This is our American Stories, remembering September 11, 2001.

And this segment is a tribute to soldiers who have fallen.

And this is a tribute from Tony Dolan.

And if you don't know Tony Dolan, he was one of the youngest pool of surprise winners in American history

for his investigation of official corruption and organized crime in Connecticut in Hartford.

He's a legend there to this day. Death threats against him, put a whole lot of guys in prison.

He was the chief speechwriter for Ronald Reagan for eight years,

responsible of some of the greatest rhetoric of the 20th century,

most notably the evil empire speech and the ash heap of history speech.

Tony's tribute originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal

and is titled, They Will Be Remembered for All Those Who Served, and he graciously recorded

it for us.

Let's take a listen.

I heard the thump, as I was saying over the phone to John Gibson at the National Security Council,

that it couldn't be an accident. Since now, a second plane had hit the World Trade Center.

Putting down the phone, I walked over to the window and looked out on Route 110, which runs in front of the Pentagon.

Construction workers, their faces reflecting fear, even terror,

were running across this major highway like it was a country road.

They had seen the smoke pouring out from around the corner

where Flight 77 had hit the building.

John, I'll have to call you back, I said, when I got back to the phone.

I think we just got hit.

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