[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17674]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       TRIBUTE TO DAVID FREEMYER

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                          HON. JAMES V. HANSEN

                                of utah

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 21, 2001

  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to share with the House 
and America, a statement by my friend David Freemyer. David is 9 years 
old and sent me the following speech about the tragedies of September 
11, 2001.
  ``As we all know on September 11, 2001 terrorists hijacked four of 
our airplanes and crashed two of them into the World Trade Center and 
one into the Pentagon and one crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. This 
event has brought sadness to everyone and death to thousands of people. 
I ask myself why would anyone want to do such a thing. We have done no 
harm to any other country.
  Not only have we done no harm, but we have helped all the countries 
that need our help and will still help any country that needs our help. 
We donate food and water and anything a country needs. And yet very few 
times has a country helped us. I'm not saying that all the other 
countries are bad. I'm just saying that just because we have a very 
strong military and that our country is very powerful that doesn't mean 
that we can do everything on our own. I have great respect for all the 
people from other countries that took time to go to church and pray for 
our country.
  God Bless America!
  David A. Freemyer''
  I hope all Americans can somehow show their patriotism like my friend 
David.

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