[Cooper:] An emotional day, ground zero here in New York, President Obama, 911 families and first responders were all on hand today for the dedication of the National 911 Memorial Museum. On display, more than 12,000 objects on that day. The museum opens to the public. We want to leave you with highlights from the ceremony.
[Barack Obama, President Of The United States Of America:] It is an honor for us to join in your remembrance, to recall and to reflect. But above all to reaffirm the true spirit of 911. Love, compassion, sacrifice, and to enshrine it forever in the heart of our nation.
[Unidentified Male:] Walking through this museum can be difficult at times, but it is impossible to leave without feeling inspired. Each story here beats with a human heart, which if we allow it, touches our own.
[Unidentified Female:] I dedicate this song to my late husband, Calvin Joseph Gooding.
[Rudy Giuliani, Former New York Mayor:] We will never understand why one person escaped and another didn't. How random it all seems and how powerless makes us all feel. But what this museum does is allow us to see that we absolutely can affect each other's lives by what we do at a time of crisis.
[Unidentified Male:] If through our rescue many of us join the rescue and recovery teams at ground zero to do for others what had been done for us we had to. We had come together at ground zero to help each other out. There was a real sense of caring for one another. This is something we should never forget and never stop doing.
[President Obama:] Like the great wall and bed rock that embrace us today, nothing can ever break us. Nothing can change who we are as Americans.
[Cooper:] Amazing grace, and a remarkable place to visit. Stay with CNN throughout the night for continuing coverage of the Southern California wildfires. I'll see you again at 11:00 p.m. Eastern, another edition of 360. "CNN TONIGHT" starts now.