And i hope she's okay and i gotta run to
new york oh First of all, calm down.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
There's raining papers and ashes.
Speaker 8 (01:57):
God, that was a huge explosion.
Speaker 9 (02:24):
A second plane has now flown in.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Wait, explosion at the Pentagon? A third location.
Speaker 10 (02:28):
I don't have words to describe.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
What I'm witnessing right now.
Speaker 5 (02:34):
Effective immediately until further notice.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Flight operations in the National Airspace System by United States
Civil Aircraft and foreign civil and military aircraft are prohibited.
Speaker 11 (02:45):
Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
And freedom will be defended. Oh, my God.
Speaker 12 (02:53):
Oh, my God.
Speaker 6 (02:55):
One of the World Trade Towers has collapsed and fallen.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Oh, my God.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
I've never seen anything like this.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
I've got five patients.
Speaker 8 (03:23):
They need to be... We've got an ambulance full of
cops and pedestrians.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
We just collapsed. We don't have much power. We don't
have much support. We've got another tower that just came down.
Speaker 8 (03:35):
Help me.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Help.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Help.
Speaker 5 (03:37):
Help.
Speaker 13 (03:37):
Help.
Speaker 8 (03:38):
You've got a female officer down.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Female officer, where are you?
Speaker 1 (03:58):
We're not going.
Speaker 8 (03:59):
To be deterred.
Speaker 10 (04:00):
We're not going to stay at home.
Speaker 12 (04:03):
We're not going to be frightened.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
We're going to live our lives as Americans.
Speaker 12 (04:10):
We're all brothers.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
We've all got to stick together.
Speaker 8 (04:15):
Oh my God.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Look at the skyline without the towers. I'm Michael DelGiorno,
and 25 years later, I remember vividly. And because I remember,
I cannot forget. And because I remember and I cannot forget,
I must speak. And what I must say is, it's
simply not enough to remember. It was just before 8 a.m.
(04:45):
on September 11, 2001. I was hosting the Morning Buzz
in Tulsa, Oklahoma, getting ready to concede the season for
the Chicago Cubs and the silly mock news conference. As
we were laughing and joking our way through another morning show,
thousands of innocent Americans were about to step into eternity.
(05:06):
We had no idea the lives that were about to end,
nor could we imagine the unspeakable sights, emotions, and historic
events that we were about to describe to our audience.
I remember the first moments of shock, like innocence lost, awakening,
if you will. We had enemies and I knew nothing
(05:28):
about them. And I remember turning to my producer, Elvis Polo.
I said, Elvis, give me the governor. Remembering how his brother,
Martin Keating, was a prolific voice of warning and an
authority on terrorism. I knew of the governor's past service
in law enforcement as a leader of the FBI. I
began quickly to memorize names like Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah,
(05:50):
Osama bin Laden, terms like Fatwa, Jihad, infidels. I knew
that a new face of war had emerged. Yet I
couldn't even keep up with the events happening in the moment.
I saw things I wasn't trained to see. I felt
devastation and fear like I had never felt before. I
was speechless and being paid to speak. And 13 hours later,
(06:16):
in silence, I remember this too vividly. And this was
not a verbal silence, it was a intellectual, physical, spiritual,
utter silence. I concluded my broadcast, I got to my car,
and I wept. I guess I cried for what I saw,
(06:37):
the lives lost, for the helplessness to stop what might
be next, and we still thought something was next. But
mostly for the realization of the hour in which I
knew I now officially lived. The memories, they're vivid even
25 years later and they're important. And as we see
(06:58):
it now slipping away into a population of history versus
having lived, maybe more important than ever. But in all
of its importance, It's simply not enough. To remember the
(07:18):
thousands of lives killed and remember there were some before 9-11,
on 9-11, and since 9-11. And it's important to remember
because it was them and it could have been us
because it may be us next. And by remembering, it
forces us to further our understanding, I hope, that through
(07:41):
knowledge of our enemies, eternal vigilance, and united determination, we
can prevent another major attack like this from ever happening again.
All this remembering really gives us two choices. We can
be victims, or we can be victors. I choose, as
(08:05):
Mary said, grief is love with nowhere to go. I
choose to turn that love for them to honoring them.
By honoring my fellow Americans by doing all I can
to prevent the next attack. Eliminating the threat for our
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time and all time. And today, like every day, it's
about remembering accurately and appropriately, speaking the truth frankly and
in love, identifying the enemy and ultimately defeating that enemy.
This threat has not been removed. They must be identified
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and they must be defeated. For we are not afraid.
We are not in secret. We are not in hate
and we are not confused. We are not intimidated and
we are not victims. We are one nation under God, indivisible.
We're inspired by liberty, we're guided by our constitution, called
to preserve our freedom, preserve our republic, and secure our
(09:08):
way of life for all generations to come. Including now,
25 years later, my children, and soon my grandchildren. I
have always felt that to simply remember, well, that's a
function of the mind. But to honor, that's a function
of the heart. Remembering always looks back. Honoring focuses forward.
(09:30):
and lives purposefully. Today, like previous anniversaries, let us remember,
but tomorrow and all our days forward, let us commit
to honor the lost. Constant images of horrific past, they
can serve to only fan the flames of fear and panic.
And if unchecked through time, you will build a victim
(09:52):
mentality and posture. So the choice is all of ours.
We can be victims still 25 years later. or we
can be victors. I know our accusers, enemies, majority of
political leaders, the mainstream media, for sure, they would love
you to stop at just remembering and being a victim,
(10:13):
not me. Today, like the 24 times before, I'll look
back silently only for a There's too much to focus on,
act on, speak about, and defeat now and moving forward.
Which reminds me of one of my favorite JFK quotes. Well,
you didn't think we were not gonna have a JFK quote,
did you? Change is the law of life. And those
(10:36):
who look only to the past or the present are
certain to miss the future. Which quickly reminds me of
probably his most famous quote. Let every nation know whether
it wishes us well or ill. We shall pay any price,
bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose
any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
(11:02):
We need this type of understanding. We need this type
of leadership and inspiration today if we plan to achieve
the ultimate victory and avoid the ultimate victimization. On this,
the 25th anniversary of 9-11, oh, I remember today. And
because I remember, and I cannot forget, I can say
(11:22):
it's not enough to just remember. We must honor in
how we love and live and move forward. I'm Michael DelGiorno.
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Speaker 7 (13:05):
Oh my God, Ed, another plane just hit the World
Trade Center.
Speaker 12 (13:08):
Another plane.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
It was a medium-sized plane. Unbelievable.
Speaker 7 (13:12):
It looked like, oh my God, this is a deliberate act, Ed.
This plane flew directly into the second World Trade Center.
A huge flame and conflagration just broke out.
Speaker 10 (13:27):
Very little people have heard the sound of plane engines
when they're at full strength flying up in the sky.
It's one sound that hung me on occasions.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
And then the hit.
Speaker 10 (13:36):
I was not panicked whatsoever. There was no alarm, no
call to evacuate the building. And suddenly I felt the
urge to go.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
I was there from shortly after it happened and saw
people jumping out of the World Trade Center. It's a horrible,
horrible situation.
Speaker 11 (13:50):
Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very
freedom came under attack. in a series of deliberate and
deadly terrorist acts.
Speaker 14 (14:02):
I was living in the far western suburbs of Chicago
on 9-11. The most significant image I carry with me
is not those from TV or even the hugs with
my husband and children. Late in the day, I looked
up in the clear sky and saw a plane flanked
by two fighter jets, knowing it was President Bush safely
(14:23):
returning to our capital.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
I am so grateful today. And I don't want to
single anybody out because you've all been great. But I mean,
starting with Donna and Mary and Valerie, that was beautiful.
This show is called Your Morning Show. And I always
keep trying to tell you the power is in us
living life together, understanding it together because we're all in
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it together. I hope you can appreciate that it doesn't
matter where you're calling from, whether it's Memphis or Sacramento
or Phoenix or... Tampa or wherever you're at. Look at
how we're one voice. Look at how incredible we are together.
(15:08):
Isn't it nice to turn on the radio and not
hear some guy doing all the talking, but to have
a chance to tell your story too. Add your hope,
your truth, your understanding. This isn't tooting my own horn.
This is tooting your horn. I've done radio for 43 years.
(15:30):
I've done all the talking. It's fun to hear we
the people getting it and saying it. I have never
loved my job or audience anywhere even remotely like this.
There's a God that is watching right now and he
(15:52):
knows how I grew to hate radio. How I threatened
him to never be on again. And oh, what he
had behind his back all along, you. This is like
no 9-11 anniversary I've ever lived and I'm filled with
more hope than ever. Natalie Migliore joined us earlier to
(16:17):
discuss the heightened sense of security because this is a
war that is not over. We had a caller earlier say,
I don't think they'll do anything today. They know the
midterms are coming up and they don't want to do
anything to blow it. Moderate Muslims may think that way.
Political Islamists may think that way. Radical jihadists like the
(16:37):
ones that plotted and carried out 9-11, they don't think
that way. They deal in the currency of blood, slaughter,
and fear, and chaos. I hope, and I'm about to
get on a plane, Nothing happens today, but I am
praying as much for our police, firefighters, first responders, air
(17:05):
traffic controllers and pilots, because I know it is possible.
So pray without ceasing throughout the day that we have
a day of remembrance, another chance at honoring without anything
new to process. But from Natalie, we find out on
the ground, Things and security is very heightened. Coming up,
(17:27):
a visit with a veteran New York radio reporter who
was among those who rushed to ground zero on a bicycle.
And what he saw, what he reported, and what he's
lived through since. When your morning show, 9-11, 25 years later, continues.
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Speaker 3 (18:16):
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Speaker 5 (18:24):
Transmit a third alarm.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
We're at the staging.
Speaker 6 (18:27):
Area at Vesey and West Street.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Have the third alarm assignment go.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Into that area.
Speaker 13 (18:37):
I lived on Staten Island and I could see the
World Trade Center. I came in by ferry and tried
to help and do whatever I could do. I knew
that it would be overwhelming and I knew that thousands
of people would perish that day. It was hard to
comprehend surreal, if that's the correct word.
Speaker 14 (18:55):
When I got into my office, I took one last
look out the window and then went to my desk.
Speaker 12 (19:00):
And all of a sudden, this.
Speaker 6 (19:02):
bang happened the bang and being thrown out of my
chair and having.
Speaker 14 (19:07):
The door partially open it like all happened at the
same time.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
The people who knocked these buildings down will hear all
of us soon I love playing these natural sounds because
you can learn about 9-11 but living it was completely
different In the moment, in the horror, in the chaos,
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in the uncertainty. I mean, now I have these flashes.
Walking to the bathroom, taking one last look at that hole.
I looked at my producer and I said, that's not
a commuter plane. A commuter plane would have bounced off
that building. That's a jet. And as I was saying jet,
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the second plane comes into the screen and goes right
into the building. Everything changed. Oh, that second plane. plane,
or the whisper into the president's ear at the school
in Florida, or ground zero. Men and women so desperate,
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jumping 100 stories to their death from the intense heat.
I see all the people holding up signs and pictures,
holding out hope that their loved ones were still alive.
I mean, you can have memories, but what gets lost
is the emotion, the shock, the fear, and the uncertainty
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of what's next. And we had this conversation with Natalie Migliore,
who reported earlier from Ground Zero. While this was an
attack on America, this was kind of born in New
York City, and it happened in New York City. It's
a whole different remembrance today for New York City. And
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on the ground that day was a veteran New York
radio reporter, Tom Scheld. He was among those who rushed
to Ground Zero to do what his gifting is, what
his job calls for, and got there on a bicycle
on 9-11. And over the past 25 years, he's covered
the aftermath of the attack, recently wrote about his work
as a reporter in New York called My Front Row Seat.
(21:30):
And he's here with us today to recap what it
was like to live 9-11. As horrific as everything I
processed was by way of television and a connection with
the heart, it was, I'll never forget, Tim, one time
I saw a house that was on fire in my neighborhood.
And it was a two-story home. And when it collapsed,
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standing right in front of you, the impact of a
two-story home collapsing was profound. I can't imagine over 100
stories pancaking before my eyes. Can you speak to that,
how different it is for those who were literally there
versus watching or hearing?
Speaker 12 (22:11):
Hi, Michael, and thank you.
Speaker 6 (22:14):
Yeah, I mean, I think that day we were all
like the opponents of a prizefighter who just pummeled us.
Speaker 12 (22:25):
And we were stunned.
Speaker 6 (22:27):
We were walking around operating, doing our jobs, but in
a real stunning way.
Speaker 12 (22:37):
It was sad. It was heavy. It was unbelievable.
Speaker 6 (22:42):
And then when you got close to ground zero and
you saw it and you saw the smoke, even at
a distance, and then got close and you saw the
the remnants of that hailstorm of dust and debris that
went for blocks all around, it was apocalyptic. It was
like you thought Hollywood could have produced it. And yeah,
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and I think the people around the city walk that
way very heavily, stunned for days and weeks, maybe even
months afterwards.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Yeah, I sense, you know, you see so many documentaries
now with cameras that were following first responders, police and firefighters.
And I think probably like you, when you arrived on
your bike, you're looking at that building going, anybody 75
floors up. there's probably no way out, and then not
even conceiving what was still to come. What do you
think we remember probably, and I think that's why my
(23:34):
front row seat was written, is to help us remember
vividly and accurately. What do we not remember vividly so well? Interesting.
Speaker 12 (23:44):
I'm glad you asked the question that way.
Speaker 6 (23:47):
About a year after 9-11, I had a chance to
talk to the former mayor then, Rudy Giuliani. And he
said something that has always stuck with me. And it
was that 9-11, we will remember September 11th as both
the worst day in the history of our city and
our nation and.
Speaker 12 (24:05):
The best day.
Speaker 6 (24:07):
And he said the reason is that obviously the worst day,
nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks on New York,
the Pentagon and Shanksville. but also the best day because
of the heroism of not just the uniformed first responders,
but civilians who ran into danger to try and save
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people they had no idea who they were. They just
knew that people needed help. And one thing that I
keep hearing from people who survived those buildings, the people
who did make it down and out and now look
back on it, is that their lasting image is as
they were going down, they remember To this day, the
faces of the firefighters who were walking up, running up
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the stairs to try and help and save more people.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
It's 25 years later. I still cry watching those documentaries
because I think those firefighters knew with what they were
carrying and the flight of stairs ahead and having been
trained to survey these types of fires. I think many
of them knew there was a good chance. There was
one group that was getting ready to go up. They
gathered in a circle quietly. They prayed. Their commander said,
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we may not come out of this, but let's go.
And I mean, I just. I don't think I'll ever
be the same for having seen that. That speaks to,
I brought up this cheesy movie from the 80s, Tim.
I can't remember if it was called Spaceman or what
it was with Jeff Bridges. I watched it on HBO
when I was a teenager. And it was really cheesy.
He's like from another planet. And then he falls in
(25:40):
love with an earthly woman. But he says something as
he's dying. He says, funny thing about you humans. You're
at your best when things are worse. I think that's
what you're speaking to. I don't think George W. Bush
was ever better. than he was in the moments of 9-11,
how he handled himself in that classroom, how he handled
himself that day, how he united the nation, how he
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went with the bullhorn, and maybe even the immediate actions
of justice. I don't think Rudy Giuliani, now that we
can see the beginning, the middle, and the end, was
ever better than he was that day. He may have
been the greatest that day. I think our firefighters, our police,
I think our journalists, I think America has never been
better than it was that day. It's a profound point
you're making. And it's a teachable moment of how then
(26:23):
to live if we really wanna honor those whose lives
were lost and ensure it doesn't happen again. That too,
I think was part of the meaning of your book.
Speaker 6 (26:32):
Yeah, and another great book that I want to point
out to you was written by a fire chief in
New York City, Joe Pfeiffer.
Speaker 12 (26:40):
And you may know Joe.
Speaker 6 (26:41):
He was the fire chief who, in that documentary made
by the French filmmakers, was the fire chief that was
looking down on a normal job when the first plane hit.
They captured the first plane hitting. Joe was the first
fire chief on the scene. He sent his brother up
into the towers. and his brother died that day. But
(27:02):
he wrote a book called Ordinary Heroes. We look at
these firefighters as superheroes. And he says, no, they weren't superheroes.
They were ordinary people who did extraordinary things that day.
And I think that's an important message to remember. The
other thing that you played, I couldn't agree with you
more about how it was their best days, Giuliani, Bush.
(27:27):
I remember being at Yankee Stadium at game three.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Oh, my God, the first pitch.
Speaker 12 (27:32):
I mean, the hair on my arms is standing up now.
Speaker 6 (27:35):
Yeah, mine are too. Listening to the crowd chant, USA, USA,
and him throwing the strike. Being in that crowd that
day felt so powerful. And we were together as a country.
We had a single purpose. And, you know, gosh, I
long for those days.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
Yeah, Tim Schell joining us, radio reporter was on the scene,
got there by bicycle, wrote about it in my front
row seat, a book I hope you all will get. Yes,
that firefighter was the first to set up command in
the lobby of the plaza of the World Trade Center.
He would later have to continue to do his job
knowing his brother had perished. It's all captured in that documentary. Yeah,
(28:17):
I mean, we know and we can learn that a
nation divided cannot stand. We know for those that lived it,
what it felt like to be united and to be
patriotic and to love our country and love each other.
I guess that's probably the greatest defeat since 9-11, right?
The state and the enemy within today compared to the
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enemy from outside on that day.
Speaker 6 (28:41):
Yeah, but, you know, I think it's vitally important that
we have these conversations and thank you for doing it.
You know, you're a powerful voice on so many stations
in so many spots, reaching so many people. You had
probably said it this morning as well. 100 million people
in America today weren't born yet. And they don't have
(29:04):
a memory the way you and I do. Their hair
doesn't stand up on their arms when they hear George
Bush shout on the pile that we hear you, I
hear you, and the people who brought those buildings down
will hear all of us soon. They don't know those moments.
And I think it's incumbent on the rest of us
who are left behind to tell the story, just like
our parents, my parents did. told the story of the
(29:25):
greatest generation and the sacrifices of D-Day and make sure
that we just never forget.
Speaker 1 (29:31):
We only got a minute. I don't know if we
even have a minute because you probably have another station
you have to go to. But did you have any
health issues from your proximity?
Speaker 6 (29:40):
Well, I will tell you, I can't attribute it to that,
but I am in the World Trade Center health program
where they monitor health. They encouraged people who live and
work down there, people who were reporting.
Speaker 12 (29:52):
Down there, not just the first responders. And I'm a
proud member of the World Health Trade Center community. World
Trade Center health program.
Speaker 6 (29:59):
And every year I get a checkup to make sure
that they monitor and whatever problems we have, that collected
data helps us as a city measure our issues.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
I'm praying for you right now, Tim, and I won't stop.
I encourage everybody to get the book, My Front Row Seat.
What an amazing view you had of America at its
worst moment and its best moments. God bless you, Tim.
Thanks for sharing your personal story today. Wow, love that. Yeah,
I talk about vivid memories. It's hard to top W
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at Ground Zero. I have a vivid memory of editing
that audio right after it happened for air. I mean,
I can see myself at the digital audio station editing it.
Knowing I was editing something as historical as the only
thing we have to fear is fear itself. I remember
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during the memorial service, I think it may be the
second hardest I cried when George W. Bush delivered to
the nation that address from the National Cathedral. And he
comes down and he sits down and three people down,
a man leans over and puts his hand on his.
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And I thought to myself, oh my God, that's a
father touching a son as only a former president can
touch a current president who is his son, separated only
by one other term of office. In the case of
Bill Clinton, it was two terms, but only one presidency
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divided them. What an unthinkable moment. If we're not going
to get a victim mentality, if we're not going to
get stuck in remembering, if we're not going to get
Timed out, if you will, by those who didn't live
it and have been re-indoctrinated. And we lose the story.
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May we never lose the vision that in those worst moments,
that was George W. Bush at his best. I can
tell you that 25 years later. That was Rudy Giuliani
at his best. I can tell you that 25 years later.
The most horrific story, 9-11 related I ever heard. was
George Bush in an interview talking about how he could
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feel the prayers of the American people. Him and Laura
could feel them. They literally felt the presence of God.
The cabinet felt it. And he said, I remember days
later feeling those prayers stop. That's a haunting quote. I
would think of that quote often when Barack Obama was president,
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because he was the hardest person for me to pray for.
We got to get beyond these divisions. We got to
get beyond the victim mentality and get on to honoring those.
Because it was them. Because it could have been us.
Because it might be us next. Because this war has
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not been won yet. And our biggest enemy turns out
25 years later perhaps to be from within. I was
hoping with every fiber of my being that America turning
250 years would bring us back to 1976 and 1776. 1976,
because we were as divided then as we are today,
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but we united for Bicentennial. We weren't able to do
it this year. We sure as heck didn't get back
to 1776 and our founding fathers and our founding documents
and the intent of this republic. My main prayer is
we get through this 25th anniversary safely. My second prayer
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is that we go beyond our divisions. We go beyond remembering,
beyond victim mentality to honoring those lives and how we
love and how we live moving forward. And I think
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Speaker 3 (35:13):
It's your morning show with Michael DelGiorno. This is a
special presentation of your morning show with Michael DelGiorno.
Speaker 12 (35:38):
Let's go!
Speaker 7 (35:39):
Let's go!
Speaker 5 (35:40):
Let's go!
Speaker 12 (35:41):
Let's go!
Speaker 5 (35:41):
Let's go!
Speaker 1 (35:53):
It was hot, but nothing compared to what they actually,
a lot of those guys went through when they lost
their friends, family.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
I think people in New York, the best way they
can deal with this right now is not only to
deal with their own grief, which.
Speaker 1 (36:11):
We all feel and have, but to show that.
Speaker 4 (36:13):
We're not going to be in any way affected by this,
that we're not going to be cowered by it, that
we're not afraid, that we're going to go about our
business and lead normal lives and not let these cowards
affect us.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
We'll hear all of it soon. 9-11, 25 years later,
57 minutes after the hour, national correspondent Rory O'Neill is here. Rory,
there's two kinds of people today, those that are hearing
these sounds because they learned about them and those who
are remembering them because they lived it. And that gap
is getting smaller and smaller, isn't it?
Speaker 9 (36:50):
Yeah, a third of us really have no direct memory
of exactly what happened 25 years ago. So there really
needs to be a push to continue to teach and
tell these stories. It's not just about never forgetting and
always remembering. It's about retelling these stories to a new
generation as they ask some pretty difficult questions about exactly
what happened 25 years ago and.
Speaker 12 (37:11):
Why it happened.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
In 30 seconds, highlight what's about to unfold in all
three locations.
Speaker 9 (37:19):
I think it's that seventh moment of silence that they're
gonna have today for the thousands of people who have
died in the past 25 years, not just those who
died 25 years ago today.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
Thank you so much for being a part of this today.
All right, take time to remember, trust that God is
near to these broken hearts. Continue to pray for their
families and all those that are suffering today, even 25
years later. And please go beyond remembering to getting love
and a plan together. to honor. God bless you all.
Speaker 3 (37:51):
We're all in this together. This is your morning show
with Michael DelGiorno.
Hi, it's Michael.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
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And I'm.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
So.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
So.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
So.
Speaker 5 (00:29):
Captain, I would like you to remain medium. We're going forward,
as we are going tonight. As we are on demand,
so please remain quiet. Say again? You mentioned 956, did
you understand that transmission? Yeah, that transmission, he said it
was unreasonable. It sounded like someone said they have a
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bomb on board.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Sir, did you hear the transmission?
Speaker 5 (00:51):
Was it the airplane that said he had a bomb
on board? He said there was a bomb on board.
That's what we thought.
Speaker 6 (00:58):
We just, uh, we didn't get it clear.
Speaker 5 (01:01):
That aircraft, you can't get a hold of it. Has
he turned to the east now? He's just turned to
the east also. American 9-56, we had a visual out
of this standby. Do you have a visual on him now? Uh,
we did, but we lost him in the turn. We'll
make a turn back to a 220 heading up to
North Eastern Field. We're making a turn at 9-56. American 10-16,
this is American 9-56. We just lost a target.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
On that aircraft.
Speaker 7 (01:29):
Man z100 852.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Something weird is going on the world trade center is on.
Speaker 6 (01:35):
Fire oh my seriously the top of the building we're
trying to get information.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Top level of one of the.
Speaker 7 (01:41):
News to unfold from new york okay.
Speaker 5 (01:45):
And i hope she's okay and i gotta run to
new york oh First of all, calm down.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
There's raining papers and ashes.
Speaker 8 (01:57):
God, that was a huge explosion.
Speaker 9 (02:24):
A second plane has now flown in.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Wait, explosion at the Pentagon? A third location.
Speaker 10 (02:28):
I don't have words to describe.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
What I'm witnessing right now.
Speaker 5 (02:34):
Effective immediately until further notice.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Flight operations in the National Airspace System by United States
Civil Aircraft and foreign civil and military aircraft are prohibited.
Speaker 11 (02:45):
Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
And freedom will be defended. Oh, my God.
Speaker 12 (02:53):
Oh, my God.
Speaker 6 (02:55):
One of the World Trade Towers has collapsed and fallen.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
Oh, my God.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
I've never seen anything like this.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
I've got five patients.
Speaker 8 (03:23):
They need to be... We've got an ambulance full of
cops and pedestrians.
Speaker 5 (03:29):
We just collapsed. We don't have much power. We don't
have much support. We've got another tower that just came down.
Speaker 8 (03:35):
Help me.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
Help.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Help.
Speaker 5 (03:37):
Help.
Speaker 13 (03:37):
Help.
Speaker 8 (03:38):
You've got a female officer down.
Speaker 5 (03:42):
Female officer, where are you?
Speaker 1 (03:58):
We're not going.
Speaker 8 (03:59):
To be deterred.
Speaker 10 (04:00):
We're not going to stay at home.
Speaker 12 (04:03):
We're not going to be frightened.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
We're going to live our lives as Americans.
Speaker 12 (04:10):
We're all brothers.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
We've all got to stick together.
Speaker 8 (04:15):
Oh my God.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Look at the skyline without the towers. I'm Michael DelGiorno,
and 25 years later, I remember vividly. And because I remember,
I cannot forget. And because I remember and I cannot forget,
I must speak. And what I must say is, it's
simply not enough to remember. It was just before 8 a.m.
(04:45):
on September 11, 2001. I was hosting the Morning Buzz
in Tulsa, Oklahoma, getting ready to concede the season for
the Chicago Cubs and the silly mock news conference. As
we were laughing and joking our way through another morning show,
thousands of innocent Americans were about to step into eternity.
(05:06):
We had no idea the lives that were about to end,
nor could we imagine the unspeakable sights, emotions, and historic
events that we were about to describe to our audience.
I remember the first moments of shock, like innocence lost, awakening,
if you will. We had enemies and I knew nothing
(05:28):
about them. And I remember turning to my producer, Elvis Polo.
I said, Elvis, give me the governor. Remembering how his brother,
Martin Keating, was a prolific voice of warning and an
authority on terrorism. I knew of the governor's past service
in law enforcement as a leader of the FBI. I
began quickly to memorize names like Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah,
(05:50):
Osama bin Laden, terms like Fatwa, Jihad, infidels. I knew
that a new face of war had emerged. Yet I
couldn't even keep up with the events happening in the moment.
I saw things I wasn't trained to see. I felt
devastation and fear like I had never felt before. I
was speechless and being paid to speak. And 13 hours later,
(06:16):
in silence, I remember this too vividly. And this was
not a verbal silence, it was a intellectual, physical, spiritual,
utter silence. I concluded my broadcast, I got to my car,
and I wept. I guess I cried for what I saw,
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the lives lost, for the helplessness to stop what might
be next, and we still thought something was next. But
mostly for the realization of the hour in which I
knew I now officially lived. The memories, they're vivid even
25 years later and they're important. And as we see
(06:58):
it now slipping away into a population of history versus
having lived, maybe more important than ever. But in all
of its importance, It's simply not enough. To remember the
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thousands of lives killed and remember there were some before 9-11,
on 9-11, and since 9-11. And it's important to remember
because it was them and it could have been us
because it may be us next. And by remembering, it
forces us to further our understanding, I hope, that through
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knowledge of our enemies, eternal vigilance, and united determination, we
can prevent another major attack like this from ever happening again.
All this remembering really gives us two choices. We can
be victims, or we can be victors. I choose, as
(08:05):
Mary said, grief is love with nowhere to go. I
choose to turn that love for them to honoring them.
By honoring my fellow Americans by doing all I can
to prevent the next attack. Eliminating the threat for our
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time and all time. And today, like every day, it's
about remembering accurately and appropriately, speaking the truth frankly and
in love, identifying the enemy and ultimately defeating that enemy.
This threat has not been removed. They must be identified
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and they must be defeated. For we are not afraid.
We are not in secret. We are not in hate
and we are not confused. We are not intimidated and
we are not victims. We are one nation under God, indivisible.
We're inspired by liberty, we're guided by our constitution, called
to preserve our freedom, preserve our republic, and secure our
(09:08):
way of life for all generations to come. Including now,
25 years later, my children, and soon my grandchildren. I
have always felt that to simply remember, well, that's a
function of the mind. But to honor, that's a function
of the heart. Remembering always looks back. Honoring focuses forward.
(09:30):
and lives purposefully. Today, like previous anniversaries, let us remember,
but tomorrow and all our days forward, let us commit
to honor the lost. Constant images of horrific past, they
can serve to only fan the flames of fear and panic.
And if unchecked through time, you will build a victim
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mentality and posture. So the choice is all of ours.
We can be victims still 25 years later. or we
can be victors. I know our accusers, enemies, majority of
political leaders, the mainstream media, for sure, they would love
you to stop at just remembering and being a victim,
(10:13):
not me. Today, like the 24 times before, I'll look
back silently only for a There's too much to focus on,
act on, speak about, and defeat now and moving forward.
Which reminds me of one of my favorite JFK quotes. Well,
you didn't think we were not gonna have a JFK quote,
did you? Change is the law of life. And those
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who look only to the past or the present are
certain to miss the future. Which quickly reminds me of
probably his most famous quote. Let every nation know whether
it wishes us well or ill. We shall pay any price,
bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose
any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
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We need this type of understanding. We need this type
of leadership and inspiration today if we plan to achieve
the ultimate victory and avoid the ultimate victimization. On this,
the 25th anniversary of 9-11, oh, I remember today. And
because I remember, and I cannot forget, I can say
(11:22):
it's not enough to just remember. We must honor in
how we love and live and move forward. I'm Michael DelGiorno.
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Speaker 7 (13:05):
Oh my God, Ed, another plane just hit the World
Trade Center.
Speaker 12 (13:08):
Another plane.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
It was a medium-sized plane. Unbelievable.
Speaker 7 (13:12):
It looked like, oh my God, this is a deliberate act, Ed.
This plane flew directly into the second World Trade Center.
A huge flame and conflagration just broke out.
Speaker 10 (13:27):
Very little people have heard the sound of plane engines
when they're at full strength flying up in the sky.
It's one sound that hung me on occasions.
Speaker 1 (13:35):
And then the hit.
Speaker 10 (13:36):
I was not panicked whatsoever. There was no alarm, no
call to evacuate the building. And suddenly I felt the
urge to go.
Speaker 1 (13:43):
I was there from shortly after it happened and saw
people jumping out of the World Trade Center. It's a horrible,
horrible situation.
Speaker 11 (13:50):
Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very
freedom came under attack. in a series of deliberate and
deadly terrorist acts.
Speaker 14 (14:02):
I was living in the far western suburbs of Chicago
on 9-11. The most significant image I carry with me
is not those from TV or even the hugs with
my husband and children. Late in the day, I looked
up in the clear sky and saw a plane flanked
by two fighter jets, knowing it was President Bush safely
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returning to our capital.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
I am so grateful today. And I don't want to
single anybody out because you've all been great. But I mean,
starting with Donna and Mary and Valerie, that was beautiful.
This show is called Your Morning Show. And I always
keep trying to tell you the power is in us
living life together, understanding it together because we're all in
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it together. I hope you can appreciate that it doesn't
matter where you're calling from, whether it's Memphis or Sacramento
or Phoenix or... Tampa or wherever you're at. Look at
how we're one voice. Look at how incredible we are together.
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Isn't it nice to turn on the radio and not
hear some guy doing all the talking, but to have
a chance to tell your story too. Add your hope,
your truth, your understanding. This isn't tooting my own horn.
This is tooting your horn. I've done radio for 43 years.
(15:30):
I've done all the talking. It's fun to hear we
the people getting it and saying it. I have never
loved my job or audience anywhere even remotely like this.
There's a God that is watching right now and he
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knows how I grew to hate radio. How I threatened
him to never be on again. And oh, what he
had behind his back all along, you. This is like
no 9-11 anniversary I've ever lived and I'm filled with
more hope than ever. Natalie Migliore joined us earlier to
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discuss the heightened sense of security because this is a
war that is not over. We had a caller earlier say,
I don't think they'll do anything today. They know the
midterms are coming up and they don't want to do
anything to blow it. Moderate Muslims may think that way.
Political Islamists may think that way. Radical jihadists like the
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ones that plotted and carried out 9-11, they don't think
that way. They deal in the currency of blood, slaughter,
and fear, and chaos. I hope, and I'm about to
get on a plane, Nothing happens today, but I am
praying as much for our police, firefighters, first responders, air
(17:05):
traffic controllers and pilots, because I know it is possible.
So pray without ceasing throughout the day that we have
a day of remembrance, another chance at honoring without anything
new to process. But from Natalie, we find out on
the ground, Things and security is very heightened. Coming up,
(17:27):
a visit with a veteran New York radio reporter who
was among those who rushed to ground zero on a bicycle.
And what he saw, what he reported, and what he's
lived through since. When your morning show, 9-11, 25 years later, continues.
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Speaker 5 (18:24):
Transmit a third alarm.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
We're at the staging.
Speaker 6 (18:27):
Area at Vesey and West Street.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
Have the third alarm assignment go.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Into that area.
Speaker 13 (18:37):
I lived on Staten Island and I could see the
World Trade Center. I came in by ferry and tried
to help and do whatever I could do. I knew
that it would be overwhelming and I knew that thousands
of people would perish that day. It was hard to
comprehend surreal, if that's the correct word.
Speaker 14 (18:55):
When I got into my office, I took one last
look out the window and then went to my desk.
Speaker 12 (19:00):
And all of a sudden, this.
Speaker 6 (19:02):
bang happened the bang and being thrown out of my
chair and having.
Speaker 14 (19:07):
The door partially open it like all happened at the
same time.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
The people who knocked these buildings down will hear all
of us soon I love playing these natural sounds because
you can learn about 9-11 but living it was completely
different In the moment, in the horror, in the chaos,
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in the uncertainty. I mean, now I have these flashes.
Walking to the bathroom, taking one last look at that hole.
I looked at my producer and I said, that's not
a commuter plane. A commuter plane would have bounced off
that building. That's a jet. And as I was saying jet,
(20:00):
the second plane comes into the screen and goes right
into the building. Everything changed. Oh, that second plane. plane,
or the whisper into the president's ear at the school
in Florida, or ground zero. Men and women so desperate,
(20:24):
jumping 100 stories to their death from the intense heat.
I see all the people holding up signs and pictures,
holding out hope that their loved ones were still alive.
I mean, you can have memories, but what gets lost
is the emotion, the shock, the fear, and the uncertainty
(20:48):
of what's next. And we had this conversation with Natalie Migliore,
who reported earlier from Ground Zero. While this was an
attack on America, this was kind of born in New
York City, and it happened in New York City. It's
a whole different remembrance today for New York City. And
(21:08):
on the ground that day was a veteran New York
radio reporter, Tom Scheld. He was among those who rushed
to Ground Zero to do what his gifting is, what
his job calls for, and got there on a bicycle
on 9-11. And over the past 25 years, he's covered
the aftermath of the attack, recently wrote about his work
as a reporter in New York called My Front Row Seat.
(21:30):
And he's here with us today to recap what it
was like to live 9-11. As horrific as everything I
processed was by way of television and a connection with
the heart, it was, I'll never forget, Tim, one time
I saw a house that was on fire in my neighborhood.
And it was a two-story home. And when it collapsed,
(21:52):
standing right in front of you, the impact of a
two-story home collapsing was profound. I can't imagine over 100
stories pancaking before my eyes. Can you speak to that,
how different it is for those who were literally there
versus watching or hearing?
Speaker 12 (22:11):
Hi, Michael, and thank you.
Speaker 6 (22:14):
Yeah, I mean, I think that day we were all
like the opponents of a prizefighter who just pummeled us.
Speaker 12 (22:25):
And we were stunned.
Speaker 6 (22:27):
We were walking around operating, doing our jobs, but in
a real stunning way.
Speaker 12 (22:37):
It was sad. It was heavy. It was unbelievable.
Speaker 6 (22:42):
And then when you got close to ground zero and
you saw it and you saw the smoke, even at
a distance, and then got close and you saw the
the remnants of that hailstorm of dust and debris that
went for blocks all around, it was apocalyptic. It was
like you thought Hollywood could have produced it. And yeah,
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and I think the people around the city walk that
way very heavily, stunned for days and weeks, maybe even
months afterwards.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Yeah, I sense, you know, you see so many documentaries
now with cameras that were following first responders, police and firefighters.
And I think probably like you, when you arrived on
your bike, you're looking at that building going, anybody 75
floors up. there's probably no way out, and then not
even conceiving what was still to come. What do you
think we remember probably, and I think that's why my
(23:34):
front row seat was written, is to help us remember
vividly and accurately. What do we not remember vividly so well? Interesting.
Speaker 12 (23:44):
I'm glad you asked the question that way.
Speaker 6 (23:47):
About a year after 9-11, I had a chance to
talk to the former mayor then, Rudy Giuliani. And he
said something that has always stuck with me. And it
was that 9-11, we will remember September 11th as both
the worst day in the history of our city and
our nation and.
Speaker 12 (24:05):
The best day.
Speaker 6 (24:07):
And he said the reason is that obviously the worst day,
nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks on New York,
the Pentagon and Shanksville. but also the best day because
of the heroism of not just the uniformed first responders,
but civilians who ran into danger to try and save
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people they had no idea who they were. They just
knew that people needed help. And one thing that I
keep hearing from people who survived those buildings, the people
who did make it down and out and now look
back on it, is that their lasting image is as
they were going down, they remember To this day, the
faces of the firefighters who were walking up, running up
(24:51):
the stairs to try and help and save more people.
Speaker 1 (24:56):
It's 25 years later. I still cry watching those documentaries
because I think those firefighters knew with what they were
carrying and the flight of stairs ahead and having been
trained to survey these types of fires. I think many
of them knew there was a good chance. There was
one group that was getting ready to go up. They
gathered in a circle quietly. They prayed. Their commander said,
(25:19):
we may not come out of this, but let's go.
And I mean, I just. I don't think I'll ever
be the same for having seen that. That speaks to,
I brought up this cheesy movie from the 80s, Tim.
I can't remember if it was called Spaceman or what
it was with Jeff Bridges. I watched it on HBO
when I was a teenager. And it was really cheesy.
He's like from another planet. And then he falls in
(25:40):
love with an earthly woman. But he says something as
he's dying. He says, funny thing about you humans. You're
at your best when things are worse. I think that's
what you're speaking to. I don't think George W. Bush
was ever better. than he was in the moments of 9-11,
how he handled himself in that classroom, how he handled
himself that day, how he united the nation, how he
(26:00):
went with the bullhorn, and maybe even the immediate actions
of justice. I don't think Rudy Giuliani, now that we
can see the beginning, the middle, and the end, was
ever better than he was that day. He may have
been the greatest that day. I think our firefighters, our police,
I think our journalists, I think America has never been
better than it was that day. It's a profound point
you're making. And it's a teachable moment of how then
(26:23):
to live if we really wanna honor those whose lives
were lost and ensure it doesn't happen again. That too,
I think was part of the meaning of your book.
Speaker 6 (26:32):
Yeah, and another great book that I want to point
out to you was written by a fire chief in
New York City, Joe Pfeiffer.
Speaker 12 (26:40):
And you may know Joe.
Speaker 6 (26:41):
He was the fire chief who, in that documentary made
by the French filmmakers, was the fire chief that was
looking down on a normal job when the first plane hit.
They captured the first plane hitting. Joe was the first
fire chief on the scene. He sent his brother up
into the towers. and his brother died that day. But
(27:02):
he wrote a book called Ordinary Heroes. We look at
these firefighters as superheroes. And he says, no, they weren't superheroes.
They were ordinary people who did extraordinary things that day.
And I think that's an important message to remember. The
other thing that you played, I couldn't agree with you
more about how it was their best days, Giuliani, Bush.
(27:27):
I remember being at Yankee Stadium at game three.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
Oh, my God, the first pitch.
Speaker 12 (27:32):
I mean, the hair on my arms is standing up now.
Speaker 6 (27:35):
Yeah, mine are too. Listening to the crowd chant, USA, USA,
and him throwing the strike. Being in that crowd that
day felt so powerful. And we were together as a country.
We had a single purpose. And, you know, gosh, I
long for those days.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
Yeah, Tim Schell joining us, radio reporter was on the scene,
got there by bicycle, wrote about it in my front
row seat, a book I hope you all will get. Yes,
that firefighter was the first to set up command in
the lobby of the plaza of the World Trade Center.
He would later have to continue to do his job
knowing his brother had perished. It's all captured in that documentary. Yeah,
(28:17):
I mean, we know and we can learn that a
nation divided cannot stand. We know for those that lived it,
what it felt like to be united and to be
patriotic and to love our country and love each other.
I guess that's probably the greatest defeat since 9-11, right?
The state and the enemy within today compared to the
(28:38):
enemy from outside on that day.
Speaker 6 (28:41):
Yeah, but, you know, I think it's vitally important that
we have these conversations and thank you for doing it.
You know, you're a powerful voice on so many stations
in so many spots, reaching so many people. You had
probably said it this morning as well. 100 million people
in America today weren't born yet. And they don't have
(29:04):
a memory the way you and I do. Their hair
doesn't stand up on their arms when they hear George
Bush shout on the pile that we hear you, I
hear you, and the people who brought those buildings down
will hear all of us soon. They don't know those moments.
And I think it's incumbent on the rest of us
who are left behind to tell the story, just like
our parents, my parents did. told the story of the
(29:25):
greatest generation and the sacrifices of D-Day and make sure
that we just never forget.
Speaker 1 (29:31):
We only got a minute. I don't know if we
even have a minute because you probably have another station
you have to go to. But did you have any
health issues from your proximity?
Speaker 6 (29:40):
Well, I will tell you, I can't attribute it to that,
but I am in the World Trade Center health program
where they monitor health. They encouraged people who live and
work down there, people who were reporting.
Speaker 12 (29:52):
Down there, not just the first responders. And I'm a
proud member of the World Health Trade Center community. World
Trade Center health program.
Speaker 6 (29:59):
And every year I get a checkup to make sure
that they monitor and whatever problems we have, that collected
data helps us as a city measure our issues.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
I'm praying for you right now, Tim, and I won't stop.
I encourage everybody to get the book, My Front Row Seat.
What an amazing view you had of America at its
worst moment and its best moments. God bless you, Tim.
Thanks for sharing your personal story today. Wow, love that. Yeah,
I talk about vivid memories. It's hard to top W
(30:36):
at Ground Zero. I have a vivid memory of editing
that audio right after it happened for air. I mean,
I can see myself at the digital audio station editing it.
Knowing I was editing something as historical as the only
thing we have to fear is fear itself. I remember
(30:56):
during the memorial service, I think it may be the
second hardest I cried when George W. Bush delivered to
the nation that address from the National Cathedral. And he
comes down and he sits down and three people down,
a man leans over and puts his hand on his.
(31:18):
And I thought to myself, oh my God, that's a
father touching a son as only a former president can
touch a current president who is his son, separated only
by one other term of office. In the case of
Bill Clinton, it was two terms, but only one presidency
(31:40):
divided them. What an unthinkable moment. If we're not going
to get a victim mentality, if we're not going to
get stuck in remembering, if we're not going to get
Timed out, if you will, by those who didn't live
it and have been re-indoctrinated. And we lose the story.
(32:02):
May we never lose the vision that in those worst moments,
that was George W. Bush at his best. I can
tell you that 25 years later. That was Rudy Giuliani
at his best. I can tell you that 25 years later.
The most horrific story, 9-11 related I ever heard. was
George Bush in an interview talking about how he could
(32:24):
feel the prayers of the American people. Him and Laura
could feel them. They literally felt the presence of God.
The cabinet felt it. And he said, I remember days
later feeling those prayers stop. That's a haunting quote. I
would think of that quote often when Barack Obama was president,
(32:46):
because he was the hardest person for me to pray for.
We got to get beyond these divisions. We got to
get beyond the victim mentality and get on to honoring those.
Because it was them. Because it could have been us.
Because it might be us next. Because this war has
(33:09):
not been won yet. And our biggest enemy turns out
25 years later perhaps to be from within. I was
hoping with every fiber of my being that America turning
250 years would bring us back to 1976 and 1776. 1976,
because we were as divided then as we are today,
(33:32):
but we united for Bicentennial. We weren't able to do
it this year. We sure as heck didn't get back
to 1776 and our founding fathers and our founding documents
and the intent of this republic. My main prayer is
we get through this 25th anniversary safely. My second prayer
(33:55):
is that we go beyond our divisions. We go beyond remembering,
beyond victim mentality to honoring those lives and how we
love and how we live moving forward. And I think
Tim Scheld helped us do that a lot. My front
row is the name of the book. Gold and silver
recently soared to record highs and then it kind of
(34:18):
pulled back a little bit. Everybody was going, wow, a
precious metal still a good buy? Well, the banks thought
so all along, and they still do. In fact, they're
forecasting even higher prices ahead.
Speaker 12 (34:27):
Why?
Speaker 1 (34:27):
We're over $ 40 trillion in debt. Our dollar is declining,
and inflation keeps shrinking our savings. I mean, even with
corrections along the way, gold has always been and remains
a historical hedge for wealth protection. That's why Morgan Stanley
dumped the 60-40 stock-to-bond portfolio. They're recommending up to 20%
in precious metals. They got educated, and we must too.
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Speaker 3 (35:13):
It's your morning show with Michael DelGiorno. This is a
special presentation of your morning show with Michael DelGiorno.
Speaker 12 (35:38):
Let's go!
Speaker 7 (35:39):
Let's go!
Speaker 5 (35:40):
Let's go!
Speaker 12 (35:41):
Let's go!
Speaker 5 (35:41):
Let's go!
Speaker 1 (35:53):
It was hot, but nothing compared to what they actually,
a lot of those guys went through when they lost
their friends, family.
Speaker 4 (36:06):
I think people in New York, the best way they
can deal with this right now is not only to
deal with their own grief, which.
Speaker 1 (36:11):
We all feel and have, but to show that.
Speaker 4 (36:13):
We're not going to be in any way affected by this,
that we're not going to be cowered by it, that
we're not afraid, that we're going to go about our
business and lead normal lives and not let these cowards
affect us.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
We'll hear all of it soon. 9-11, 25 years later,
57 minutes after the hour, national correspondent Rory O'Neill is here. Rory,
there's two kinds of people today, those that are hearing
these sounds because they learned about them and those who
are remembering them because they lived it. And that gap
is getting smaller and smaller, isn't it?
Speaker 9 (36:50):
Yeah, a third of us really have no direct memory
of exactly what happened 25 years ago. So there really
needs to be a push to continue to teach and
tell these stories. It's not just about never forgetting and
always remembering. It's about retelling these stories to a new
generation as they ask some pretty difficult questions about exactly
what happened 25 years ago and.
Speaker 12 (37:11):
Why it happened.
Speaker 1 (37:13):
In 30 seconds, highlight what's about to unfold in all
three locations.
Speaker 9 (37:19):
I think it's that seventh moment of silence that they're
gonna have today for the thousands of people who have
died in the past 25 years, not just those who
died 25 years ago today.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
Thank you so much for being a part of this today.
All right, take time to remember, trust that God is
near to these broken hearts. Continue to pray for their
families and all those that are suffering today, even 25
years later. And please go beyond remembering to getting love
and a plan together. to honor. God bless you all.
Speaker 3 (37:51):
We're all in this together. This is your morning show
with Michael DelGiorno.
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