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>> GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.

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BEFORE WE BEGIN, PLEASE TAKE A
MOMENT TO TURN OFF YOUR CELL

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PHONES TO SILENT.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW

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ME.
I'M LIEUTENANT JAMES DUMONT, A

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MEMBER OF THE FIRE RESCUE AND
COMMANDER OF THE HONOR GUARD

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HERE AT THE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE GATHERED HERE TO

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MEMORIALIZE A DEFINING MOMENT IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.

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EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAS
VIVID MEMORIES OF TUESDAY,

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SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001.
LOOKING BACK ON THAT DAY EVOKES

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A VARIETY OF EMOTIONS WITHIN ALL
OF US.

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OUR OWN FEELINGS AND MEMORIES
ARE PERSONAL, BUT WE ARE UNIFIED

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BY A SHARED SENSE OF HONOR AND
RESPECT AND REMEMBRANCE.

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IT IS MY HONOR TO WELCOME ALL OF
YOU TO OUR STATION TODAY AS WE

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REFLECT ON THE MEANING OF THIS
DAY AND HONOR THOSE WE LOST AND

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DEDICATE THIS MEMORIAL FOR
GENERATIONS AFTER US WILL NEVER

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FORGET.
PLEASE STAND IN SILENCE FOR THE

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POSTING OF 
THE COLORS.

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>> DETAIL.
>> EVERY ELEMENT MEMORIAL IS

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SYMBOLIC.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE

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SIT.
THANK YOU.

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EVERY ELEMENT OF THE MEMORIAL IS
SYMBOLIC.

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THE FLAG POLE SERVES A REMINDER
OF OUR NATION'S ENDURING

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COMMITMENTS TO FREEDOM, JUSTICE
AND LIBERTY.

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THE SHIELD RECALLS THE 343 FIRE
RESCUE PERSONNEL WHO MADE THE

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ULTIMATE SACRIFICE GIVING THEIR
LIVES TRYING TO SPARE THE LIVES

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OF OTHERS.
THE TWIN CONCRETE BASES

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REPRESENT THE TWIN TOWERS OF THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THOSE

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FORM THE FOUNDATION THAT A
MEMORIAL CENTERPIECE, A STEEL

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BEAM FROM THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER.

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CONSIDER FOR A MOMENT THE JOB
THE BEAM ONCE HAD AND THE WEIGHT

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IT BORE.
IT HELPED STRENGTHEN A PILLAR OF

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COMMERCE AND A WORKPLACE FOR
THOUSANDS.

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THERE WERE LITERALLY HUNDREDS
WHO CONTRIBUTED TO BRINGING THIS

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PIECE OF HISTORY TO KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER AND I WOULD LIKE TO

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THANK A FEW BY NAME.
NASA LEADERS DIRECTOR BOB CABANA

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AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR KELVIN
MANNING AND SPACE BOARD

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INTEGRATION AND SERVICES
DIRECTOR NANCY GRAY.

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SHAWN DOYLE TRANSPORT WORKER'S
UNION OF AMERICA, VICE PRESIDENT

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KEVIN SMITH, PRESIDENT OF LOCAL
525 HERE LOCALLY AND ANGELO

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KOKUZO, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
OF 501 IN NEW YORK.

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THE CENTERA GROUP THAT SUPPORTS
SOLUTIONS AND OUR OWN MINUTES OF

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OUR ESCORT TEAM.
MYSELF, FIRE CHIEF RICK

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ANDERSON, LIEUTENANT DANNY RAY
SEA WRIGHT, DRIVER TOM VAN HORN

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AND LIEUTENANT.
THERE WERE MANY, MANY OTHER WHO

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IS MADE THIS POSSIBLE AND WE ARE
FOREVER GRATEFUL.

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THANK YOU TO THE AMERICAN
AIRLINES CARGO TEAM AND THE

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CREWS AT JFK, PHILADELPHIA, AND
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS.

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TO ALL OUR BROTHERS AND SISTER
FIREFIGHTERS WHO MET US ALONG

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THE INTERSTATE AND THE HUNDREDS
OF MOTORCYCLISTS FROM

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FIREFIGHTER AND VETERAN CLUBS
AROUND CENTRAL FLORIDA.

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TO SHERIFF WAYNE IVY AND
DEPUTIES WHOSE ESCORT PROVIDED

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SAFE PASSAGE ON THE FINAL LEG OF
THE JOURNEY.

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TO MARY MATTHEWS FOR SUPPORT AND
DEDICATION AS SHE RECORDED THE

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JOURNEY WITH HER PHOTOGRAPHY AND
VIDEO FOOTAGE AND A HUGE THANK

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YOU TO THE INTERNATIONAL
TRANSPORT WORKER'S UNION AND TW

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LOCAL 525 FOR OUTSTANDING
SUPPORT FROM THE VERY START OF

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THIS ENDEAVOR.
THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU, FOR

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MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
IT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO

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INTRODUCE KELVIN MANNING,
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF KENNEDY

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SPACE CENTER.
[ APPLAUSE ]

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>> THANKS, JIM.
GOOD MORNING.

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ON SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001, HERE AT
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REMEMBER THE DAY BEGINNING LIKE
MANY OTHERS BEFORE.

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IT WAS VERY BUSY.
WE WERE DOING ALL THE THINGS TO

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SUPPORT FLYING THE SPACE SHUTTLE
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THEN AS THE TRAGIC EVENTS
UNFOLDED, WE GATHERED TO WATCH

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AND LISTEN AS THE NEWS REPORTS
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PHYSICALLY WE WERE STILL HERE IN
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WERE THERE.
WE WERE ABOARD THE PLANES.

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WE WERE NEW YORKERS.
WE WERE IN THE PENTAGON.

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AND YES, WE WERE THERE IN
SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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THIS WAS AN ATTACK ON AMERICA,
ON US, OUR PEOPLE, OUR COUNTRY,

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OUR WAY OF LIFE.
AT THE TIME IF YOU RECALL WE

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DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO WAS
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IT WAS HARD TO KNOW WHOM TO
DIRECT OUR ANGER OR POTENTIALLY

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FEAR.
ONE THING WAS FOR SURE, PEOPLE

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HERE WERE DISTRACTED.
COULD WE BE A TARGET?

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SO WITH A FOCUS ON SAFETY, THE
SPACE SCHULTZ ORBITERS WERE

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POWERED DOWN AND FACILITIES
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SENT HOME.
REMAINING ON CENTER WERE

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PRODUCTIVE SERVICES PERSONNEL,
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SECURITY OFFICERS, READY TO
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WOULD HAPPEN HERE.
SIMILAR TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS

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IN NEW YORK CITY, 14 YEARS AGO
TODAY WHO REPORTED TO WORK READY

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TO GO AND READY TO FACE WHATEVER
THE DAY WOULD BRING.

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OUR COUNTRY'S FIRST RESPONDERS
ARE HEROES LIKE ASTRONAUTS

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BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY SUIT UP
OR PUT ON THE UNIFORM TO GO OUT

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ON THE MISSION, THEY ACCEPT THE
FACT THAT THEIR LIFE COULD BE

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PUT AT RISK.
WE NOW KNOW THAT OVER 400

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FIREFIGHTERS LOST THEIR LIVES IN
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INCLUDED IN THE NEARLY 3,000
PEOPLE MURDERED IN THE FOUR

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TERRORIST ATTACKS.
TODAY WE'RE HUMBLED TO HAVE AN I

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BEAM FROM THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
AND ALL IT REPRESENTS HERE.

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IT ALLOWS ALL OF US TO HAVE A
STRONGER, EVERLASTING CONNECTION

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TO THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11th,
2001.

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IMAGES NOW ENGRAVED INTO OUR
PSYCHE.

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IMAGES OF BRAVE MEN, BRAVE
WOMEN, AND BRAVE CHILDREN.

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IMAGES OF A DAY WE WILL NEVER
FORGET.

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NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER HAS
ALWAYS BEEN A VERY SPECIAL PLACE

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AND WILL BE EVEN MORE SO AFTER
TODAY'S DEDICATION.

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I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE AND ALSO WANT TO GIVE A

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SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEN
AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM FOR WHAT DO

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YOU EVERY DAY TO PROTECT US FROM
HARM AND KEEP US SAFE.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]

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>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE
MR.�KEVIN SMITH, PRESIDENT,

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TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION LOCAL
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[ APPLAUSE ]
>> GOOD MORNING.

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LET ME FIRST BEGIN BY THANKING
NASA AND KENNEDY SPACE CENTER

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DIRECTOR FOR HIS ADMINISTRATION
FOR PROVIDING THE TRANSPORT

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WORKERS AND MANY OF THE OFFICERS
AND MEMBER TO JOIN HERE DURING

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THIS SOLEMN EVENT.
WITHOUT THE COOPERATION AND

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EFFORTS OF MANY, THIS DAY WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.

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I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
EXECUTIVE WORKERS AND ALL THE TW

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LOCALS DURING THIS ENTIRE
PROCESS OF OBTAINING AND

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BRINGING THIS ARTIFACT TO THE
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WHEN WE BEGAN THE JOURNEY, WE
HAD NO IDEA OF THE IMPACT THIS

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ARTIFACT BRINGING TO FLORIDA
WOULD HAVE ON EACH OF US.

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OUR TEAM, CHIEF RICK ANDERSON,
TOM VAN HORN, JIM DUMONT AND

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DANNY SEA WRIGHT, SHAWN DOYLE
AND ANGELA RETURNED HOME FOREVER

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CHANGED.
ALONG THE WAY WE WITNESSED THOSE

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STILL IN MOURNING AND THOSE WHO
ALSO USE THIS AS A CHANCE TO

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CELEBRATE THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO
MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE ON

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THAT FATEFUL SEPTEMBER DAY.
14 YEARS AGO, I STOOD IN THE

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BREAK ROOM OF COMPLEX 40 AT CAPE
CANAVERAL WATCHING A SMALL

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PLAQUE AND WHITE TELEVISION OF
THOSE DAYS OF 9/11 UNFOLDED

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LEVER REALIZING THAT 14 YEARS
LATER, I WOULD BE ADDRESSING

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THIS CROWD ON A DAY LIKE TODAY.
WE WILL MEMORIALIZE THE HEROES

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LIKE NEW YORK FIREFIGHTER
PATRICK BROWN WHO GAVE HIS LIFE

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SO OTHERS MAY LIVE.
HIS SISTER CAROLYN AND

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BROTHER-IN-LAW RICHARD ARE HERE
WITH US TODAY.

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TIM BROWN, ANOTHER NEW YORK
FIREFIGHTER IS HERE WITH US

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TODAY AS WELL.
TIM AND PATTY, ALONGSIDE OF

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THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT DAY
CHARGED THEIR WAY UP THE

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BUILDING WHERE EVERYBODY ELSE
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FOR MYSELF, THERE NO OTHER WORDS
TO DESCRIBE THE EFFORTS OTHER

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THAN PLAIN AND SIMPLE HEROISM.
THIS IS THE REASON WE ARE HERE

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TODAY TO HONOR THOSE.
I LEFT ON AUGUST 11th TO TRAVEL

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ALONGSIDE FIREFIGHTERS TO BRING
HOME A PIECE OF AMERICAN

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HISTORY.
FULLY AWARE I WAS NOT ONE OF

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THEM.
TO THE FIREFIGHTERS AND

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PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND THE
MEMBER WHO IS WORK HERE AND

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PROTECT THE SPACE PROGRAM, I
CAME HOME A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT

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PERSON.
PART OF A BROTHERHOOD.

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I CAME HOME WITH A NEW
UNDERSTANDING OF WHY THEY DO

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WHAT THEY DO.
WHY THEY CARE LIKE THEY CARE.

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GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
THOSE MEN AND WOMEN.

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THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOW ANNOUNCE

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THE HONORABLE WAYNE IVY.
>> KEVIN SOME.

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>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
I WANT TO START AND FIRST THANK

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EVERYONE THAT WAS A PART OF
MAKING TODAY HAPPEN.

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THERE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WORK
BEHIND THE SCENES AND SO MANY

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VOLUNTEERS AND LEADERS AND
PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT ACTUALLY

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DOING THE WORK OF PUTTING THIS
TOGETHER.

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I WANT TO START BY THANKING EACH
AND EVERY PERSON INVOLVED IN

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THIS.
WHEN KEVIN FIRST CALLED AND

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ASKED US COULD WE DO THE ESCORT
FOR THE ARTIFACT AS IT WAS BEING

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BROUGHT IN, WE SAID ABSOLUTELY.
I DON'T THINK WE HAD AN IDEA AT

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THAT POINT HOW BIG IT WAS GOING
TO BE AS THIS THING STARTED TO

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UNFOLD.
I'M SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW AND

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LISTENING TO OTHER SPEAKERS AND
I LOOK AT THE FRONT OF THE

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MEMORIAL THAT IS HERE AND IT
SAID NOT ONLY TEARS, BUT TEARS

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OF PRIDE AS WELL.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

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THIS IS ABOUT OUR PRIDE AS A
NATION.

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IT'S ABOUT NEVER FORGETTING
THOSE THAT WE LOST AND NEVER

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FORGETTING THOSE THAT RAN
TOWARDS DANGER THAT DAY AND

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TRYING TO HELP OTHERS.
AND MADE CERTAIN THAT THEY WERE

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DOING THEIR JOBS.
WE LOST HEROES THAT DAY.

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WE LOST GREAT MEN AND WOMEN,
AMERICAN PATRIOTS THAT PUT THEIR

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LIVES ON THE LINE AND NOT JUST
SAID THEY WOULD DO IT, BUT DID

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IT.
THAT DAY IS EACH ONE OF US STOOD

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WATCHING THEM TAKE PLACE.
EVERYONE REMEMBERS WHERE THEY

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WERE AND WHERE THEY WERE
STANDING AT THAT TIME.

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WE WILL NEVER FORGET THAT.
I REMEMBER STANDING THERE THAT

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DAY WATCHING OUR HEROES AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND

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FIREFIGHTERS.
THEY WERE RUNNING INTO THE

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BUILDING.
THERE WAS NOT A LOOK OF WHAT TO

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DO.
EVERY ONE KNEW WHAT TO DO.

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SAVE EVERYONE THEY COULD.
THAT'S A HERO.

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WE STAND HERE TODAY BECAUSE
GREAT HEROES GAVE THEIR LIVES

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THAT DAY AND IT'S OUR JOB TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NEVER

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FORGOTTEN AS HEROES.
IT IS OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT

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DECADES AND GENERATIONS TO COME,
STAND ON THIS SAME PLATFORM WE

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ARE TODAY, RECOGNIZING OUR
HEROES.

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I REMEMBER THAT DAY THINKING I
WAS PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN.

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I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY
AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN.

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I AM PROUD AND I LOVE THIS
COUNTRY.

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WHAT I LOVE ABOUT TODAY IS THE
VOLUMES OF PEOPLE THAT TURNED

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OUT TO SAY WE LOVE OUR HEROES.
NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE

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WORLD AROUND US.
NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE

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COUNTRY WHERE SOME PEOPLE FOUND
IT OKAY TO TARGET PUBLIC SAFETY

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OFFICER, WE STAND HERE TODAY AND
WE REMEMBER THOSE WE LOST.

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WE REMEMBER THOSE THAT SAID I'M
A HERO.

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AND I'M GOING TO GO SAVE
SOMEBODY'S LIFE.

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OUR JOB IS TO NEVER FORGET THEM
AND I'M PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY

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ONE OF YOU THAT SHOWED UP TODAY
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR MEMORY

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LIVES ON FOREVER.
AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING,

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EVERYONE THAT HAD A PART IN
BRINGING THIS GREAT MEMORIAL TO

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LIFE, BRINGING IT HERE AND
MAKING IT A PART OF OUR

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COMMUNITY SHOULD BE PROUD OF
THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY HOLD A

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PART OF HISTORY IN REMEMBERING
OUR HEROES.

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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
[ APPLAUSE ]

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>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COULD I
PLEASE HAVE YOU STAND IN SILENCE

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FOR THE FIREFIGHTER'S LAST CALL.
>> IN OBSERVANCE OF SEPTEMBER

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11th, 2001 ANNIVERSARY, WE WILL
NOW PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF

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SILENCE.
AS A MEMORIAL TO UNDER ARREST

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FALLEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
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>> PERSONNEL�--
>> UNIFORMED PERSONNEL�--

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>> OUR HEALTH COMES FROM THE
LORD, THE MAKER OF HECHE AND

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EARTH.
WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME.

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GRACIOUS GOD, EVERLASTING
FATHER, WHEN OUR HEARTS ARE

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INJURED BECAUSE OF GRIEF AND
PAIN AT THE DEATH OF LOVED ONES

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AND THINGS HAPPEN THAT WE DON'T
FULLY UNDERSTAND, HELP US TO

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BELIEVE AND TO TRUST THAT YOU
ARE THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND

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THE LIFE AND HELP US TO BELIEVE
IN THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS, THE

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FORGIVENESS OF SINS, THE
RESURRECTION OF THE BODY AND THE

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LIFE EVERLASTING.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR COUNTRY,

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
AND THE FREEDOM WE ENJOY.

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GRANT WE PRAY YOUR PROTECTION TO
OUR COUNTRY ESPECIALLY FROM

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FURTHER ATTACKS.
WE THANK YOU TODAY ESPECIALLY

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FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO ON
SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001, HEARD THE

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CALL OF DUTY AND DID NOT SHRINK
BACK OR HESITATE TO RESPOND.

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SOME OF THEM PAID THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE IN THAT THEY GAVE

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THEIR LIVES.
IT WAS JESUS WHO SAID GREATER

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LOVE HAS NO MAN THAN THIS THAN
TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS

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FRIENDS.
SO WE HONOR THOSE FIREFIGHTERS

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FOR THEIR LOVE FOR GOD AND FOR
COUNTRY AND FOR THEIR FAMILY,

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FOR THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS OF
THIS GREAT COUNTRY.

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WE ASK TODAY THAT YOU GIVE
SPECIAL COMFORT TO THEIR

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FAMILIES AS THEY ARE REMINDED OF
THE DEATH OF THEIR LOVED ONES

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TODAY.
WE DEDICATE THIS 24 BEAM AS A

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LASTING MEMORIAL TO THEIR
SACRIFICE AND ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT

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REPAY THEM FOR THEIR SACRIFICE,
WE CAN HONOR THEM BY REMEMBERING

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WHAT THEY DID AND BY DOING OUR
DUTY AS THEY DID TO THE BEST OF

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OUR ABILITY.
BLESS THIS MEMORIAL AS A SYMBOL

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OF SACRIFICE, HONOR, SERVICE,
AND LOVE.

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AS A REMINDER ABOUT THE HEART OF
THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.

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A REMINDER OF WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES

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OF AMERICA.
IN THE NAME OF CHRIST I PRAY,

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AMEN.
>> UNIFORMED PERSONNEL�--

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>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU MAY
BE SEATED.

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I WANT TO PERSONALLY EXTEND A
SALUTE AND EXPRESS MY DEEPEST

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GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE WHO MADE
THIS JOURNEY THE MOST MEMORABLE

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AND HONABLE MOMENT IN MY 34-YEAR
CAREER AS A PROFESSIONAL

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FIREFIGHTER.
THANKS TO FAMILY, FRIENDS AND

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COWORKERS FOR REMEMBERING AND
HONORING THOSE WHO PERISHED ON

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SEPTEMBER 11th, 2001.
MAY WE NEVER FORGET.

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AFTER THE POLICE AND FIREFIGHTS
PRESENTATION, FEEL FREE TO

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ADJOURN TO THE OPEN RESCUE BAY
FOR WATER AND COOL DRINKS.

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THE MEMORIAL WILL BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO INVITED GUESTS IN

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ABOUT MINUTES AFTER THE MEDIA
HAD A VIEWING OPPORTUNITY.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
ATTENDING TODAY.

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THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]

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