[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13580]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Tennessee (Mrs. Black) for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. BLACK. Mr. Speaker, 11 years ago today, our way of life, our 
freedom, and our fellow citizens came under attack in a series of 
ruthless and deliberate attacks. Today, we pause to remember and honor 
some 3,000 people--moms and dads, friends and neighbors--who lost their 
lives on that fateful day.

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  We honor the first responders who chose to run into the burning World 
Trade towers, putting their own lives at risk to save others, and we 
honor the lives of the heroes who fought the terrorists on board Flight 
97 and successfully prevented the plane from hitting the White House or 
the U.S. Capitol.
  None of us will ever forget that day. None of us will ever forget 
where we were the moment that we heard that a plane had hit the first 
World Trade tower, and none of us will ever forget seeing the second 
hit. America was shaken but not broken. In those dark hours ahead, 
Americans came together and responded with one voice.
  Today we remember and reflect upon a day that brought us all together 
as Americans, a day that was our generation's Pearl Harbor, a day that 
made all of us stop and ask ourselves what's important in our own 
lives. While many of our Nation's leaders do not agree on how best to 
run our country, we are all in agreement with pausing to honor and 
remember those who gave their lives in this senseless attack.
  Where there is freedom, there is strength. Terrorism will never 
triumph. September 11, 2001, reminded all of us of that, and this is a 
day that we will never forget.

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