[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 122 (Wednesday, September 19, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S9491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      ACTS OF BRAVERY AND KINDNESS FOLLOWING THE TERRORIST ATTACK

  Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, during the course of the past week, we 
have witnessed extraordinary acts of bravery: aboard the aircraft that 
were hijacked, at the World Trade Center Towers, and at the Pentagon.
  In addition, we have witnessed extraordinary acts of kindness by 
people from all walks of life in this Nation who have reached into 
their own pockets and hearts and sought to comfort those who have lost 
loved ones, who sought to donate something of their own, including 
their blood and money, to assist those who have suffered egregious 
losses.
  Earlier this afternoon, I visited the Dover Air Force Base in the 
State of Delaware and spent time at the mortuary where the bodies of 
scores of victims of the crash and tragedy at the Pentagon are being 
taken. There I had the opportunity to thank men and women--active duty 
reservists, members of the National Guard, and civilians--who have come 
from all across the country in order to try to identify the remains of 
those who lost their lives in the crash at the Pentagon, in order to 
try to be able to provide to families who lost loved ones a sense of 
closure, to be able to take the remains of their husband, wife, son, or 
daughter and to be able to give them a proper funeral, to lay them to 
rest at their final resting place with dignity.
  The job is as difficult and challenging as perhaps any job that has 
been undertaken in the wake of these tragedies. I want to express on 
behalf of not just the people of Delaware and those of us in my State 
who are affected, but people throughout the country who are touched and 
have lost a relative, a loved one, who will have that sense of closure 
because of the efforts going on today, yesterday, last week, and the 
days to follow at the Dover Air Force Base.
  We are fortunate in this country to have so many heroes and heroines. 
As I speak some of them are working in the central part of the second 
smallest State in America.
  I yield the floor and I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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