[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 117 (Tuesday, September 11, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H5497]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING THE VICTIMS OF TERRORISM

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday is a day that will live long and 
painfully in all our hearts. We will remember that innocent people 
arriving at their offices were murdered. We will remember that Federal 
workers and members of our Armed Forces, all dedicated to lives the 
public service, were murdered. We will also remember that men, women 
and children boarding airplanes bound for the West Coast to visit 
friends and family or to meet colleagues were murdered.

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  We will remember the firemen, police officers and emergency workers 
who lost their lives saving others at the World Trade Center; and we 
will remember the thousands of people who lined up to give blood, who 
helped others escape from fire and debris, and who said a prayer, and 
who simply asked, how can I help?
  Yesterday, we saw the best humanity has to offer in the faces of 
America, and we saw the worst of humanity in the murders carried out by 
faceless, nameless terrorists. All Americans of all faiths and 
backgrounds mourn today the lives lost.
  We will repair and rebuild the broken buildings and neighborhoods and 
we will maintain the foundations of our liberty; and as Americans, we 
will never sacrifice our freedoms, our fundamental rights, to cowardly 
acts of terrorism.
  We will find those who perpetrated these evil acts, and they will pay 
the highest price for their actions.
  Today, our thoughts, our prayers, our strength and compassion go out 
today to all of those who have lost loved ones. We will never forget 
you.

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