WEBVTT 00:04.640 --> 00:06.640 ladies and gentlemen welcome to the 00:06.640 --> 00:08.751 defense media activity remembrance of 00:08.751 --> 00:10.918 the september 11th 2001 attack 00:10.918 --> 00:13.080 on our nation please stand for our 00:13.080 --> 00:15.024 national anthem and the invocation 00:15.024 --> 00:16.691 delivered by Chaplin taylor . 00:26.040 --> 00:27.040 music 00:33.040 --> 00:36.940 music 00:37.640 --> 00:38.640 music 00:42.740 --> 00:43.740 music 00:49.440 --> 00:50.440 music 01:02.040 --> 01:03.050 music 01:11.040 --> 01:15.040 music 01:17.440 --> 01:18.440 music 01:21.940 --> 01:22.940 music 01:26.540 --> 01:27.540 music 01:30.440 --> 01:33.650 music 01:38.740 --> 01:42.730 Let us pray together dear 01:42.730 --> 01:46.730 God this week throughout our nation we 01:46.730 --> 01:49.008 remember and honor the service members , 01:49.010 --> 01:51.720 civilians and first responders whose 01:51.720 --> 01:53.910 lives were taken as a result of an 01:53.910 --> 01:56.910 attack on our homeland . As we pause 01:56.910 --> 01:59.470 today , comfort the family members , 01:59.730 --> 02:02.360 the survivors and comfort our nation 02:03.240 --> 02:06.210 Lord the terrorists did not and will 02:06.210 --> 02:09.670 not defeat us . Their harm shook us and 02:09.670 --> 02:12.340 lead us to cleave to our democracy and 02:12.340 --> 02:15.300 to one another to cherish our freedoms 02:15.440 --> 02:18.180 and not take them for granted what was 02:18.180 --> 02:20.520 intended for evil . You helped bring 02:20.520 --> 02:23.930 out the good in us May we be reminded 02:23.930 --> 02:26.370 again during these days of remembrance 02:26.370 --> 02:29.100 and morning to uphold our pledge to be 02:29.100 --> 02:32.300 one nation under you God indivisible 02:32.560 --> 02:34.560 with liberty and justice for all 02:35.140 --> 02:37.680 strengthen us to be at the ready to 02:37.680 --> 02:40.250 defend our constitution against all 02:40.250 --> 02:44.230 enemies foreign and domestic . Lord 02:44.240 --> 02:47.810 guide us and sustain us now and 02:47.820 --> 02:49.450 always . Amen . 02:56.840 --> 02:59.007 Thank you for joining us in the solemn 02:59.007 --> 03:01.229 moment of remembrance when 20 years ago 03:01.229 --> 03:02.951 on september 11th 2001 03:02.951 --> 03:04.951 terrorists hijacked four commercial 03:04.951 --> 03:07.490 aircraft two were flown into the twin 03:07.490 --> 03:09.660 towers in new york city the third into 03:09.660 --> 03:11.827 the pentagon and the fourth presumably 03:11.827 --> 03:13.604 headed for our nation's capitol 03:13.604 --> 03:15.827 building but whose passengers forced it 03:15.827 --> 03:17.993 to crash in shanksville pennsylvania . 03:18.340 --> 03:20.396 It took extraordinary courage to get 03:20.396 --> 03:22.340 through that day and the days that 03:22.340 --> 03:24.340 followed , Remembering September 11 03:24.340 --> 03:26.560 attacks isn't easy . Some remember 03:26.560 --> 03:28.560 colleagues injured or killed in the 03:28.560 --> 03:30.727 pentagon attack or families or friends 03:30.727 --> 03:33.690 lost in new york or pennsylvania . Some 03:33.690 --> 03:36.090 embrace gatherings , informal or formal 03:36.090 --> 03:38.870 like ours . Still others carry on in 03:38.870 --> 03:40.770 their own way . one thing is for 03:40.770 --> 03:44.460 certain , we will never forget the 03:44.460 --> 03:46.682 laying of a wreath shows formal respect 03:46.682 --> 03:48.793 to sacrifices of those who lost their 03:48.793 --> 03:51.300 lives that tragic day . Staff Sergeant 03:51.300 --> 03:53.300 Bissonette and petty Officer second 03:53.300 --> 03:55.467 class Garan are presenting a wreath of 03:55.467 --> 03:56.467 remembrance . 04:16.240 --> 04:18.462 Ladies and gentlemen , Mr Hal Pittman , 04:18.462 --> 04:20.740 director of the defense media activity , 04:26.240 --> 04:29.240 teammates september 11th marks the 20th 04:29.240 --> 04:31.240 anniversary of the deadliest terror 04:31.240 --> 04:32.907 attack in America's history , 04:32.907 --> 04:34.907 tragically culminating at the World 04:34.907 --> 04:37.073 Trade Center . The pentagon and in a field 04:37.073 --> 04:39.080 near shanksville pennsylvania every 04:39.080 --> 04:41.191 american vividly remembers where they 04:41.191 --> 04:43.413 were when they first heard the news and 04:43.413 --> 04:45.247 saw the crushing images, a hijacked 04:45.247 --> 04:47.080 aircraft full of innocent people 04:47.080 --> 04:49.191 purposefully being flown in the World 04:49.191 --> 04:51.413 Trade Center . Smoke billowing from the 04:51.413 --> 04:53.358 twin towers and the pentagon first 04:53.358 --> 04:55.413 responders and volunteers covered in 04:55.413 --> 04:57.636 soot and ash . The chaos as those first 04:57.636 --> 04:59.802 responders tried to rescue the trapped 04:59.802 --> 05:02.024 and injured and most vividly the towers 05:02.024 --> 05:04.080 as they came crashing down . We will 05:04.080 --> 05:06.570 never forget . Nearly 3000 lives were 05:06.570 --> 05:08.737 lost that day and our hearts go out to 05:08.737 --> 05:10.737 the fallen and loved ones they left 05:10.737 --> 05:13.430 behind Today at DMA . We stand 05:13.430 --> 05:15.486 together to reflect on the events of 05:15.486 --> 05:18.770 September 11 , 2001 we remember and 05:18.780 --> 05:20.558 honor the lives lost that day . 05:20.558 --> 05:22.391 Ordinary americans who were just 05:22.391 --> 05:24.558 working to earn a living and the first 05:24.558 --> 05:26.780 responders who tried to save them after 05:26.780 --> 05:28.613 they were attacked . Immediately 05:28.613 --> 05:30.391 following 9 11 , we witnessed a 05:30.391 --> 05:32.280 tremendous outpouring of American 05:32.280 --> 05:34.960 courage , compassion and sacrifice amid 05:34.960 --> 05:36.930 the grief , the darkness and the 05:36.930 --> 05:39.290 disarray . The stars and stripes became 05:39.290 --> 05:41.410 an icon of resilience on homes and 05:41.410 --> 05:43.330 businesses across our nation . As 05:43.330 --> 05:45.410 americans united and tragedy and 05:45.410 --> 05:47.890 collective strength , the attacks on 05:47.890 --> 05:50.057 America led to the launch of operation 05:50.057 --> 05:52.112 enduring freedom . Less than a month 05:52.112 --> 05:54.630 later in Afghanistan . Many of us have 05:54.630 --> 05:56.741 served in Afghanistan and like all of 05:56.741 --> 05:58.908 you , I watched the events of the past 05:58.908 --> 06:01.019 month unfold with raw emotion . It is 06:01.019 --> 06:04.100 important to say to all of you our 06:04.110 --> 06:07.840 service mattered Over the past 20 years . 06:07.840 --> 06:10.062 The American men and women who wore the 06:10.062 --> 06:12.173 cloth of our country never faltered . 06:12.173 --> 06:14.173 They never failed . They stood tall 06:14.173 --> 06:16.340 sometimes in the face of adversity and 06:16.340 --> 06:18.451 they did everything asked of them and 06:18.451 --> 06:20.340 more in the fight against violent 06:20.340 --> 06:22.229 extremism when our great nation , 06:22.229 --> 06:24.820 called they answered and as Secretary 06:24.820 --> 06:26.542 of Defense Austin set upon the 06:26.542 --> 06:28.800 departure of the last U . S . Forces 06:28.800 --> 06:31.950 from Afghanistan . The war has ended , 06:32.260 --> 06:35.810 but our gratitude never will . So as we 06:35.810 --> 06:38.530 pause to remember those we lost on 9 11 . 06:38.540 --> 06:40.596 Let us resolve to honor and remember 06:40.596 --> 06:42.596 not only those who perished on that 06:42.596 --> 06:44.830 tragic day , 20 years ago , but also 06:44.840 --> 06:47.380 all those we have lost since 9 11 . 06:47.390 --> 06:49.640 Brothers and sisters , fathers and 06:49.640 --> 06:51.370 mothers , sons and daughters , 06:51.380 --> 06:53.940 neighbors , and friends who gave up all 06:53.940 --> 06:56.440 of their tomorrows to create a better 06:56.450 --> 06:59.810 and safer world . Please join me in a 06:59.810 --> 07:00.960 moment of silence , 07:31.640 --> 07:33.751 Ladies and gentlemen , this concludes 07:33.751 --> 07:35.560 the ceremony . Thank you for joining us .