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Day Of Miracles
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01:03Suddenly, there was a second war that came out of the sky, and another plane barreled into the other power.
01:09Today, we've had a national tragedy. Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center.
01:21There was smoke everywhere, and people are jumping out the windows. Over there, they're jumping out the windows, I guess, because they're trying to save themselves. I don't know.
01:29There has just been a huge explosion, a cascade of sparks and fire, and I can't, I'll tell you that I can't see that second tower.
01:38September 11, 2001 changed the world forever. As we watched in horror, the terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon.
01:49United Flight 93 was headed for Washington, D.C. Its target was the White House.
01:57If it were not for the heroic actions of a few men, such as Tom Burnett, 36, who gave his life, hundreds more would have died.
02:08The first person to get word that that plane was in trouble is my guest this morning, when she got a telephone call from her husband.
02:23Nina Burnett, the widow, his mother, their three children, two twin girls and a younger child, welcome her now, please, with me.
02:47Tell us about Tom. What kind of a man was he, Dina?
02:50He was a remarkable man. He had heartfelt compassion. He was funny. He was an intelligent man who was intuitive and analytical.
03:08He was a leader. He loved his family, and he had great faith in God.
03:14You okay? Can I get you anything?
03:15I don't want to take this flight. It just doesn't feel right leaving town right now with you not feeling well and the baby.
03:26You know what? I am going to be just fine. Wait and see.
03:35I love you, sir.
03:37I love you.
03:41Sixty, even a hundred times more.
03:43I understand he was probably one of the first to make an outside telephone call from the plane. Can you tell us about that?
03:53Yes. The children and I began our morning very early that day. It was about six o'clock when we woke up, and I immediately turned on the television to check the weather and saw that the World Trade Center had been hit by an airplane.
04:06And I was very concerned about Tom, knowing he was in New York City. At 6.27 that morning, a phone call came in from Tom's cell phone.
04:16Hello?
04:16And because it was on his cell phone, I thought that he was fine. And my first words to him were,
04:22So good to hear your voice.
04:23Dina, our plane's been hijacked. Listen to me, Dina. There's no time.
04:27And he began going into detail about what was taking place on the plane.
04:32Something's wrong.
04:33What the hell is going on with that?
04:35Let's not break you. This is what happened. Let's go.
04:37Tell the boys I love them.
04:43They told me they had knifed a guy, that there was a bomb on board.
04:46You've got to let the authorities know.
04:49I'll call you back as soon as I can.
04:52Tom!
04:58He hung up, and I called 911 and was connected to the FBI.
05:04He called three other times that morning.
05:08Tom?
05:08Each phone call lasting about one minute or less.
05:11The news is saying that two planes just crashed into the Twin Towers.
05:13And he shared that information with the people around him.
05:16He began asking questions, analyzing the situation, assessing the problem, and trying to solve it.
05:23Looks like my husband's on the... Hold on, hold on.
05:25Tom!
05:26Did you get hold of anybody?
05:28Yes, I'm on the other line with them right now.
05:30Let them know these jerks are planning to crash this plane, too.
05:32Well, I'm trying to make a plan.
05:35Baby, are you okay?
05:36We're going to have to do something soon.
05:38We're heading towards the White House as far as we can tell.
05:42Tom!
05:44Tom!
05:45Oh!
05:47They're going to crash the plane!
05:49You've got to do something!
05:50And on the fourth phone call, he let me know that they were waiting until they were over a rural area before they were going to act.
05:58The three of us are about to make our move.
06:00You've got to know and prepare yourself.
06:03It looks like we're going to die.
06:09Don't say that.
06:10Just know that no matter what happens, I love you.
06:13Tom!
06:13Tom, I asked him if there was anything else I could do.
06:17Tom, what can I do?
06:20What?
06:22He said pray, Dina.
06:27Just pray.
06:30Pray, Dina.
06:32Pray.
06:34Tom!
06:35Tom!
06:35Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
06:41The kingdom come and thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
06:50Okay, let's roll.
06:55It's over!
06:56It's over!
06:57It's over!
06:58It's over!
06:59It's over!
07:00When you heard about the plane crash, how did you hear that?
07:17The police were there.
07:18The fire department was there.
07:20The FBI was there.
07:22They were reporting another plane crash.
07:30Ms. Burnett, I have bad news.
07:34His husband was unapparented, but God, he was going to kill you.
07:38And I turned to the policeman and asked if that was Tom's flight.
07:43And he said yes.
07:46He was going to kill you.
07:47He was going to kill you.
07:47No!
07:51No!
07:51No!
07:58How did you break the news to your twin girl, six years old?
08:03A friend picked them up from school, brought them home about five o'clock that evening.
08:08I sat them down on the bed.
08:09What's wrong, Mommy?
08:12Where is Daddy?
08:13Where is Daddy?
08:14Where is Daddy?
08:15And we prayed that God would give us strength and allow me to answer their questions.
08:23It means there were some bad guys on Daddy's plane.
08:26No.
08:29And they crashed it.
08:32And everybody, everybody died, honey.
08:36And Daddy, too?
08:39Yeah.
08:42And they began to cry.
08:43They knew what death meant.
08:47And they began to ask questions.
08:50They wanted to know where he was.
08:53Daddy's in heaven.
08:54And I told them he was in heaven with Jesus.
08:57And that that was a good place to be.
08:58Daddy wants to be with Jesus instead of us.
09:01They asked if they could send him a letter.
09:03They asked if they could talk to him on his cell phone.
09:06Daddy's in his cell phone?
09:07No.
09:10And I explained to them,
09:12That he was helping God now.
09:15And that his work was very important.
09:17And that we were here on earth to carry on God's plan for us.
09:21And that someday we would see him again.
09:24What a beautiful, perfect faith.
09:29Thank you, Jesus Christ, for being his Savior and yours.
09:39Day of Miracles is not only about those who miraculously survived this horrific event, but why?
09:45The building escort, who had never missed a day of work in his entire career, suddenly comes down with a fever.
09:54What do you think you're doing?
09:56I have not missed a day of work in ten years.
10:00I'm not about to.
10:02Just because of a little fever.
10:05And besides, I have to be there when the dignitaries arrive.
10:11What do you think you're doing?
10:13Get back up here.
10:14You're in no condition to go anywhere.
10:17You can't be around others.
10:19You might be infectious.
10:20Just stay here.
10:31You had been doing a Bible study now for several years at the World Trade Center.
10:36At the Bible study a week before the tragedy, the Bible teacher was Dick Arthur.
10:43There was eight men there.
10:45And they said, what's the Bible study about Dick?
10:47And he said, the rapture.
10:48And four of the men that were young said, I'm ready to go.
10:54And the other four were like older, my age, and had grandchildren.
10:58The four that said they were ready to go died.
11:00He got them, gathered them together.
11:02And he told them, if you accept Jesus as your savior, you'll be in heaven in a few minutes.
11:08How do you know this?
11:09Because after they accepted Christ, he told them to call their families.
11:14In the moments remaining, go to the phones.
11:16Call your dear ones.
11:17And be not afraid.
11:18And tell your dear ones, be not afraid.
11:20And not to sorrow.
11:22For we go to a glorious reunion with our Creator.
11:25The timing of these prayers is particularly important and dear to God.
11:31Because this morning will be remembered by millions to the entire United States as one of the disasters of all time.
11:40Hi, I'm Cal Bramer.
11:43For many people, prayer is a personal conversation with God.
11:46A plea for God's help in making something they're desperately wishing for come true.
11:52And for many of those same people, prayer is often a last resort when tragedy strikes.
11:57Few of us know what it is to cry to God from the depths of our hearts when all else has failed and to hear God answer.
12:04And often, it takes a terrible tragedy to bring people to a belief in the power of prayer.
12:10One person who lived through tragedy and cried out to God in prayer is Janelle Guzman.
12:16My whole life just flashed right before me.
12:23I knew to myself, I honestly felt that I wasn't going to get out alive.
12:34I knew exactly where I was going.
12:41And I was, you know, going to hell, because I knew I wasn't right with God at that time.
12:46Janelle Guzman lived life on the wild side.
12:49She would be the first to admit it.
12:51I love to party, love dancing, love dressing up sexy, going out there, you know, being the center of attraction.
13:00In fact, the morning of September 11, little did she know, her life was about to change forever.
13:07Without any warning, the building just started to shake.
13:11And I wasn't really scared at that time because I thought it probably was an earthquake.
13:17You know, so I just stood there, not moving, I just stood there and I waited until it finally stopped.
13:23And when it did stop, I just went over to the window and I saw bits of debris and stuff, you know, falling down.
13:31Once she found out that Tower 1 had been hit by a plane, she started running down the 64 flights of stairs.
13:37I stopped on the 13th floor and without a warning or a sign or anything at all, I just felt an explosion and the place went completely dark and dusty.
13:54I was feeling so helpless, I couldn't move, I just stood there, face down, with the thought that I'm going to die, this is it for me.
14:05Janelle was trapped and buried alive under the rubble of the collapsed tower.
14:09I thought I was dreaming.
14:12When I woke up, I was like spitting on dust and I said, oh my gosh, this is not a dream, this is really happening, this is real.
14:22And still, I didn't pray.
14:25Unable to move and hardly able to breathe, she knew she was dying and there was only one place for her to turn.
14:33And then my whole demeanor just changed right there and then and I said, God, I don't want to die, you know, give me that second chance, you know, save my life, I need to be with my family.
14:47Under the fallen building, alone and exhausted, Janelle began talking to God in a way that was entirely new to her.
14:56I just take a deep breath and I said to myself, oh God, give me the strength to pull my head out from the concrete pillar.
15:05I just pulled it with all my might and I just yank it out and I could feel a hair and my head is ripped out.
15:15But I was feeling this burning sensation in my heart and I was like, really wanting for him to hear me.
15:23Janelle wondered if she would get out alive and she turned to God in desperation.
15:27I was asking him for a miracle, you know, I was there and I was just giving my all to him and I was saying, you know, God, you can do miracles.
15:37I heard that you've done it before, you know, why can you show me a miracle today, show me a sign, show me that you hear me.
15:43You know, I'm calling all out to you and, you know, just answer me.
15:47Sometimes we underestimate the power of prayer.
15:56Give me meaning in my life.
15:58On this particular morning, there were hundreds of prayers heard and answered and hundreds of prayers since then.
16:06Janelle was caught in the middle of the crashing towers and prayed for God to help her.
16:11The next day, she was the only one found alive.
16:13When they rescued her, she was found standing up, asleep.
16:21Janelle didn't know who was with her, but his presence was calming.
16:26I felt the person said, Janelle, I got you.
16:30My name is Paul.
16:32And I had a smile on my face and I said, oh, thank God.
16:36And I kind of drift out of sleep and then I wake up, you know, very fast.
16:40And I tried to look at the person to see his face because he was still holding my hand.
16:45And he said, you all right?
16:46You know, they're going to get you out of here.
16:47You know, hold on this.
16:48I'm going to hold your hand through it all until, you know, until the guys get here.
16:52After being buried for 27 hours, Janelle Guzman was conscious when she was pulled from the rubble.
16:57She was the last survivor rescued, taken to the hospital.
17:00Her first request was to meet and to thank Paul.
17:04So which one of you held my hand?
17:06They said, they didn't hold my hand.
17:09No one was holding my hand, talking with me.
17:12They said, no, no one on the team was named Paul that day.
17:18Even the firemen that rescued Janelle said there was no Paul on their team.
17:24Convinced that she saw an angel, Janelle knew she had to change her life.
17:29And when I saw Roger and he came to my bedside, I said, honey, we have to change.
17:34We have to get control of our life and be right with God.
17:38I can't go back to live with you, you know, not being married.
17:42Roger agreed, knowing in his heart that only God could have saved Janelle's life.
17:47He was more than willing to live differently.
17:49And they were married in June of 2002.
17:52Now, instead of looking forward to weekends of wild partying,
17:55their first priority is their relationship with God.
17:59I really believe that there's no way anything or anybody is going to come between my family,
18:06as far as Janelle, my wife and I are concerned,
18:09because of that center foundation that we have that is so strong, which is God.
18:15Today, Janelle is able to walk along the streets of Ground Zero
18:19and realize she doesn't need a tragedy to motivate her to pray.
18:23Instead, she relies on daily prayer to help her in all areas of her life.
18:28I know prayer is the answer to all things.
18:31When we think it's impossible for things to happen, prayer beats it all.
18:37Janelle Guzman McMillan believes it was prayer that kept her alive
18:41through the worst terrorist attack the U.S. has ever seen.
18:44And she knows now that God hears and answers our prayers.
18:49She is lucky to be alive.
18:54She is one of the survivors of the Twin Towers.
18:58What were you doing in the Twin Towers on September 11th?
19:01Well, it was my first time actually there.
19:04I was visiting one of my really good friends from college,
19:06and she had just gotten a job as a trader at Cantor Fitzgerald.
19:11And we had breakfast at Wild Blue, you know, attached to windows of the world.
19:17And really moments before, I had said my goodbyes to Stacy
19:22and headed down the elevator, and the elevator just started shaking a lot.
19:28The sound was unbearable and didn't really have any concept of what was happening.
19:36It just happened so fast that I really didn't get a chance to analyze it too much at that moment.
19:43When did you first realize there was an airplane that had crashed into the building?
19:47Not until later, after I was revived.
19:52There was a lot of debris, and it kind of scratched and clawed my way out.
19:57You know, it was covered in soot and things.
20:03There was a man in the elevator with me, and he didn't make it out.
20:12I don't understand.
20:15I'm only going to be gone for the day, and what's bothering you?
20:20I just really don't have a good feeling about this trip.
20:24Besides, you promised me that you'd never travel without me again.
20:27I know, I promised, but I can't help it.
20:30They have an emergency meeting, and I've got to be there, so I can't help that.
20:34But hey, I feel great.
20:36I've never felt better.
20:37And the heart, I haven't had any problems with it for a long time.
20:41And if I need it, I've got medicine I can take with me, which I am.
20:44And I've got the little, you know, the little phone.
20:49Cell phone?
20:50Can you hear me? Yes.
20:51So it's important that you know that I'm there, and I will always be with you.
20:57All right.
20:58Well, you promised me a really big wedding.
20:59I promise you a big wedding.
21:01Will you get a text while you're in New York?
21:03And I promise I'll get a text.
21:05Oh, good.
21:06So...
21:07Come here.
21:12That should keep you safe.
21:18You know, I love you very much.
21:21You're my whole world.
21:23I don't know what I'd do without you.
21:25You just wouldn't.
21:26No.
21:27Go, you've got a plane to catch.
21:32All right.
21:33You...
21:34I'll call you.
21:35Bye-bye.
21:36Bye-bye.
21:37Bye-bye.
21:38I see a light.
22:01With the help of some paramedics and real heroes, as far as...
22:07As far as it goes, I remember kind of looking down, and the paramedics were trying to resuscitate
22:16me, and I could see myself, and I'm thinking, why are they working so hard?
22:20I feel fine.
22:21You know, I was watching it all happening, and I didn't feel any physical pain at that
22:28time, although I know I was in pain as I was trying to get out, but I was just praying.
22:32I was a silent observer, and I remember hearing them pronouncing me dead.
22:37You know, she's gone.
22:39I didn't feel much of anything other than just kind of peace, and as I kind of felt my, I
22:46guess, more ethereal, or my spirit going and watching this all happen, and them working
22:51so hard, and me not being in pain, and then I felt a lot of light and love around me.
23:02Also, you know, my grandparents, who had passed when I was young, I saw them, and it was almost
23:08like I was coming home, and there was an angel, and I felt very small next to him.
23:15You know, it seemed, I had no sense of time or real space.
23:19It was really strange and beautiful.
23:24You know, it was just a real feeling of peace and universal love.
23:31It was just warm.
23:33I remember saying, Lord, if I'm here, if you want me, take me, and it was seen as if no
23:42sooner than that, I was, I was, he was sending me back and, and, you know, leading me into
23:49service there, and I was surrounded by spirits of those that I love, and I felt so safe, and
23:58and when I came back into my body, it was, how can I say, it was, it was like I was plunged
24:06into a pool of ice.
24:08Oh, my God.
24:13She's back.
24:14She's back.
24:15It's a miracle.
24:16She's back.
24:18For moments, know where I was, or really how I got there, and, and it was, I didn't necessarily
24:26want to be back at that moment.
24:28I feel really blessed and fortunate, and, and I, I think that, you know, I'm just trying
24:37to share that with others and see how I can help.
24:42I know that it wasn't my time, and, and, and I know that now.
24:48I'm, I'm not afraid of death at all anymore.
24:51You know, thinking about it before and seeing others that had gone before me, and, but now
24:54I have a sense of peace and knowing, you know, or get, at least getting a glimpse of the feeling
25:00of, you know, what they're experiencing, and, but there's so much to do here.
25:06So many, so many women lost their husbands, and so many children lost their parents.
25:12And, and, well, that's, that's, you know, somebody, everybody needs some comfort.
25:20The, the people who survived, um, we have a lot to be thankful for, and I hope that,
25:27you know, we're, you know, I, I, I feel good about being able to help those that did survive,
25:34because there's so much, there's so much grief, and, you know, but there were so many miracles
25:38that happened that day, too.
25:40Amber, the young businesswoman, was trapped in the elevator when power went out of the
25:45tower.
25:50Somehow, she escaped the elevator, only to find herself on a terrifying, long journey to safety.
25:55I see a light.
26:03I, I see a light.
26:10I, I...
26:16Oh, my God.
26:46When she was taken to the ambulance, she died.
27:11She left her body and found herself in heaven.
27:16God told her to go back to earth to help those still in need.
27:34She was guided by a beautiful, angelic being.
27:37Oh, my God.
27:48She's back.
27:49It's a miracle.
27:50She's back.
27:51You're my glory and the lifter of my head.
28:06And we have assembled in this room the leaders of the armed forces, all of the armed forces.
28:15And before us, we see four beautiful windows developed and designed by a gifted artist from Fredericksburg, Texas.
28:27Windows that symbolize what our country is all about.
28:33Countrymen who had read the Psalms as they gathered together in their houses of worship from the 13 colonies.
28:40Embrazened on these windows are the words that every uniformed member and every Department of Defense civilian says as an oath of office.
28:52I will support and defend, how can I support and defend the Constitution of the United States?
29:04By the help of God.
29:05It's fitting that this flag will serve as a powerful reminder of the bond between freedom and those who are willing to fight for freedom.
29:18We shall not forget the sacrifices of those Americans who died in the service of their country, whether it was here in this very place, or in New York City, or in Afghanistan, or in Iraq, or all the other sacrifices that people have made in the name of freedom of this nation.
29:42Mr. Speaker, we thank you for the gift of this very special flag.
29:45We thank the gifted designer, and I might add, most generous donor of these magnificent windows, Mr. Dennis Roberts, for helping to create a place of beauty and a place of peace.
30:02Thank you very much, and may God bless all of you.
30:08Psalm 147, verses 1 through 6.
30:11Praise the Lord.
30:41Day of Miracles is not only about those who miraculously survived this horrific event,
31:11but why?
31:18Because this morning will be remembered by millions to the entire United States as one of the disasters of all time.
31:24Okay, ladies and gentlemen, turn the page over one more page, then look at item number three, and then we'll continue to compare with the chart.
31:45Let's turn it over, and we'll start with item number one.
31:47Excuse me, Carl.
31:48Excuse me, Carl.
31:48Excuse me, Carl.
31:48Excuse me, Carl.
31:52Item number three.
31:54Item number three.
31:55Item number three.
32:01Item number three.
32:02Item number three.
32:07What?
32:08Captain, we're going to go.
32:09Captain, assemble the Joint Chiefs.
32:14Ladies and gentlemen, an aircraft had just crashed into the World Trade Center.
32:19We're on the monitor.
32:20We're on the monitor.
32:21We might be under attack.
32:22Wait a minute.
32:23Wait a minute.
32:24Wait a minute.
32:25Wait a minute.
32:26We don't know that yet.
32:27God help us.
32:28God help us.
32:29God help us.
32:30God help us.
32:31Oh, my God.
32:32Oh, my God.
32:33A plane just crashed into the towers.
32:34What?
32:35What should I do?
32:36All right, look, calm down.
32:37Get the sect up on the line.
32:38Do you understand?
32:39Go, go.
32:57Come on.
32:58The
33:57The heroes at the Pentagon were members of the military, emergency civilians and others
34:11at the scene including Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
34:15They all reacted so rapidly that many were saved who might otherwise have died.
34:22One of the burned victims has miraculously recovered after enduring over 30 surgeries.
34:28The Pentagon is the personified symbol of the nation's commitment and determination to
34:34defend the highest principles of the United States Constitution.
34:41And in the evening when you close your eyes, knowing your family's safe, say an extra little
34:49prayer, cause freedom rings.
34:51Let freedom ring, let freedom ring, let freedom ring to every breath I have within me.
35:01Let freedom ring, let freedom ring, let freedom ring to every corner of the world.
35:10Let freedom ring, let freedom ring, let freedom ring to every corner of the world.
35:23Let freedom ring, let freedom ring, let freedom ring.
35:29Let freedom ring, let freedom ring, let freedom ring.
35:54Today we've had a national tragedy.
35:58Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center.
36:02There was smoke everywhere and people are jumping out the windows.
36:05Over there they're jumping out the windows I guess because they're trying to seize themselves,
36:09I don't know.
36:10There has just been a huge explosion, a cascade of sparks and fire.
36:17There was nobody left alive after that first day.
36:20It was pretty unbelievable.
36:23We really did expect to find some people alive.
36:26You know, it was just chance that I was at that spot and we happened to really find him there.
36:35You know, I came down from the precinct as soon as we heard and it was just a mess.
36:41And like I said, I almost didn't think we'd find anybody alive.
36:45I could never express the feeling of that day.
36:50It's just being down there and I was going in and out of consciousness.
36:56And I would hear voices and then I wouldn't hear anything and it's just amazing.
37:03Then all of a sudden I heard Red's voice and he's talking to me and I thought I was gone.
37:12I really thought I was gone when I heard his voice.
37:16For some reason I knew he was going to be the one that was going to get me out.
37:20To me at least it was a relief to know there was someone alive down there.
37:25But, you know, you feel so helpless.
37:28I mean, this is your job is to go out and, you know, try and protect people.
37:32But, you know, against this kind of destruction, there's just, there's nothing you can do.
37:37No way you can go through this and not have a tremendous amount of love and respect.
37:44I really didn't think I was going to be able to get him out.
37:47So, you know, thinking back about it now, it's pretty amazing.
37:55I mean, the hole that I was talking to him through was only, you know, maybe eight or ten inches to begin with.
38:02And we really had to bust it open quite a bit.
38:05I had no idea.
38:06I just, I kept talking to him and trying to encourage him.
38:11Here we are a week later and I was, you know, it was, it was jagged sharp all the way through the rubble field.
38:21There was, you know, bits of steel and, you know, you really, you couldn't make your way one way or the other.
38:28And I saw one area that looked like a little bit of a pyramid, of a shape.
38:35And I thought, you know, it looked like there might be something there.
38:38And I got closer and I realized that there was an air pocket.
38:41There was a hole, you know, again, maybe eight or ten inches.
38:45And I called down there.
38:47As soon as I found it, I thought, there's got to be someone down there.
38:51And, you know, and Sonny called back and I said, you know, who are you?
38:56I said, you know, what's your name?
38:57I was just trying to, you know, find out who it was.
39:01And he said he was a cop.
39:03And I was like, boy, that, that just really made me feel good.
39:08And to service who we are.
39:13To stand in the gap so that good will prevail.
39:18And with honor and truth, we'll be here for you.
39:24We're the men and women.
39:27Within that first, within that first few hours, we were, it was hectic there.
39:31And there was really no resources at the time.
39:36But I did see one fireman probably a hundred yards away.
39:40And he had a, he had a sledgehammer.
39:42And I asked him if he could come over.
39:45I said, I thought I had someone trapped.
39:47And we weren't really finding that many people.
39:49So he came over with the sledgehammer.
39:51And we started busting open this hole from about eight to ten inches.
39:54And we got it up to about maybe fifteen inches, maybe seventeen inches.
39:58And that was enough to start making an effort to get him out.
40:05Before we did, we asked if he was okay.
40:19Was he, you know, did he have any broken bones or anything?
40:22And apparently his legs were hurting.
40:24Very much.
40:25So, you know, it was just, I didn't know if we were even going to be able to get him out.
40:29I didn't know if he was, if he was, you know, trapped or anything.
40:34Because he kept saying he couldn't feel his legs too well.
40:36Right.
40:37I didn't know if it was, you know, an issue.
40:38Was he, was he just losing his circulation?
40:40Or was his legs crushed?
40:45I can't understand why that, after all this death and destruction, I was able to come out.
40:56That I, I can't, I can't understand why I lived and so many other people didn't.
41:04The only thing I can say is for some reason I think the Lord has something he wants me to do.
41:11And I'm on a quest to find out what that is.
41:14I want to know.
41:17The two police officers were trapped in a pyramid like cave that had very little air.
41:34Got two people down here.
41:36One of them had his legs crushed underneath a huge piece of cement.
41:40Up and down. Up and down out of here.
41:43Up and down. Up and down out of here.
41:53Oh, yeah, man.
41:55You got hit?
41:56Called to Chris, too.
41:57He's leaving.
41:58That's what I'm telling you.
41:59This is the horse, man.
42:04Ow!
42:05I don't want to go through.
42:07Because of the lack of air, they both experienced surreal feelings.
42:12And the officer had a vision of Christ bringing him water.
42:17What?
42:18We'll look back to that under God, while he cried.
42:20I didn't have a ground atmosphere.
42:21Therefore, he chocolates from the soil to the stems.
42:24I didn't know.
42:26Once he Meat came in my mind, he would all throw into the throne.
42:27Because of the sea, he was holding into the cave at night.
42:28I didn't know how that didn't make fun.
42:30I was dating after lots of bullets.
42:32I ended up frigiding his most Beltw Balk Molot.
42:33So he walked him down in the ground.
42:35When I Food wasили, he was going up, I found him off.
42:37He's preparing for a House of War.
42:39I've been up and up until during his season.
42:41I was faktiskt.
42:42One of them had a fact that he was trying,
42:44That he's having a place.
42:45I
43:13tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.
43:21Then there was the newlywed.
43:23Zujo John of Teaneck, New Jersey, started his new position in April 2001 with high expectations.
43:31He had an excellent sales job with a firm in the World Trade Center.
43:35I work at the World Trade Center on the 81st floor of World Trade One.
43:41I just barely got on my seat when this loud explosion goes up.
43:49One part of our office caught in flames and there were small flames all through.
43:53There were shrieks and then the manager asked us to come down and said we should all head to the stairway.
43:58We thought that the worst was over and everyone was saying stay calm and so from every floor people were rushing into the stairway.
44:08And I began the descent with a very heavy heart. Very heavy because my wife works in World Trade too.
44:16Zujo made frantic cell phone calls to his wife without success.
44:20About the 40th floor, that's when I saw all these firemen and cops coming up.
44:24There were hundreds of them climbing up and we all said God be with you. Our prayers are with you.
44:28At some point during Zujo's 40 minute descent from the 81st floor, another explosion rocked the building.
44:36Zujo had no idea a second plane had just flown into World Trade Center number two.
44:43Because Mary's subway train arrived just moments after the second jet had crashed into the World Trade Center number two, she was never allowed to enter the building.
44:53She spent all of that morning calling out to God to protect her husband, Zujo.
44:59When Zujo and thousands of others finally reached the lowest level of tower one, rescue workers directed them across the mall that connects the two buildings and pointed them to the exit at World Trade Center number two.
45:12I had a few people in front of me and around me and there were thousands behind me or hundreds, I'm not sure.
45:18That's when the whole World Trade two collapses. I'm sure the Holy Spirit led me to the wall of World Trade two, the wall on the lower level.
45:28And we were huddled, men and women, I think 12, 13 of us, we were huddled together, we fell on the ground, we were huddled in the pool.
45:34I had no faint of hope that I was going to live. So I knew that if I was going to die, I'm going to heaven.
45:41But like, I wanted the others to make you to heaven. So I said, only Jesus can save. Start saying Jesus.
45:47Start, you know, start taking the name of Jesus. All of them, I told them, each one of them, start taking the name of Jesus.
45:53Start taking the name of Jesus. It's only the name of Jesus that can save us.
45:56And by saving us, I didn't mean, you know, we're going to get out of that situation and then eternity, heaven or hell.
46:03We just faced everyone there. And I could hear them cry Jesus behind me, you know, repeating those, repeating the name of Jesus.
46:10You know, I could hear that for at least three, four minutes.
46:13Surrounded in darkness, he thought he had been buried alive as he pulled himself up out of two feet of gritty dust.
46:19Choking on the ash and flying debris, Sujo was walking blind.
46:35It's not your time yet. It's not your time yet. Don't give up.
46:38Don't give up.
46:40Let me save, let me save, let me save, love with you.
46:44So I picked him up and said, I said, you need, do you know Jesus? Do you know Jesus?
46:54He said, yes, Jesus, Jesus. I said, it's not saying Jesus.
46:56A flashing red light from a crushed ambulance directed the two men to safety.
47:01They walked out of the debris field together, saying the name of Jesus through the darkness.
47:07They found one other man alive as they stumbled out of that cloud of death.
47:17Here's your phone.
47:18Sir, this phone isn't working.
47:19My wife, she's on the 71st floor. It's not possible she's going to make it.
47:23Well, let's try your phone.
47:27I think I've got something here.
47:30Oh, my God. Is that you, honey?
47:33I've been trying you all day.
47:35I've called so many times I couldn't get through.
47:39I'm so glad that you're alive.
47:42You know, I tried to go in to search for you.
47:45But this kind woman pulled me out and said I needed to think about the baby.
47:50Hours later, his cell phone rang and he ran as fast as he could to the New Jersey Ferry.
47:58I saw my wife.
48:00I saw my wife next to Jacob Javitson standing there just waiting for me.
48:04And we couldn't believe it.
48:07Because both of us had given hope that we would ever see each other.
48:11I had absolutely no hope that I would be alive in the first place.
48:14The second place that I would ever see my wife.
48:16Same with her.
48:18And then we see each other.
48:19We hug each other as if, like, this is not real.
48:21I want to be on for you.
48:24This story is not just about those who died, but also about those whose lives will be changed forever.
48:30It's given me a wonderful opportunity to share my faith and the faith that Tom had.
48:37And I think if anything positive and wonderful can come from a tragic and horrid situation,
48:47then it is the fact that we can, in the midst of a tragedy, find God and the strength that he can give us.
48:56And know that if we trust in him, then we'll be just fine.
49:04I know prayer is the answer to all things.
49:08When we think it isn't impossible for things to happen, prayer beats it all.
49:14If you know Jesus, that's all the name you need to take.
49:16That name is so powerful.
49:18It's more powerful, it's like I can't compare it to any other name.
49:21It's like if the enemy thought that the bomb was powerful, or that plane was powerful,
49:26oh my God, just this name, Jesus, that's more powerful than any scheme of the evil one.
49:31At this hour, Sujo and Mary are so grateful to the Lord for life, for their love,
49:38for the simple joy of having each other and a baby on the way.
49:43But in their joy is a deep sense of loss.
49:46I'm happy in a way that my wife and I are alive and, you know,
49:48and my families and our families are not going through what thousands upon thousands of families are going through in this country.
49:55But the only thing that keeps coming to mind day in, day out, like the last two days,
50:00has been like those innocent firemen, those policemen, all the volunteers,
50:05they had no reason to be in that building.
50:08They just came up through the doors of those buildings just to save people like us.
50:12And today, they are not in their homes. Their loved ones have no clue where they are.
50:18They are frantically running all over the hospitals in Manhattan,
50:22you know, trying to reach, trying to reach, you know, trying to see the face of their loved one.
50:27And some of them are never even going to get their bodies.
50:30That thought just breaks my heart.
50:32As we look over the landscape of lower Manhattan, we're torn between the incredible stories of God's deliverance
50:39and the tragic stories of unimaginable grief.
50:43The Word of God tells us to rejoice with those who are rejoicing and weep with those who are weeping.
50:49This is an hour when we will certainly do both.
50:52What is also certain but unseen is the rejoicing voices in heaven of those twelve people who huddled with Sujo John
51:03as the World Trade Center tower number two collapsed.
51:07Their names are unknown to us, but not to Jesus the Christ.
51:12With their last breath, they called upon His name.
51:17The only name under heaven that has the power over eternity.
51:22Over 90% of the Tabernacle Choir were miraculously absent from their offices in the World Trade Center on 9-11.
51:28The People of God
51:35The��uge of God
51:39The only name under heaven that has the power over distances in heaven out of the United States.
51:47If you believe you'll always have tomorrow, if you believe dreams can all come true, deep in your heart you know it's faith that you must show.
52:09If you believe there's nothing you can't do, and in this world of ours the hero will be you.
52:24All my life, all my life, I've always known, always.
52:39The man of things is watching over us, and it's faith that he wants you to show.
52:53If you believe you'll always have tomorrow, if you believe dreams can all come true, deep in your heart you can't do.
53:09If you believe there's nothing you can't do, and in this world of ours the hero will be you.
53:29The hero will be you.
53:41You're my glory and the lifter of my head.
54:01You're my glory, Lord, and the lifter of my head.
54:18For thou, O Lord, are shielded for me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
54:46You're my glory and the lifter of my head.
55:02You're my glory and the sevi anything you can't do with you.
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