VP Mike Pence paid homage to the "heroes of Flight 93" Monday during a ceremony in Shanksville, Pa., but his speech had an unusually personal note: He thinks the passengers who brought down the plane on Sept. 11, 2001, saved his life.
Pence recalled being a new member of Congress when news broke of the attack on the World Trade Center.
He went to Capitol Police headquarters, where the chief took a phone call and then informed everyone that a commandeered plane was headed for the Capitol and was just 12 minutes out. "So we waited," he said, per Business Insider. "It was the longest 12 minutes of my life. But it turned to 13 minutes. Then 14. Then we were informed that the plane had gone down in a field in Pennsylvania."
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