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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.