00:03It was absolutely spectacular weather, not humid, skies were clearer, smoke is billowing out of the building.
00:13AV Network News, a plane apparently has crashed into the World Trade Center in New York.
00:18We went from a calm, beautiful day to one in which our world changed dramatically.
00:24September 11th, 2001 was the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.
00:29Now, experience the first 12 hours surrounding the events in a way the world has never seen.
00:38Andy Carr comes up behind me and says, America's under attack.
00:42And I'm watching the child read.
00:43We needed to move the president and get him out of there.
00:46He could be a sitting duck.
00:49There was a call that said, Angel's next.
00:52Angel was the code word for Air Force One.
00:54We worried someone in the president's circle to try to take down Air Force One.
01:01Every plane had become a missile.
01:03One of the targets might well be the White House.
01:05All aircrafts land as soon as possible.
01:08Mother got on the phone.
01:09She said, we're outside Milwaukee.
01:11I said, you gotta be kidding me.
01:12What are you doing there?
01:13She said, you grounded our plane.
01:15In their own words.
01:16She told me her plane had been hijacked.
01:19And the line went dead.
01:21That really hit home.
01:23Rose at the heart of power on that unforgettable day.
01:26We did everything we knew to do.
01:28But 3,000 people died on your watch.
01:31It just gnaws at you.
01:32Come together to reveal what happened behind closed doors.
01:36She took the badge from her son's dead body.
01:39Gave it to the president and said, I want you to always remember.
01:45I remember the Secret Service screaming, take off your heels and run.
01:49We've never had a crisis quite like this.
01:51Of course we all were hurting.
01:52We all were terrified.
01:54The first plane was an accident.
01:56The second one was an attack.
01:58And the third one was a declaration of war.
