[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 145 (Wednesday, September 11, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1128]
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             IN REMEMBRANCE ON THE 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11

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                           HON. PETER T. KING

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 11, 2019

  Mr. KING of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise today in memory of all 
the lost lives and families of 9/11, on the 18th anniversary with a 
poetic tribute penned by Albert Carey Caswell. Sadly, we are living 
daily with the second wave on 9/11 with the loss of all those 
magnificent responders who stayed on to help recover our lost loved 
ones. Our prayers go out to them and their families on this day.

     And on this day . . .
     We gather and pray, forgetting not all those who've paid . . 
           .
     But, with their most precious lives on that day, and continue 
           to in every way . . .
     With the price so grave . . .
     And for all of their loved ones living and the lost,
     who now lie in such cold quiet graves the cost . . .
     And the ones whose precious bodies we could not bury nor save 
           . . .
     Oh how the tears come our way,
     wishing somehow to each heart remorse convey . . .
     Our thoughts and prayers go with them in their pain each day 
           . . .
     As we add new names to this list that which evil gave . . .
     With more and more Heroes going to their graves . . .
     All in the aftermath of 9/11 and in its second wave . . .
     Were all those heroes who dug in deep,
     to find our most precious loved ones while in the midst this 
           evil speaks . . .
     All so their loved ones could find solace,
     and bury their loved ones in the earth deep down beneath . . 
           .
     On this day to stop and pray to these hearts which speak . . 
           .
     And give thanks and remembrance for all and each . . .
     The families who can not be repaid . . .
     God Is Good and God Is Great, all in such magnificent heroes 
           he creates . . .
     For such selflessness there can be no greater gift then this 
           . . .
     Then, all of those Gotham Hearts who stood so courageously on 
           that day we miss . . .
     And laid down their lives illuminating our souls in the light 
           of hope's golden rays . . .
     With rays of hope and faith and courage and glory to our 
           children we must convey . . .
     And now all of the new battles which lie ahead,
     for all of those who stayed on the site who too now blood 
           must shed . . .
     Trying to give closure to the families,
     so their loved ones could be lowered into such solemn graves 
           . . .
     As its for them and all of their loved ones in this new 
           battle pray . . .
     And for all those innocents who died just because they went 
           to work that day . . .
     We Can Not and Will Never Forget . . .
     As like them too we must face each new day . . .
     With the determination and grit and courage as they . . .
     To live our lives but For The Greater Good each day . . .
     As we have built in their honor this magnificent shrine upon 
           hearts which stays . . .
     Which rises out of the ashes of hate in its light up towards 
           heaven in time . . .
     So very splendid and so very fine . . .
     That which now will so surely stand the test of time . . .
     So that from generation to generation all of our children 
           will find . . .
     The answer to winning the battle against evil in its darkest 
           of times . . .
     Goodness, Evil, Darkness, Light, those brave hearts who evil 
           must fight . . .
     Who bring their light, together enjoined as we battle on into 
           that dark night . . .
     And that The Darkness is no match for The Light . . .
     As we pray our souls be filled with such hope and such faith 
           as they so bright . . .
     Knowing full well that time does not heal all,
     only up in Heaven when out to us our love ones call . . .
     When, once again together again . . .
     Let us find peace, let us find rest, let us mend with our 
           Lord us to bless . . .
     And watch over all of the families in their battle in the 
           second wave 9/11's direst . . .
     And all of the families who lost loved ones and gave all in 
           death . . .
     As we thank and remember all of America's Best . . .
     ON THIS DAY . . .
     In memory of all those beautiful people who lost their lives 
           and their loved ones on 9/11, and still lose more
     today in
     the second wave of 9/11's tragedy. May God Bless them all and 
           hold them in palm of his hands . . .
     WE WILL NEVER FORGET!

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