[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 11, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H5484-H5485]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS OF SEPTEMBER 11

  (Mr. FARENTHOLD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, I come here today about an hour and 20 
minutes after we stood on the Capitol steps remembering the victims of 
the heinous attacks on September 11.

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  Everybody remembers, if they're of age, where they were at that time. 
I was sitting in my office at One Shoreline Plaza in Corpus Christi. 
When that second plane hit the Twin Towers, I got a feeling in the pit 
of my stomach that I remember from when I was told my father died when 
I was a child. It was a devastating moment.
  But we cannot let our fear guide us. We've got to be strong, we've 
got to be vigilant, and we cannot let the terrorists win.
  Let's take a moment right now until I'm gaveled out of time to 
remember and pray for those victims and their families and go forward 
with our life and reflect how we can do what we need to do so the 
terrorists don't win.

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