Jill Biden shares memories of 9/11 as wife, sister, more

When Jill Biden realised that terrorists had attacked America on September 11 2001 her husband Joe wasnt the only loved one whose safety she worried aboutBiden recalled being scared to death that her sister Bonny Jacobs a United Airlines flight attendant was on one of the four hijacked airplanes that were flown into New Yorks World Trade Center the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field killing nearly 3000 peopleAfter learning that her sister was safe at her Pennsylvania home I went straight to Bonnys house Biden told The Associated Press on Saturday as she and her sister remembered that dayOn Sunday Jill Biden now the first lady will mark the 21st anniversary of the 911 attacks by delivering remarks at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville Pennsylvania accompanied by JacobsThe 40 passengers and crew aboard that United Airlines flight fought back against their hijackers thwarting a feared attack on the US Capitol in WashingtonI called Bonny to see where she was because I was scared to death I didnt know where she was whether she was flying not flying where she was Jill Biden recalled And then I found out she was homeBiden had gone to teach her class at Delaware Technical Community College then went straight to her sisters house after school was dismissedJoe Biden then a US senator was on an Amtrak train barreling toward Washington when his wife got through to himThey were on the phone when she cried out Oh my God oh my God oh my God after an airplane hit the second World Trade Center towerJacobs said she had gotten home around 2 am on September 11 after a late flight She slept a little got up to help get her kids then 11 and 7 off to school turned off her phone and went back to bedAlso Read US marks 21st anniversary of 911 terror attacksSo when I got up around noon it was such a gorgeous day she said I had my coffee I sat outside I literally said out loud Im doing nothing today this day is gorgeousShe saw the phone beeping when she went inside Jill had left a message asking if shed been watching television She turned it on and saw replays of the attack on the World Trade CenterI started to shake Jacobs said adding that she went upstairs to get dressed and put my clothes on inside out and spent the rest of the day watching TVAnd then the first person that came to the house was Jill she said I hadnt called her to come but she just showed up and she was there for me as usualJacobs said she usually flies on the September 11 anniversary to pay tribute to her fallen United Airlines colleagues and as a way of distracting herself because its so upsetting But she wanted to be with the first lady in Shanksville to offer the same kind of support her big sister has given herIts such a special moment to be together with her Jacobs saidiquestShe was there for me at the time that it happened and she actually is always there for me She is my rock Everybody should have a rock in their life and she is mineAnd its such as special thing to share it with her as a flight attendant and that shes there you know supporting us Jacobs saidIn addition to laying a wreath at the memorial and delivering remarks the first lady was joining members of the Association of Flight AttendantsCWA to honor the Flight 93 crew membersIn her prepared remarks for Sunday Jill Biden says that after the shock of 911 settled into sorrow and she had spoken with her husband and children her thoughts turned to her sister who continues to work as a flight attendant with United AirlinesIts a job that she has loved for many years and I knew that the weight of this tragedy would be heavier for her the first lady saysWhen I got to her house I realized that I was right She hadnt just lost colleagues She had lost friendsShe adds But I know that as we learned more about that dark day she felt pride for what happened here as well pride that it was fellow flight attendants and the passengers of United Flight 93 who fought back who helped stop the plane from taking an untold number of lives in our nations capitalJoe Biden now president was to commemorate the day at the Pentagon Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were to be at the New York remembranceOn 911 thenSen Biden arrived in Washington to see smoke in the sky from the crash at the Pentagon He wanted to go to the floor of the Senate but the Capitol and the surrounding complex of offices and official buildings including the Supreme Court had been evacuatedHe was turned away by Capitol police who said there was a risk that the building was a targetJill Biden said scores of lives were saved including possibly her husbands by the actions of everyone aboard United Airlines Flight 93That plane was headed for the US Capitol and so I think its important that every year we go to Shanksville and we remember those who fought the flight attendants the captains the pilots all of those who fought to save those lives the first lady said in the interviewShe said her message Sunday would be We will never forget We will never forgetThere were so many things swirling that day because I was worried about Joes safety but I just could not imagine that my sister was on one of those flights the first lady saidI dont know what word I want to use I was so worried and I dont even think thats strong enough she addedJacobs interjected to say 911 was surrealJill Biden added The whole thing was so surreal but I was just you know just really praying that she was not on one of those flightsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever