[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 133 (Friday, September 9, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1579]
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                       9/11, WE WILL NEVER FORGET

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                         HON. TIMOTHY H. BISHOP

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 9, 2011

  Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speaker, every American old enough to 
remember September 11th, 2001 will never forget where they were when 
the Twin Towers fell. Ten years have passed since the most devastating 
attack America has ever sustained, yet the events of that terrible day 
defy the very nature of time and history. As a nation, they will always 
be with us.
  They will be with us in the stories of the Twin Towers, where 
firefighters and office workers alike knowingly gave their own lives so 
others might live. Of the passengers on Flight 93 who faced certain 
death with steely courage and foiled the attack on the Capitol. Of the 
first responders who jeopardized their own physical and mental health 
to rescue those who could be rescued, and recover the final remains of 
those who could not. Of the brave men and women who volunteered to 
serve our nation in its hour of need, and the families that have 
sacrificed along with them.
  These stories must be the legacy of September 11th, told in stone and 
steel in memorials across this great Nation and in so many Long Island 
communities. I will be honored to attend remembrances in our area in 
the coming days where Americans of all ages, and all religious and 
ethnic heritages, join together to commemorate what drew us together in 
the aftermath of September 11th and what binds us still.
  Mr. Speaker, may the passage of time continue to heal the wounds of 
that painful day, but may we remember that our nation's darkest hour 
also stands among our finest.
  9/11, We Will Never Forget.

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