[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 17, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1321]
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                      REMEMBERING THE 9/11 ATTACKS

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                             HON. RUSH HOLT

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 17, 2013

  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, it has been twelve years since that terrible 
day when nearly 3000 of our fellow citizens perished in an unprovoked 
series of attacks on our nation. And while the key perpetrators of that 
horror are now themselves either dead or in our custody, the pain and 
the heroism of Americans on that day are something we must never 
forget.
  I remember Todd Beamer of Cranbury, New Jersey, who, along with the 
other passengers on Flight 93, made the ultimate sacrifice to save more 
people in Washington, DC from almost certain death. I also remember 
``the Jersey Girls''--Kristen Breitweiser, Patty Casazza, Lone Van 
Auken, and Mindy Kleinberg--who, along with other family members, 
battled President Bush to force the creation of the 9/11 Commission. 
These men and women of 9/11--those who perished and those who preserve 
their memory--remind us of the strength and resilience of the American 
spirit.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope the spirit of unity and common purpose that we 
experienced in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy can be rekindled in our 
nation and used to confront the many serious problems facing America. 
May we each play our part in reviving that spirit, even as we honor the 
memory of those who showed on that fateful September morning twelve 
years ago.

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