[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 125 (Thursday, September 11, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H8200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS OF SEPTEMBER 11

  (Mr. McNULTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McNULTY. Mr. Speaker, I join with the citizens of the United 
States of America and the citizens of the free world in remembering the 
victims of September 11, 2001.
  I also remember their families. I think of my friends, John and Judy 
Reo of New York, who lost their son John Reo, and their son-in-law, 
John Swain, on that day.
  I also remember with deepest gratitude all of the emergency 
personnel, the police officers, the firefighters, and the others who, 
when the masses were running away from the tower buildings, ran toward 
the buildings, into the buildings, up the stairs, many to their deaths. 
Why did they do that? Because that is their job, and they did it very 
well on that day. Because the vast majority of the people in those 
tower buildings below the point of impact of those planes survived, and 
they survived because of the heroic efforts of those police officers, 
firefighters, and the others who ran to their aid. So we should 
remember their contributions on a daily basis, because they are on 
guard for us 365 days a year to protect our lives all over this 
country.
  And, finally, I join with all of you, with deepest gratitude, to the 
leaders of this Nation for bringing us together. And we should remember 
to remain united as a Nation, because if we remain united as a Nation, 
the forces of evil shall never prevail.

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