[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 131 (Friday, September 11, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           COMMEMORATING THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN LOST ON 9/11

  (Mr. ROTHFUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the brave men 
and women lost on September 11.
  Last week, I visited a windswept meadow in Somerset County, 
Pennsylvania, just outside my district, which, until 14 years ago, had 
little meaning for this country.
  At 10 a.m. that day, the quiet of that field was shattered as 40 
Americans successfully thwarted an attack on the Nation's capital. 
They, like 2,700 other individuals that day, lost their lives as a 
result of acts of raw evil. Quiet has returned to that field, but, 
today, there exists at the site a memorial and a new visitor center 
that opened yesterday.
  I visited the site last week, and it amazed me how fresh the memories 
of that horrible day remain. The remembrances are unforgettable, from 
the timeline embedded within the walk that follows Flight 93's path--
8:46 a.m., 9:03 a.m., 9:37 a.m.--to the words of the passengers from 
phone calls that were made that day.
  Let's draw inspiration from the brave sacrifices made by so many 
Americans that day; and let's, today, renew the commitment we all felt 
in the days after September 11 to reinvigorate, heal, and strengthen 
our Nation.

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