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September 11 , 2001 is a day that

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changed the lives of Americans changed

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the World Forever .

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Some will only read about it in history

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books . For those of us who lived in

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that day will never be far from our

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minds . We were attacked and stricken ,

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but the strength of our nation was put

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on display by the response of americans

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worldwide . We will not succumb to

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terror . Today's ceremony serves to

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honor the memory of the 2977 civilians .

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Service members , firefighters , police

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officers and emergency medical

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technicians who perished in Shanksville ,

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Pennsylvania New York City and the

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Pentagon . Hello .

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Some have called 9 11 the Pearl Harbor

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of Our Generation . It is a day that

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changed everything for our country and

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this anniversary is surely personal to

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each one of us here today . No american

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citizen can never forget where we were

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or what we were doing . When we learned

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that the planes hit the world Trade

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Center . No first responder can forget

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the sights of their brothers and

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sisters running into those blazing

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buildings while everyone else rushed

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out . No one who wears this nation's

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uniform can forget the sickening moment

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when we fully realize the scale of the

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conflict that was to come And no gold

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star family , two of them with our ,

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with us here today , can forget how

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September 11 , 2001 set our

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nation and their loved ones on a path

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that would end in the most profound

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selfless and heartbreaking acts of

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selfless service and sacrifice