[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16567]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11

  (Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, today as a Nation we are reunited by 
a sense of common grief. One year ago today, America witnessed the 
unspeakable when our Nation was attacked and more than 3,000 innocent 
lives were cruelly taken from us at the World Trade Center, the 
Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania. From my home State of New Jersey, we 
lost over 700 people, and God bless their families. It was also a day 
when horror was met by heroism and the worst of humanity was 
overshadowed by the best of America. In reflections on this day, we 
remember the bravery of those who responded on September 11, our 
police, firefighters, our first aid squads, people who never gave up 
hope and rallied our Nation. They who responded came from all over 
America and across the Hudson from New Jersey.
  We are grateful as well today for the service of our young men and 
women in uniform who, fighting in our war against terrorism, are 
resolved to bring justice to those who attacked us. They are fighting 
to right this terrible wrong in honor of the memory of those who 
perished and to protect our children and grandchildren, ensuring that 
they inherit a Nation free from further terror.

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