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TODAY WE HONOR THE LIVES TAKEN TOO SOON.
WE REMEMBER THE MOTHERS, FATHERS, SONS, DAUGHTERS, AND NEIGHBORS WHO NEVER CAME HOME.
THE EVENTS ON THAT TUESDAY MORNING 24 YEARS
AGO BEGAN WITH A HIJACKING OF FOUR COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT BY ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO CARRIED OUT
A SERIES OF TERRORIST ATTACKS THAT RESULTED IN A DRAMATIC LOSS OF LIFE ON AMERICAN
SOIL. WE COME BEFORE YOU ON THIS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AS WE REMEMBER THAT 24 YEARS AGO IN A
DESPERATE ACT OF EVIL, OUR COUNTRY WAS ATTACKED. ALMOST 3,000 PEOPLE FROM 93 NATIONS LOST THEIR
LIVES IN THE TRADE CENTER TOWERS IN NEW YORK, IN VIRGINIA AT THE PENTAGON, AND ON FLIGHT 93
IN HER FINAL RESTING PLACE IN PENNSYLVANIA. COUNTLESS STORIES OF HEROISM AND SELFLESSNESS
CAME OUT OF THE EVENTS THAT UNFOLDED THAT DAY. WE GATHER HERE ON PATRIOT DAY TO
HONOR THOSE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK, THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND
THE NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY PORT AUTHORITIES WHO BRAVELY ANSWERED THE CALL THAT MORNING AND MADE
THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. WE MOURN THE LIVES OF ALL THOSE AGES 2 TO 85 LOST IN THE BUILDINGS,
AIRCRAFT, AND ON THE GROUND WHO WERE JUST BUSY WITH WHAT THEY ASSUMED WAS ANOTHER EARLY FALL
DAY. LIFE IS PRECIOUS, AND IT IS MY SINCERE HOPE THAT WE NEVER FORGET. FRISCO DISPATCH
TO SOUTH TOWER EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL. FRISCO DISPATCH RECEIVES NO RESPONSE. ALL UNITS
ARE 1042. END OF WATCH, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.