[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 145 (Wednesday, September 11, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5421]
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                       Remembering September 11th

  Mr. JONES. Mr. President, before I get into the substance of what I 
want to talk about, I am going to take my own personal opportunity to 
remember those whom we lost 18 years ago today. Like everyone else, I 
remember the events. I was at home with my family and young children, 
not knowing what was going to happen and seeing things happen. I can 
remember taking one of my kids to daycare when the second tower 
collapsed and the radio announcer simply saying, ``They are both 
gone,'' and the emptiness we felt.
  We remember today, we honor today, and we honor not only those whom 
we lost but honor those responders who were there and who still suffer 
the pain from having to deal with all of that.