[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 12195-12196]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              11 SEPTEMBER 2001--AMERICA REMAINS FEARLESS

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 9, 2016

  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, September 9/11. I was driving my Jeep 
to the courthouse where I was a judge. On radio station KILT, Willie 
Nelson was singing ``Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.'' Suddenly, local 
radio newscaster Robert B. McEntire interrupted.
  An airplane had crashed into the north tower of the World Trade 
Center. Minutes later a second airplane crashed into the south tower of 
the World Trade Center in New York City. After I got to the courthouse 
we learned the Pentagon was hit.
  A fourth flight was headed towards D.C. But good folks on the flight 
took down the airplane. They gave their lives so that others could 
live. Our Nation was under attack.

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  The cold blooded, calculated massacre was done by 19 radical Islamic 
jihadists who murdered in the name of religion. America stood hand in 
hand that day. United.
  First Responders rushed to the scene, pulling people from the rubble. 
They were peace officers, firefighters, paramedics and everyday folks. 
Many of them died that day. Today we remember them all. The ones who 
were murdered, and the ones who gave their lives rescuing the victims. 
Mr. Speaker, America survived that day. And America remains fearless on 
every front.
  And that is just the way it is.

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