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Natalie Migliore, WOR Reporter · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: 25 years later, WOR remembers September 11th, 2001. Here's Curtis
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  Speaker 1: and Larry.
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  Speaker 2: We're less than an hour away from when the first
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  Speaker 2: flight hit the North Tower in the attack of 9-11.
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  Speaker 2: Natalie Migliore has been down at the site. Natalie will
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  Speaker 2: continue to be there throughout this morning. But what is
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  Speaker 2: happening at this moment, Natalie? Natalie?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Good morning, uh, Curtis and Larry. I'm actually just
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  Speaker 3: watching a family of families start pouring into the ceremony. Um,
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  Speaker 3: there's actually a family wearing custom made shirts, um, in
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  Speaker 3: an honor of their loved one. There has to be
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  Speaker 3: at least a dozen of them that are now just
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  Speaker 3: waiting to get into the ceremony. Uh, what started out
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  Speaker 3: as a quiet moment has now become a quiet morning
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  Speaker 3: has now become a little bit more chaotic as people
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  Speaker 3: are starting to pour in. And of course, uh, the
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  Speaker 3: ceremony is starting to get underway. Now, I stand here
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  Speaker 3: in a shadow of the Freedom Tower, and to my left,
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  Speaker 3: it's all gated, and I'm staring at what would lead
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  Speaker 3: me to the reflecting pools if it wasn't for today's
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  Speaker 3: ceremony where 2,983 names will be read aloud. That's the
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  Speaker 3: World Trade, those who were lost in the World Trade Center,
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  Speaker 3: the Pentagon, and aboard Flight 93, along with the 1993
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  Speaker 3: World Trade Center bombing. So, Billy, guys, ask anyone about
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  Speaker 3: that day. Yeah, I remember that day.
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  Speaker 4: I worked.
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  Speaker 5: I was NYPD, retired.
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  Speaker 6: I was home, then I said... I better get down there,
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  Speaker 6: and I went down there, and all hell broke loose there.
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  Speaker 7: I'm guessing pretty much everyone remembers where they were.
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  Speaker 6: At that moment.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, the world's.
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  Speaker 6: Gotten even wackier.
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  Speaker 5: Where were you at that moment?
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  Speaker 8: I was with my husband.
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  Speaker 7: We were actually going to get a cup of coffee
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  Speaker 7: before he dropped me off to work.
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  Speaker 9: I was on West Street, heading towards the towers in
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  Speaker 9: a taxi with two other guys, about, we don't know, 50,
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  Speaker 9: 100 meters away. And after the first plane hit, a
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  Speaker 9: policeman came up to us and the other cars and said,
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  Speaker 9: turn us around.
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  Speaker 4: And send us on our way back.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so that's John Hender, who was actually in New
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  Speaker 3: York 25 years ago today, visiting from Australia for business,
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  Speaker 3: heading in a taxi to a meeting at the World
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  Speaker 3: Trade Center. His wife, Robin, tearfully recalling being woken up
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  Speaker 3: in the middle of the night to a phone call
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  Speaker 3: from John.
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  Speaker 10: I was probably a bit out of it. I didn't
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  Speaker 10: really understand. Then he rang back, I don't know how
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  Speaker 10: much longer, and told me two planes had flown into
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  Speaker 10: the tower and he said he'd seen wheels coming down
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  Speaker 10: the street and he didn't know where the rest of
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  Speaker 10: the party was that he'd come here with.
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  Speaker 4: So it was quite, it was a shock, it was upsetting,
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  Speaker 4: it was sort of surreal, unbelievable and seemed like it
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  Speaker 4: took forever.
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  Speaker 10: You know, he then couldn't come out of, couldn't get
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  Speaker 10: out of New York.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it took John six days to get home, but
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  Speaker 3: the Henders are so emotional because they know so many
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  Speaker 3: weren't able to come home. They'll visit the reflecting pools
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  Speaker 3: for the first time tomorrow, actually, not knowing what to
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  Speaker 3: expect they'll feel.
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  Speaker 9: I just want to see it again.
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  Speaker 5: Do you suspect you'll get emotional?
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  Speaker 9: Yes, I think so. I think so. It took a
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  Speaker 9: little while to hit home what was happening. But once
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  Speaker 9: the towers came down, we knew this was serious, and
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  Speaker 9: a lot of people were lost, and it was very emotional.
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  Speaker 3: Now, it's a day that's earmarked by long pauses and
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  Speaker 3: tolling bells. The bells are actually not part of the ceremony,
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  Speaker 3: but church bells are ringing right now as I speak
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  Speaker 3: to you guys. New York City's Bryant Park has 2,753
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  Speaker 3: empty chairs on its lawn today. symbolizing all the people
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  Speaker 3: lost just in the Twin Towers that day. And it
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  Speaker 3: would be more than double that if we counted the
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  Speaker 3: people who have died due to 9-11-related illnesses in the
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  Speaker 3: past two and a half decades since, whether working in
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  Speaker 3: the pile or living or working in the area. So, again,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of commotion as we sort of watch people
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  Speaker 3: filtering to this ceremony right now, a heavy press presence
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  Speaker 3: as well. And we'll just be here. We'll be here today.
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  Speaker 2: Well, what I liked about your report, it was devoid
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  Speaker 2: of politics. It's focused on the day, the commemoration, and
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  Speaker 2: the memories that people had. I hope our politicians abide
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  Speaker 2: by this. Follow the lead that you're sensing from all
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  Speaker 2: the people who are starting to relate to you what
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  Speaker 2: their experience was. No politics mentioned, Larry.
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  Speaker 10: At all.
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  Speaker 6: I think they will. I think that's been the case
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  Speaker 6: in the past. And everybody knows I would be surprised
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  Speaker 6: if anybody at ground zero that's a politician even speaks today.
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  Speaker 6: Many of them won't. I know four presidents are going
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  Speaker 6: to be there. Donald Trump's at the Pentagon. He is
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  Speaker 6: going to speak. But I'd be shocked if even he
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  Speaker 6: talked about politics today. It's just not the day for that.
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  Speaker 6: And they know better. Natalie, you get the sense, I
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  Speaker 6: would imagine, from the family is that this is all
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  Speaker 6: about the person they lost, nothing else this day.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely. I mean, some people don't even have anything to say.
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  Speaker 3: I wanted to interview this young woman. She was dressed
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  Speaker 3: in all black, but she was crying, and I just,
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  Speaker 3: I didn't want to stop her. There was just this
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  Speaker 3: sense of, it was just bringing up memories for her
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  Speaker 3: as she was entering. the ceremony. And I just, I couldn't,
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  Speaker 3: I don't know. Like I wanted to give her that moment.
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  Speaker 3: And I don't typically do that, but I think that
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  Speaker 3: this is truly about reflecting on people who they lost.
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  Speaker 3: And she seems so young that maybe she was reflecting
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  Speaker 3: on somebody who she maybe never really even had the
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  Speaker 3: time with.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thank you, Natalie. And up next Warner Wolf. He
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  Speaker 2: was at the fan. He was not in the studio
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  Speaker 2: that day. He was right near the world trade center
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  Speaker 2: site and he'll, Connect us to his memories of that day.
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  Speaker 2: But first, the news at 8 o'clock.
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  Speaker 1: 25 years after 9-11, the day New York changed forever.
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  Speaker 1: We remember 710WOR, the voice of New York, an iHeartRadio station.
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  Speaker 7: 75 degrees at 8 o'clock. Good morning. I'm Daria Albinger.
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  Speaker 7: Sunny and less humid today with a high of 79 degrees.
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  Speaker 7: The Weather Channel forecast is coming up. Right about now,
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  Speaker 7: 25 years ago today, we still had no idea what
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  Speaker 7: was going to happen in less than an hour. That's
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  Speaker 7: when the first plane slammed into the World Trade Center. Today,
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  Speaker 7: we pause to remember the September 11 attacks.
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  Speaker 5: John Hender is one of those people who was visiting
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  Speaker 5: New York City on business from Australia on September 11, 2001,
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  Speaker 5: in a taxi heading straight to the World Trade Center.
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  Speaker 6: A couple of.
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  Speaker 9: Big lumps of building hit. just in front of the taxi.
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  Speaker 9: One hit the taxi, but it wasn't very big. So
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  Speaker 9: we were very, very lucky. We were heading to a meeting,
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  Speaker 9: a business meeting. I think it was either in the
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  Speaker 9: first tower or a building immediately.
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  Speaker 2: After the tower.
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  Speaker 5: This is the first time he's returned to New York
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  Speaker 5: City after taking off on the first plane back to
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  Speaker 5: Australia six days after the attacks. He plans to visit
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  Speaker 5: the reflecting pools. Natalie Migliore, WOR News.
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  Speaker 7: Almost 3,000 people were killed at what is now known
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  Speaker 7: as Ground Zero, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. And some
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  Speaker 7: of the families still do not have closure.
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  Speaker 8: Forty percent, about 1,100 people, have still never been formally identified.
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  Speaker 8: The New York City Medical Examiner's Office will never stop trying.
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  Speaker 8: Fragments of human remains recovered from the dust and debris
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  Speaker 8: are stored at the 9-11 Memorial and will be frequently
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  Speaker 8: tested as DNA testing evolves.
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  Speaker 7: ABC's Erin Katursky, former Presidents Biden, Obama, Bush and Clinton
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  Speaker 7: will be here in New York. President Trump will give
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  Speaker 7: remarks at the Pentagon. And tonight, the annual Tribute in
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  Speaker 7: Light will return. Starting at dusk, the twin beams will
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  Speaker 7: shine four miles into the sky and stay illuminated until dawn.
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  Speaker 7: WDOW News Time 802.