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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

It's been said that history pivots on tiny hinges.

The shots fired at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861,

the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand on June 28, 1914,

Pearl Harbor, 9-11.

At this time 18 years ago, no one but the terrorists knew that September 11, 2001, would change history.

We owe it to the victims and their loved ones to remember what happened on this horrific day.

At the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, 2,753 people were killed when hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175

were flown into the North and South towers. The victims ranged in age from 2 to 85 years.

At the Pentagon, 184 people were killed when hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building.

Near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 40 passengers and crew aboard United Airlines Flight 93 died when the airplane crashed into a field.

As of July 2019, only 60% of the WTC victims' remains have been positively identified, and the deaths continue.

23 New York Police Department first responders were killed in the attack on the World Trade Center,

but 241 members of the NYPD so far have died of 9-11 related illnesses, while 343 members of the fire department of New York

died in the attack. 202 FDNY members so far have died of illnesses related to their service

on September 11 or in the immediate aftermath. On the morning of September 11, 2001, Christina Stanton could see smoke billowing from the

World Trade Center after the first plane hit.

The second plane then flew within 500 feet of her 24th floor balcony.

The roar of the airplane's engines knocked her down, rendering her temporarily deaf.

She and her husband Brian fled their building. As the towers fell and debris covered everything,

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