‘The Brutal Sound Of Silence': Former Gov. Tom Ridge Recalls 9/11 And The Heartbreak Of No Survivors On Flight 93

By Jon Delano, CBS Pittsburgh

September 10, 2021

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, who is America’s first Homeland Security secretary, said he will never forget 9/11.

The 76-year-old Munhall native, who is recovering from a stroke, on Thursday issued a video, recalling Sept. 11, 2001.

Ridge was Pennsylvania’s governor at the time, and shortly after the attack, he helicoptered to Shanksville, the area near the site of Flight 93’s heroic act.

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