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hi I'm NASA astronaut retired Air Force

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colonel Ron Garan along with my crewmate

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retired Air Force colonel Mike Fossum as

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we pause to mark the 10th anniversary of

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the attacks on our nation that occurred

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on sep tember 11 2001 the crew of the

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International Space Station stands

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United and paying its respects to the

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victims of 911 those who perished that

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day and those who lost families and

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friends in New York City Shanksville

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Pennsylvania and Washington DC we also

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want to remember the sacrifices made by

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the first responders who ignored the

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dangers and ran toward the destruction

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and the devastation that was visible

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even from here the International Space

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Station by Commander Frank Culbertson

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and the crew of expedition 3 we want to

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pay tribute to the tens of thousands of

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men and women who have volunteered to

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defend us in countries far from home

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today we have a safer stronger and far

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more resilient America our thoughts and

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prayers are with our military personnel

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as they continue to serve around the

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world in the name of freedom and with

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the survivors of that fateful day their

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you

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good morning senator Nelson

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representative Fattah represented

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distinguished guests thank you for

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joining the NASA community in our

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commemoration of the events of sep

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tember 11 2001 nasa joins the rest of

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the nation reflecting on the events that

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took place 10 years ago in washington

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d.c new york city in Shanksville

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Pennsylvania as we think about the

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sacrifices that took place on that day

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in the United States and in the years

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that followed in foreign lands let us

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also take a moment for gratitude towards

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those who currently serve our country

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both at home and abroad for the safety

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and well-being of all Americans we are

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privileged to have with us today several

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of those people our distinguished guests

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who serve our nation daily please rise

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all see can you see by the dawn's early

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light what so proudly we hailed at the

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twilight's last gleaming whose broad

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stripes and bright stars through the

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perilous fight or the ramparts we

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watched were so gallantly streaming and

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the Rockets red glare the bombs bursting

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in air gave proof through the night that

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our flag was still there oh say does

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hurry yet way

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and the home Oh

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the first of our slate of distinguished

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speakers is administrator charles bolden

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nominated by President Obama retired

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Marine Corps Major General Charles Frank

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Bolden jr. began his duties as nasa

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administrator in july two thousand nine

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his US Senate confirmation marks the

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beginning of his second stint with the

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nation's space agency his 34-year

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military career having included 14 years

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as a member of NASA's astronaut office

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after joining nasa in 1980 he traveled

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to orbit four times aboard the space

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shuttle commanding two of the missions

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administrator Bolden morning good

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morning to all of you and and thanks to

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all of you for coming together as NASA

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joins the nation and the world in making

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the 10th anniversary of the sep tember

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11 2001 terrorists attacked on our

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country I especially want to recognize

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New York City first responder Matthew

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fog four and three members of Congress

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who are with us today Florida Senator

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Bill Nelson who by the way was one of my

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crew members on the 1986 Columbia

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shuttle mission st s61 see senator

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Nelson Phillip the Pennsylvania

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representative Chaka Fattah and

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Mississippi representative Steven

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Palazzo thank you very much on this

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solemn occasion we pause to remember the

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lives of those we lost that tragic day

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and to offer comfort to families they

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left behind we also salute the survivors

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and the many brave first responders who

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ran directly into the face of danger to

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save lives as you will hear later from

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the very first moments of the tragedy

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members of the NASA family have played a

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part in the recovery and healing of our

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nation astronauts aboard the

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International Space Station were able to

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the devastation of that terrible day

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which could be seen even as far away as

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the vantage point of low Earth orbit the

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photos taken by the only American off

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the planet at that time Franco person

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who you will meet later are an historic

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reminder that this small dot in the

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universe still has big challenges to

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overcome America's first responders and

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many ordinary people became heroes on

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911 and our government has continued

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since that day to take the steps that

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have kept our nation safe more than 2

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million of our troops have served in war

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zones these brave volunteers are

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protecting our nation beyond its borders

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and preventing threats before they can

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reach our shores they have upheld the

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virtues of service sacrifice and

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selflessness that have always been the

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source of America's strength as the

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beneficiaries of their service we have a

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sacred duty to support all of our troops

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America is a different place since that

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faithful day but NASA's subsequent human

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and science missions have demonstrated

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how space exploration can bring our

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world together erase borders and improve

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the lives of people across the world we

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will never forget 911 but we are

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nevertheless optimistic about the future

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part of my optimism is fueled by the

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potential of NASA's commitment to

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ongoing cooperative F exploration that

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will inspire humanity and lift our

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thoughts to the higher potential of

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which we are capable NASA is uniquely

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positioned to continue building bridges

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in a global enterprise that helps us

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uncover the secrets of our planet and

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the universe and bring scientists

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engineers and explorers from all walks

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of life together no matter their race

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religion national origin or background

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this is the legacy not only of NASA it

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is a path that all of us must pursue to

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ature again I want to thank you all for

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participating in NASA's Day of

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Remembrance our nation's unity and the

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many ways we help each other through

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adversity is one of our greatest assets

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we are resilient our nation draw

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strength from diversity and we can do

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whatever we set our mind to not just

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because of our military power but

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because of the power of our ideas

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because who we are one nation dedicated

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to building a more perfect union the

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families of the victims and the

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continued healing of our nation our

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foremost in our thoughts and prayers

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today let us join in remembrance and

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raise our sights to tomorrow's promise

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and now it's my distinct pleasure to

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bring to the podium my friend informal

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shuttle former shuttle crew mate Senator

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good morning to the NASA family all of

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us will remember exactly where we were

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on that fateful day moments of tragedy

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such as that including the loss of two

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space shuttles etch into the mind the

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indelible imprint of memory exactly

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where you were what you were doing on

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the early morning of September the 11

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2001 I was on the west front of the

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United States Capitol building in a

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leadership meeting we had actually tried

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to continue the meeting even after we

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knew that the world trade center had

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been hit when suddenly someone burst in

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the door and said the Pentagon has been

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hit we left immediately to the windows

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the Capitol to see the black smoke

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rising across the Potomac and then that

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memorable voice in my head continues as

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going out in the hallway down the stairs

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the Capitol Police were shouting at the

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top of their lungs get out of the

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building get out of the building run run

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course because that flight was delayed

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that morning the passengers had a chance

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to find out what was happening and they

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decided to storm that cockpit and that

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took the plane down on that Pennsylvania

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field otherwise its target was thought

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to be the west front of the United

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States Capitol building since sep tember

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the world has changed clearly from our

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national security standpoint we see that

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having come through the large landmass

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armies to protect us we now move to a

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much more surgical Swift kind of

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protection it used to be that we had the

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great privilege of having two big oceans

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that protected us now we know

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differently and as you now see I knew

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modus operandi for protecting our

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interests it's the marrying up of

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extensive laborious time taking

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intelligence work married up with a

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swift legal leak the lethal surgical

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evidenced by the takedown of bin Laden

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since sep tember the 11th nasa has

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changed this family has responded as

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patriotic americans do so well in the

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pictures that we've just seen in the

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honoring of country in the contributions

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of scientific achievement but nASA has

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changed also because NASA realizes that

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we can't do the things that we used to

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do the same old ways since 911 and the

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protection of the national interest we

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now know that the engagement of

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protecting protecting our interest on

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faraway lands costs a lot of money and

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then with the near meltdown on Wall

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recession trying to climb out of that

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the governmental resources are harder to

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come by although the pie has not shrunk

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clearly the difficulties of getting the

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slice of the pie are much more

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heightened and therefore nASA has

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changed as well to move to a new stable

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of rockets where we can continue our

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space program that is more efficient and

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more cost-effective and is safer if you

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talk to the average American this is a

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responsibility that we have in the NASA

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family to explain just how vigorous our

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space program is the average American

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out there on the street they have the

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impression the space program is over

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we're just getting cranked up we just

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ah we're getting ready to go to Mars

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with a rover that is the size of a

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got a pole that'll stick up and then zap

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rocks with a laser it's got a scooper

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it's got a couple of eyes that will pop

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up and we can see it real-time and it

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doesn't have to go to sleep in the

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Martian night and we have a stable of

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rockets that are now in competition to

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signed into law by the president we have

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a new stable of rockets that will

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the President and that is to go to the

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are safer but we are not safe and

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therefore it calls on us and our

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colleagues our fellow Americans to keep

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the spirit of America going to guard our

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cherished freedom and in the process

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keep the hope alive by doing what is in

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the heart of every American reach for

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our next speaker is US Representative

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Chaka Fattah of Pennsylvania

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representative Fattah is the ranking

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member of the Subcommittee on Commerce

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justice science and related agencies of

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the House Committee on Appropriations

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congressman Fattah was elected to the US

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House of Representatives in 1994 prior

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to his election to the US Congress he

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served as a representative in the

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Pennsylvania State House and as a

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Pennsylvania State Senator

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representative Fatah well it is indeed

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appropriate to pause and reflect on the

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events some ten years ago and for NASA

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I'd like to say that as the premier

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agency of his type anywhere in the world

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you have played an important role in our

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nation's efforts to deal with the

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challenges relevant to that day I'll

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speak a little bit about that in a

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minute but I recall a young president

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who went to rice university and launched

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our nation on to a effort to conquer and

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explore space and he said that we choose

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to go to the moon not because it's easy

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but because it's hard you do very

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difficult work and I want to

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congratulate the administrator and all

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of the staff and all of the employees

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are part of the NASA family along with

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the contractors for the work that you do

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now President Kennedy talked about our

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efforts in space that

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but a year earlier when he gave his

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inaugural address he said that we would

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as a nation interact with others in the

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world rather they meant us well or

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rather they meant us evil that as a

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nation we would pay any price bear any

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burden and meet any challenge well ten

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years ago on 911 we had to be introduced

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to ourselves again and to face the

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adversity of that moment and since that

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point some two million have served in

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war zones these are two million

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Americans who have volunteered on behalf

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of their country over 6,000 have lost

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their lives tens of thousands have been

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injured the over 500,000 who have filed

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for various types of disability veterans

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disability claims we have spent and

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invested in these efforts significant

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sums of the public treasury so it's

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clear that those words spoken in 1961

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still resonate in the American soul that

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is that we are prepared to pay the price

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and the bear the burden but I want to

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focus for a minute on NASA's role I have

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a friend here with the chief

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technologist I understand he's trying to

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retire mr. administrator we should keep

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them here but I want those who are

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engaged here at NASA to think and

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reflect for a minute about NASA's role

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because in our predator drone program

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their Aeronautics and technological

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advances that begin here at NASA and the

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helicopters that went into a

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a sovereign country to go after Osama

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bin Laden as the president promised

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during his campaign and follow through

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that if we had actionable information we

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would go wherever the trail of evidence

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took us to get bin Laden in on those

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helicopters there was technology that

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began in its infancy here at NASA that

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when we saw the first responders

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responded to pentagonal in New York

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those the fire protective gear day war

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were developed in conjunction with a

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project between NASA and FEMA and the

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firefighters so that our first

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responders can be better protected when

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we look at the the machinery that was

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used to cut through the rebel the search

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for survivors the life shears again

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developed in a partnership as is NASA's

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normal mode of operation in a

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partnership with a private sector

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company to develop the the ability to

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use NASA's technological superiority to

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help meet the challenges and that is

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used they was used in Oklahoma City

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bombing was used in New York and 911 so

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nASA has played an important role and

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you're going to hear from a Frank a

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little bit later on so I don't steal his

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thunder but you also had a unique view

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of what was taking place but anything

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and everything connected to this effort

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that was focused at dealing with this

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challenge there you can find in the work

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that nASA has done a role that your work

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is played and as we go forward as a

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nation as we deal with other challenges

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senator Nelson mentioned that

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nASA has faced challenges with the loss

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of two of our shuttle flights we know

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that there have been other terrorist

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attacks like at Oklahoma City bombing

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you know there have been events in our

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country's past and it will be in all

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likelihood events that challenge all of

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us in our country's future but if we

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would just hold firm to what that young

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president said that we as a nation have

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to be prepared to bear the burden to pay

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the price we can turn tragedy into

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triumph and we've done that by seeking

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out those responsible for 911 and you

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know when the Oklahoma City bombing took

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place federal installations had to

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become better protected but they're open

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for business when the church was bombed

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the sixteenth street baptist church in

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birmingham yes precautions had to be

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taken but baptist churches open up every

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sunday and the doors are flung wide open

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all across our land when we had the

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incident at Columbine High School we

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didn't shut our schools down tens of

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thousands of schools are open for

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business today so that we can develop a

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new generation of scientists and

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engineers that continue to propel our

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nation and NASA forward and so is the

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case with the attacks of 911 because no

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matter whether the view is from the

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space station or the view is right here

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on the ground the entire world knows

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something with a certainty and that is

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10 years out the 911 America is still

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open for business we are still a nation

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that is committed in every respect to

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our ideals and that we as President

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Kennedy said rather those who mean us

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well or those who mean us evil they

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should be aware of our commitment to

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ourselves to our nation in two

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generations that will

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thank you our next speaker is the US

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Representative Steven Palazzo of

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Mississippi representative Palazzo is

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the chairman of the Subcommittee on

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space and Aeronautics of the House

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Committee on Science Space and

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Technology congressman Palazzo was

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elected to the US House of

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Representatives in 2010 prior to that he

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served for three years in the

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Mississippi House of Representatives

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representative palasa September 11 2001

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is a day that forever changed America as

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I reflect on that terrible day I feel

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the same patriotism and heartache I felt

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in I think of the bagpipe processions

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for firefighters and policemen in New

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York honoring their the lives of their

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fallen brothers and sisters I think of

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the smoke plumes that were visible from

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the space station the bill it for days

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over the city and the American flags we

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all proudly flew in front of our home

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thoughts from that day still stir

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emotions that inspire me to serve

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fortunately for America I'm not the only

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person that feels this way a decade

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after the attacks Americans are still

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inspired to serve as our country marched

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the ten-year anniversary of the tax on

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our nation we remember and we

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commemorate the lives lost on that day

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we also honor the sacrifices made every

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day since then by our military and their

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families as our armed forces of taking

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the fight to the enemy so the fight is

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not in our backyard not since the

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greatest generation has so few

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sacrificed so much for so many the NASA

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family was not immune from these

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emotions norther daily responsibilities

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and any fashion typical of the history

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of this agency it provided hope and

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inspiration in moments of crisis the

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NASA family

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knows that in the pursuit of excellence

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tragedy can occur but when it does the

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family grieves but always rises up to

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even greater heights the International

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Space Station captured the images of the

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smoke emanating from Ground Zero those

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aconnick images conveyed to the world

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the depth of the devastation but we must

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not forget that in the midst of the

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tragedy tragedy the men and women of

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NASA kept operations going which is not

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an easy thing to do on a normal day let

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alone on a day like 911 that day the

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International Space Station was

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operating overhead as it has done every

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day continuously for more than 10 years

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and today on another planet our Mars

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rover contains aluminum recovery from

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the World Trade Center if that is not an

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example of rising to new heights nothing

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is American knows there are risk going

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in out of space but on sep tember 11

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2001 we didn't quite realize that men

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and women face a terrible risk just

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going to work or board an airplane but

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from that terrible day we have all

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recommitted ourselves toward a common

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goal to make this nation the greatest of

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all freer safer and stronger the men and

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women of NASA continue to contribute to

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that common objective and I thank you

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for your efforts god bless you and God

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our next speaker is mr. Matthew fog mr.

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Fogg retired from the United States

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Marshal Service as a chief deputy US

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Marshal with 34 years of public service

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during a vacation trip to New York City

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in September 2001 he selflessly

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responded to the attacks on the world

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trade center by serving as a first

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responder organizing search and rescue

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teams and leading the teams of

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courageous Americans to find those lost

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in the destruction mr. Fong I want to

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first thank NASA Administrator Charles

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Bolden and miss Ruth McWilliams for

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presenting this heartfelt memorial to

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NASA personnel worldwide and honor those

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who dedicate their services to America

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on sep 10 11 2001 I also want to give

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honor to the congressional members

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astronauts and other distinguished

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persons who are being recognized in this

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program I would like to give special

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thanks to NASA employee miss Claudia

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silver and my world-class organization

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colleagues of federally employed women

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known as few org our national president

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mr. Webster and our national vice

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president miss Michelle Crockett who is

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here today last but not least i will

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give honor to my family and friends who

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are here and supported this wonderful

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honor by nasa thank you for coming out I

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would like to be brief and give my words

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the challenge each public servant hear

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my voice today and around the world know

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that one day you may be called to be

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above and beyond the call of duty I took

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an oath as the United States marching to

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protect and serve against all enemies

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foreign or domestic but like any other

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federal employee I was on special leave

553
00:31:49,100 --> 00:31:46,440
that day and having traveled from

554
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:49,110
Washington DC to New York on personal

555
00:31:55,250 --> 00:31:52,890
business we all know the morning of

556
00:31:57,890 --> 00:31:55,260
septum 11 changed Americans forever as

557
00:31:59,810 --> 00:31:57,900
terrorists flew passenger Airlines into

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00:32:02,360 --> 00:31:59,820
both the North and South towels over

559
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:02,370
World Trade Centers I was just 48 blocks

560
00:32:07,310 --> 00:32:05,010
north residing in a hotel and amazingly

561
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:07,320
one block from the fire station that

562
00:32:13,940 --> 00:32:10,530
lost the most five firefighters 16 on

563
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:13,950
that day and all I was in my room when I

564
00:32:18,170 --> 00:32:15,930
observed incidental television news

565
00:32:20,210 --> 00:32:18,180
thinking it was a training tape this

566
00:32:22,910 --> 00:32:20,220
couldn't be happening realizing it was

567
00:32:25,490 --> 00:32:22,920
real I ran outside to see many folks

568
00:32:27,110 --> 00:32:25,500
hollering and running down the street

569
00:32:30,290 --> 00:32:27,120
pointing at the World Trade service

570
00:32:33,230 --> 00:32:30,300
towers at the time only one tower was

571
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:33,240
burning and the fire department the next

572
00:32:37,580 --> 00:32:34,890
block in the next block had responded

573
00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:37,590
already I went back to my room and then

574
00:32:43,190 --> 00:32:40,910
I saw another plane and we all saw on TV

575
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:43,200
appear out of nowhere and crashed

576
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:45,810
through the second tower later both the

577
00:32:49,990 --> 00:32:48,210
North and the South towers collapsed and

578
00:32:52,490 --> 00:32:50,000
what I called an unimaginable

579
00:32:55,990 --> 00:32:52,500
catastrophic cloud of fire and smoke I

580
00:32:58,490 --> 00:32:56,000
realized many fathers mothers children

581
00:33:01,250 --> 00:32:58,500
firefighters and police were now dead or

582
00:33:03,350 --> 00:33:01,260
dying people everywhere was saying the

583
00:33:05,690 --> 00:33:03,360
United States is under attack the news

584
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:05,700
were sketchy at best i received a brief

585
00:33:10,130 --> 00:33:07,650
comb phone call from a friend who told

586
00:33:13,130 --> 00:33:10,140
me they evacuated the US Capitol

587
00:33:15,470 --> 00:33:13,140
suddenly the line went dead I was unable

588
00:33:17,690 --> 00:33:15,480
to make any phone calls and learn later

589
00:33:20,810 --> 00:33:17,700
via News another plane that crashed into

590
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:20,820
the Pentagon I suddenly began to feel

591
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:24,210
sick and burning desire in my stomach to

592
00:33:29,090 --> 00:33:27,090
help those in peril I located an army

593
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:29,100
surplus store not far from my hotel and

594
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:31,290
bought black army military clothing and

595
00:33:36,770 --> 00:33:34,290
equipment ultimately I began to make my

596
00:33:39,620 --> 00:33:36,780
way down to the destruction opposite of

597
00:33:43,370 --> 00:33:39,630
those running it and the other way I'm

598
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:43,380
fiance begin to cry and asked me why are

599
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:45,330
you going down there it's way too

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00:33:50,930 --> 00:33:48,690
dangerous you are your own special leave

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00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:50,940
and I'm not prepared for that disaster

602
00:33:57,230 --> 00:33:54,690
she said Matthew you could die and at

603
00:34:00,770 --> 00:33:57,240
the time I said to her tell my family

604
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:00,780
that what I'm now doing is above and

605
00:34:05,690 --> 00:34:03,690
beyond the call of duty and so ten years

606
00:34:08,240 --> 00:34:05,700
later I want each person listening to me

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00:34:10,460 --> 00:34:08,250
know that when you get that call that

608
00:34:13,050 --> 00:34:10,470
someone is in need and you don't have to

609
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:13,060
take the action please remember

610
00:34:19,350 --> 00:34:16,330
in 911 we didn't have to go in and help

611
00:34:21,630 --> 00:34:19,360
either but we went in above and beyond

612
00:34:25,470 --> 00:34:21,640
the call of duty arriving and what I

613
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:25,480
call is what we call the zone as ground

614
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:27,610
zero the destruction smoke and flames

615
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:29,890
were breathtaking I didn't know where to

616
00:34:34,980 --> 00:34:32,530
start TV depictions were impossible to

617
00:34:37,260 --> 00:34:34,990
show actual dimensions of all the huge

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00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:37,270
build buildings crumbling into one huge

619
00:34:44,220 --> 00:34:41,170
area it was surreal I kept repeating the

620
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:44,230
Psalms 23 yea though I walk through the

621
00:34:49,530 --> 00:34:45,610
valley of the shadow of death I shall

622
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:49,540
fear no evil for thou rod and thy staff

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00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:52,810
they comfort me we were seeking to find

624
00:34:58,770 --> 00:34:55,810
anyone alive I remember vividly a

625
00:35:00,960 --> 00:34:58,780
firefighter was rescued myself many

626
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:00,970
responders started clapping when he came

627
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:02,890
out of lab later we observed our

628
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:05,290
excitement was depicted in a news photo

629
00:35:10,470 --> 00:35:08,530
I remember early clearly on one occasion

630
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:10,480
myself and other searches were actually

631
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:12,490
tied together with ropes at least 50

632
00:35:17,190 --> 00:35:14,290
feet on the ground and a large wide

633
00:35:19,710 --> 00:35:17,200
space calling for anyone to respond if

634
00:35:22,530 --> 00:35:19,720
they were alive sudden we heard a call

635
00:35:25,410 --> 00:35:22,540
from other rescue workers that part of

636
00:35:27,690 --> 00:35:25,420
the building was collapsing there was

637
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:27,700
nowhere to go if the building had

638
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:29,410
collapsed I'm certain I would have died

639
00:35:36,450 --> 00:35:32,650
I actually said Lord Jesus into thy

640
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:36,460
hands I commit my spirit I begin to

641
00:35:42,030 --> 00:35:39,610
continue to look around everyone please

642
00:35:44,730 --> 00:35:42,040
repeat after me above and beyond the

643
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:44,740
call of duty I stayed in his own area

644
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:46,450
for about five days during that time

645
00:35:51,420 --> 00:35:49,210
bodies were recovered and a few more

646
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:51,430
people were rescued and some respondents

647
00:35:56,190 --> 00:35:53,890
were hurt conducting searches but it was

648
00:35:59,490 --> 00:35:56,200
work that called on a special breed of

649
00:36:01,500 --> 00:35:59,500
men and women we must also think the

650
00:36:04,260 --> 00:36:01,510
doctors the nurses and all the food and

651
00:36:07,140 --> 00:36:04,270
supply personnel who responded people's

652
00:36:09,710 --> 00:36:07,150
Weekly magazine coined the phrase best

653
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:09,720
when it titled it America unites

654
00:36:13,590 --> 00:36:11,890
amazingly they captured a picture of me

655
00:36:15,990 --> 00:36:13,600
assisting firefighters were covering the

656
00:36:18,390 --> 00:36:16,000
body of a New York firefighter who paid

657
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:18,400
the ultimate price above and beyond the

658
00:36:24,270 --> 00:36:20,650
call of duty so in closing let me say

659
00:36:26,700 --> 00:36:24,280
this I was not a New Yorker and those

660
00:36:29,130 --> 00:36:26,710
people on 911 were strangers to me

661
00:36:32,339 --> 00:36:29,140
but they were loved ones too many and

662
00:36:35,099 --> 00:36:32,349
others and may be of some of you that

663
00:36:37,410 --> 00:36:35,109
are here today just remember you don't

664
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:37,420
have to be at Ground Zero to know God

665
00:36:42,329 --> 00:36:38,890
has placed the calling on your life

666
00:36:45,359 --> 00:36:42,339
today so at the direction of my voice if

667
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:45,369
ever you know someone in need regardless

668
00:36:51,450 --> 00:36:48,970
of the race gender age color just as you

669
00:36:56,070 --> 00:36:51,460
know and now nanami for helping others

670
00:36:59,370 --> 00:36:56,080
on 911 whom I didn't know I now ask you

671
00:37:02,640 --> 00:36:59,380
to be willing to go above and beyond the

672
00:37:05,430 --> 00:37:02,650
call of duty to help them as we all did

673
00:37:07,140 --> 00:37:05,440
on that dreadful day and be the first

674
00:37:28,700 --> 00:37:07,150
respondent god bless you and God bless

675
00:37:33,530 --> 00:37:31,020
introducing our final guest speaker is

676
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:33,540
NASA deputy administrator lori garver

677
00:37:37,950 --> 00:37:36,130
deputy administrator Garver began her

678
00:37:40,740 --> 00:37:37,960
current service to NASA in july two

679
00:37:42,780 --> 00:37:40,750
thousand nine her US Senate confirmation

680
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:42,790
marks the second time she has worked for

681
00:37:48,420 --> 00:37:45,010
NASA the first period of service being

682
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:48,430
from 1996 to 2001 when she served a

683
00:37:51,810 --> 00:37:49,810
special assistant to the NASA

684
00:37:54,050 --> 00:37:51,820
Administrator an associate administrator

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00:38:02,340 --> 00:37:54,060
for the office of policy and plans

686
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:02,350
deputy administrator Garver Thank You

687
00:38:07,860 --> 00:38:04,570
Kiki and thank you mr. is very

688
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:07,870
meaningful it is an honor to introduce

689
00:38:13,140 --> 00:38:10,330
the only American who was not on earth

690
00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:13,150
on sep tember 11th in 2001 and to have

691
00:38:18,090 --> 00:38:15,670
him speak to us today and while Frank

692
00:38:20,850 --> 00:38:18,100
culverson bore unique witness to that

693
00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:20,860
tragedy NASA responded in many ways and

694
00:38:27,540 --> 00:38:24,310
we continued to pay tribute to the 911

695
00:38:30,090 --> 00:38:27,550
victims and their families immediately

696
00:38:32,130 --> 00:38:30,100
after the attacks NASA science programs

697
00:38:34,770 --> 00:38:32,140
were called into action on behalf of the

698
00:38:37,020 --> 00:38:34,780
nation the agency worked with FEMA to

699
00:38:39,210 --> 00:38:37,030
fly sensors over the affected areas on

700
00:38:41,700 --> 00:38:39,220
aircraft looking for aerial contaminants

701
00:38:45,720 --> 00:38:41,710
as well as satellite resources to

702
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:45,730
monitor from above NASA flew 6,000 flags

703
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:47,530
on endeavors next space shuttle flight

704
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:49,210
to honor the Vixen victims of the

705
00:38:53,610 --> 00:38:51,010
attacks as well as their families a

706
00:38:55,350 --> 00:38:53,620
thousands of brave men and women who

707
00:38:58,530 --> 00:38:55,360
contributed to the relief and recovery

708
00:39:00,570 --> 00:38:58,540
efforts I think we have someone else to

709
00:39:02,610 --> 00:39:00,580
give her flag to today in an effort

710
00:39:04,170 --> 00:39:02,620
called flags for heroes and families

711
00:39:06,090 --> 00:39:04,180
students working at the Johnson Space

712
00:39:08,130 --> 00:39:06,100
Center in Houston assembled

713
00:39:10,530 --> 00:39:08,140
commemorative packages including those

714
00:39:12,630 --> 00:39:10,540
u.s. flags flown in space which were

715
00:39:15,740 --> 00:39:12,640
then presented to the relatives of the

716
00:39:18,420 --> 00:39:15,750
victims on national flag day in 2002

717
00:39:19,770 --> 00:39:18,430
last februari the contributions of NASA

718
00:39:22,950 --> 00:39:19,780
and the Kennedy Space Center were

719
00:39:25,950 --> 00:39:22,960
stitched into the fabric of the National

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00:39:29,250 --> 00:39:25,960
911 flag which was recovered near Ground

721
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:29,260
Zero following the attacks and at this

722
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:33,010
very moment as representative Palazzo

723
00:39:39,150 --> 00:39:37,090
reminded us on the dusty red surface of

724
00:39:41,940 --> 00:39:39,160
the planet Mars a piece of the metal of

725
00:39:44,490 --> 00:39:41,950
the World Trade Center is protecting the

726
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:44,500
drilling mechanism of the opportunity

727
00:39:49,110 --> 00:39:46,810
rover and has been doing so for more

728
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:49,120
than seven years I just found out about

729
00:39:54,290 --> 00:39:51,130
the story a few weeks ago when visiting

730
00:39:57,930 --> 00:39:54,300
New York with the sts-135 crew and

731
00:40:01,380 --> 00:39:57,940
meaning with employees of a company

732
00:40:03,750 --> 00:40:01,390
called honeybee robotics they're based

733
00:40:05,430 --> 00:40:03,760
in manhattan new york and they just told

734
00:40:06,750 --> 00:40:05,440
me that they felt they wanted to do

735
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:06,760
something in the weeks following the

736
00:40:12,900 --> 00:40:08,650
tragedy they called the mayor's office

737
00:40:15,270 --> 00:40:12,910
and eventually received a box of debris

738
00:40:18,990 --> 00:40:15,280
and metal from the World Trade Center

739
00:40:20,730 --> 00:40:19,000
towers in a gesture and a tribute to the

740
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:20,740
victims and survivors they on their own

741
00:40:25,380 --> 00:40:23,050
decided to adorn those metal pieces with

742
00:40:27,450 --> 00:40:25,390
the American flag and they included them

743
00:40:30,870 --> 00:40:27,460
as a functional part of the Spirit and

744
00:40:35,850 --> 00:40:30,880
Opportunity Rovers it is now a symbol

745
00:40:38,820 --> 00:40:35,860
that our American spirit prevails the

746
00:40:41,490 --> 00:40:38,830
only American who was not on earth on

747
00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:41,500
September 11 2001 wrote a letter

748
00:40:48,090 --> 00:40:44,290
describing his reaction to the unfolding

749
00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:48,100
tragedy at the time he said other than

750
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:50,110
the emotional impact of our country

751
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:51,970
being attacked and thousands of our

752
00:40:56,340 --> 00:40:53,770
citizens and maybe some friends being

753
00:41:00,530 --> 00:40:56,350
killed the most overwhelming feeling

754
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:00,540
being where I am is one of isolation

755
00:41:05,550 --> 00:41:03,130
while I think we all experienced a bit

756
00:41:09,630 --> 00:41:05,560
of isolation at that time within a few

757
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:09,640
hours we had the opportunity to go see

758
00:41:14,850 --> 00:41:12,490
our families and to hug our children and

759
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:14,860
hold them in our arms and you had no

760
00:41:21,150 --> 00:41:17,610
such opportunity and I cannot imagine

761
00:41:23,670 --> 00:41:21,160
how you were able to respond in the way

762
00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:23,680
that you did while circling the Earth

763
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:25,360
you had the presence of mind to grab a

764
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:27,970
video camera to document from this

765
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:30,010
unique vantage point the destruction

766
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:32,890
that was occurring below in his photos

767
00:41:37,020 --> 00:41:35,290
and memories of that day they have

768
00:41:40,650 --> 00:41:37,030
become an important part of our history

769
00:41:42,750 --> 00:41:40,660
and in our healing Frank Kohler son has

770
00:41:46,650 --> 00:41:42,760
had an 18-year career as a NASA

771
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:46,660
astronaut logging over 144 days in space

772
00:41:51,780 --> 00:41:48,610
the Space Shuttle commander pilot and

773
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:51,790
station crew member retired from NASA in

774
00:41:56,250 --> 00:41:54,010
2002 and is now senior vice president

775
00:41:58,080 --> 00:41:56,260
and deputy general manager with orbital

776
00:42:01,440 --> 00:41:58,090
sciences corporation one of our key

777
00:42:03,660 --> 00:42:01,450
industry partners how appropriate is

778
00:42:06,510 --> 00:42:03,670
that Frank's experience offered us a

779
00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:06,520
unique perspective on this terrible

780
00:42:12,810 --> 00:42:10,510
event after all that is what we do we

781
00:42:15,780 --> 00:42:12,820
provide a unique and important

782
00:42:19,230 --> 00:42:15,790
perspective on our nation our planet and

783
00:42:21,060 --> 00:42:19,240
our universe thank you Frank for joining

784
00:42:39,580 --> 00:42:21,070
us at this important event roll the

785
00:42:39,590 --> 00:42:45,460
Mordy then

786
00:43:09,810 --> 00:42:54,250
you are to me you keep away from a lil

787
00:43:28,890 --> 00:43:09,820
bit what's go on but they wanted me for

788
00:43:32,130 --> 00:43:28,900
a major I only pray

789
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:32,140
the way soon

790
00:43:41,450 --> 00:43:50,870
and the sun will rise on one more day

791
00:43:53,990 --> 00:43:52,490
I didn't know exactly what was happening

792
00:43:56,450 --> 00:43:54,000
but I knew it was really bad because

793
00:43:58,609 --> 00:43:56,460
there was a big cloud of debris covering

794
00:44:01,009 --> 00:43:58,619
Manhattan we flew past New York City and

795
00:44:02,779 --> 00:44:01,019
far the effects of that attack on that

796
00:44:04,549 --> 00:44:02,789
fitting that's why I really became

797
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:04,559
painful because it was like seeing a

798
00:44:12,049 --> 00:44:08,970
wound in the side of of your country of

799
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:12,059
your family your friends I was visiting

800
00:44:17,059 --> 00:44:14,210
Williamsburg and there was a veteran

801
00:44:18,710 --> 00:44:17,069
touring the grounds he need a little

802
00:44:19,970 --> 00:44:18,720
help up one of the sets of steps in saw

803
00:44:21,769 --> 00:44:19,980
helped him a little bit and we started

804
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:21,779
talking and I told him I had seen the

805
00:44:25,849 --> 00:44:24,450
attack on Afghanistan from above then I

806
00:44:29,930 --> 00:44:25,859
told him I was the commander of the

807
00:44:31,670 --> 00:44:29,940
space station and he immediately started

808
00:44:34,339 --> 00:44:31,680
asking questions and wanted to know more

809
00:44:36,710 --> 00:44:34,349
this is a guy who lost part of the use

810
00:44:38,720 --> 00:44:36,720
of an arm he's lost both his legs his

811
00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:38,730
life has changed dramatically however

812
00:44:42,710 --> 00:44:41,250
the first thing he said to me is that's

813
00:44:44,269 --> 00:44:42,720
one of the best things we're doing we

814
00:44:46,519 --> 00:44:44,279
have to work together internationally I

815
00:44:48,259 --> 00:44:46,529
will never solve all these problems the

816
00:44:49,789 --> 00:44:48,269
young men and women that are putting

817
00:44:51,890 --> 00:44:49,799
their lives on the line in Afghanistan

818
00:44:53,839 --> 00:44:51,900
and Iraq and other places around the

819
00:44:56,359 --> 00:44:53,849
world to ensure that this doesn't happen

820
00:44:59,240 --> 00:44:56,369
again and help keep us free are the real

821
00:45:01,370 --> 00:44:59,250
heroes here I think it's important for

822
00:45:03,499 --> 00:45:01,380
people to continue to learn the lessons

823
00:45:05,690 --> 00:45:03,509
from this and make sure that we are in

824
00:45:08,660 --> 00:45:05,700
fact making ourselves a better country

825
00:45:10,009 --> 00:45:08,670
as a result of it not regressing or

826
00:45:12,650 --> 00:45:10,019
turning inward are changing ourselves

827
00:45:14,150 --> 00:45:12,660
into a society that we won't be proud

828
00:45:17,210 --> 00:45:14,160
pass on to our grandchildren and

829
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:17,220
great-grandchildren I had the privilege

830
00:45:22,190 --> 00:45:20,130
to talk to a school that was a couple of

831
00:45:23,900 --> 00:45:22,200
blocks away from ground zero

832
00:45:28,359 --> 00:45:23,910
and meet those kids and teachers in

833
00:45:31,849 --> 00:45:28,369
person they were close to ground zero

834
00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:31,859
but they were optimistic and that's our

835
00:45:34,290 --> 00:46:05,910
the Sun Laurel

836
00:46:09,729 --> 00:46:08,140
good morning and thank you very much and

837
00:46:13,390 --> 00:46:09,739
Lori thank you very much for that

838
00:46:16,269 --> 00:46:13,400
introduction that was amazing brought

839
00:46:20,529 --> 00:46:16,279
back a lot of memories as does the the

840
00:46:23,410 --> 00:46:20,539
video every year actually almost every

841
00:46:25,269 --> 00:46:23,420
day I think about what I saw from the

842
00:46:28,029 --> 00:46:25,279
space station on 911 but certainly at

843
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:28,039
this time of year it comes home to me

844
00:46:33,699 --> 00:46:31,249
and I remember what I felt like I

845
00:46:35,979 --> 00:46:33,709
remember all the people that I

846
00:46:40,209 --> 00:46:35,989
communicated with I remember my

847
00:46:43,179 --> 00:46:40,219
crewmates Mikhail and Vladimir who also

848
00:46:44,469 --> 00:46:43,189
felt the pain of this they were worried

849
00:46:46,749 --> 00:46:44,479
about their own country because they had

850
00:46:49,329 --> 00:46:46,759
already had terrorist attacks in Moscow

851
00:46:50,739 --> 00:46:49,339
and other parts of Russia and we all

852
00:46:52,179 --> 00:46:50,749
spent a lot of time checking with our

853
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:52,189
families and making sure they were okay

854
00:46:56,769 --> 00:46:55,130
and we talked together a lot about the

855
00:46:59,829 --> 00:46:56,779
significance of what we had seen and

856
00:47:01,870 --> 00:46:59,839
they worked as hard as I did taking

857
00:47:07,299 --> 00:47:01,880
photographs and videos of what was

858
00:47:10,989 --> 00:47:07,309
happening in in our country and you know

859
00:47:13,329 --> 00:47:10,999
as marshal fog said sometime you had to

860
00:47:14,799 --> 00:47:13,339
be prepared to do things you didn't

861
00:47:16,509 --> 00:47:14,809
expect you ever would have to do I

862
00:47:18,849 --> 00:47:16,519
certainly never expected to take

863
00:47:21,249 --> 00:47:18,859
pictures like that but I also never

864
00:47:22,929 --> 00:47:21,259
expected to have to talk to people on

865
00:47:26,769 --> 00:47:22,939
earth and explain what I had seen and

866
00:47:28,569 --> 00:47:26,779
what it meant to me I talked to hundreds

867
00:47:32,229 --> 00:47:28,579
if not thousands of school children from

868
00:47:33,910 --> 00:47:32,239
space they ask their questions about the

869
00:47:35,829 --> 00:47:33,920
space station and about traveling in

870
00:47:39,339 --> 00:47:35,839
space but they also asked about what I

871
00:47:41,529 --> 00:47:39,349
saw and and how it made me feel so I had

872
00:47:44,620 --> 00:47:41,539
to go over it quite often I talked to

873
00:47:46,779 --> 00:47:44,630
two leaders of countries around the

874
00:47:48,910 --> 00:47:46,789
world who were sympathetic to what had

875
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:48,920
happened but he wanted to express their

876
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:51,290
support and ask their questions

877
00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:55,490
when we were doing our physical exams on

878
00:48:00,010 --> 00:47:57,290
that day and I called the ground to

879
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:00,020
report the results of that dr. Steve

880
00:48:04,990 --> 00:48:02,570
heart came on the line and I said hey

881
00:48:06,610 --> 00:48:05,000
Steve how's it going he said well Frank

882
00:48:08,980 --> 00:48:06,620
we're not having a very good day down

883
00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:08,990
here on earth and my heart stopped for a

884
00:48:13,570 --> 00:48:10,970
moment because just the way he said it I

885
00:48:15,460 --> 00:48:13,580
knew something bad was going on didn't

886
00:48:18,460 --> 00:48:15,470
know if maybe a family member was

887
00:48:21,790 --> 00:48:18,470
seriously ill or worse or NASA had lost

888
00:48:23,860 --> 00:48:21,800
an airplane or somebody and then he

889
00:48:26,530 --> 00:48:23,870
began to describe what had happened at

890
00:48:28,570 --> 00:48:26,540
the World Trade Center and just prior to

891
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:28,580
the call the plane had hit the Pentagon

892
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:29,930
and he told me about that and while we

893
00:48:34,240 --> 00:48:32,450
were talking he told me about the

894
00:48:36,370 --> 00:48:34,250
airplane crashing in Pennsylvania and it

895
00:48:38,350 --> 00:48:36,380
was clear to me that we were under

896
00:48:40,470 --> 00:48:38,360
attack and so we did find a camera and

897
00:48:43,060 --> 00:48:40,480
we did look down on New York City

898
00:48:45,430 --> 00:48:43,070
Michael and I both in Vladimir from a

899
00:48:48,100 --> 00:48:45,440
different window and and we recorded

900
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:48,110
what we saw but it was very painful to

901
00:48:53,490 --> 00:48:50,810
see I assume that tens of thousands of

902
00:48:56,380 --> 00:48:53,500
people were dying not knowing exactly

903
00:48:59,410 --> 00:48:56,390
the situation there what time it was and

904
00:49:01,570 --> 00:48:59,420
he approximately but hadn't done the

905
00:49:05,500 --> 00:49:01,580
mental math at the time of what time

906
00:49:07,930 --> 00:49:05,510
zone we were in but as we zoomed in with

907
00:49:10,690 --> 00:49:07,940
the camera you could see the big cloud

908
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:10,700
developing new york city and we were

909
00:49:14,020 --> 00:49:12,770
watching the second tower come down we

910
00:49:15,490 --> 00:49:14,030
didn't know it at the time i just knew

911
00:49:19,090 --> 00:49:15,500
it was getting worse and it looked

912
00:49:20,770 --> 00:49:19,100
really bad and traveling five miles a

913
00:49:23,470 --> 00:49:20,780
second New York goes across the horizon

914
00:49:26,020 --> 00:49:23,480
very quickly and it was along 90 minutes

915
00:49:28,780 --> 00:49:26,030
to come back around and and check out my

916
00:49:30,970 --> 00:49:28,790
country again and see if anything else

917
00:49:33,370 --> 00:49:30,980
was happening and we were very worried

918
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:33,380
and we talked a lot about what was

919
00:49:37,390 --> 00:49:34,970
really going on and what this meant

920
00:49:40,030 --> 00:49:37,400
during that that long 90 minutes but in

921
00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:40,040
the in that time we also set up every

922
00:49:42,910 --> 00:49:41,570
camera we had and we took as many

923
00:49:45,730 --> 00:49:42,920
pictures as we could we came across

924
00:49:47,830 --> 00:49:45,740
Chicago and looking across the Midwest

925
00:49:50,020 --> 00:49:47,840
went right across purdue where i had a

926
00:49:51,130 --> 00:49:50,030
daughter in school and looked down and

927
00:49:52,750 --> 00:49:51,140
make sure everything was okay in that

928
00:49:54,730 --> 00:49:52,760
area we couldn't see anything in

929
00:49:56,500 --> 00:49:54,740
pennsylvania the smoke had already

930
00:49:58,660 --> 00:49:56,510
dissipated and i could see all the way

931
00:50:00,520 --> 00:49:58,670
to Texas and was making sure there was

932
00:50:02,260 --> 00:50:00,530
no smoke down that way where a lot of

933
00:50:03,470 --> 00:50:02,270
the family was into the Carolinas where

934
00:50:07,460 --> 00:50:03,480
the rest of them were

935
00:50:09,020 --> 00:50:07,470
and as we crossed Washington we were

936
00:50:11,390 --> 00:50:09,030
directly over the Pentagon and we can

937
00:50:12,740 --> 00:50:11,400
look straight down and see the gash in

938
00:50:14,390 --> 00:50:12,750
the side of the building we could

939
00:50:16,250 --> 00:50:14,400
through the binoculars and the long

940
00:50:18,590 --> 00:50:16,260
lenses to see the lights of the rescue

941
00:50:21,410 --> 00:50:18,600
vehicle ssin we knew it was really bad

942
00:50:23,690 --> 00:50:21,420
there too and then as we went across the

943
00:50:25,670 --> 00:50:23,700
eastern shore doubt over the Atlantic I

944
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:25,680
could clearly see New York City again

945
00:50:31,550 --> 00:50:27,570
and see the smoke coming towards us and

946
00:50:35,180 --> 00:50:31,560
took some more video and it just it just

947
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:35,190
really hurt and it was hard to know what

948
00:50:41,450 --> 00:50:39,210
to do next as we circle the earth every

949
00:50:43,580 --> 00:50:41,460
90 minutes and we crossed the US and we

950
00:50:46,010 --> 00:50:43,590
were getting very sporadic pieces of

951
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:46,020
information I look down on the US and

952
00:50:50,930 --> 00:50:48,690
normally the earth the earth looks

953
00:50:52,609 --> 00:50:50,940
inhabited you know you can see a lot of

954
00:50:55,070 --> 00:50:52,619
things happening down here you can see

955
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:55,080
the contrails of all the airliners going

956
00:50:59,030 --> 00:50:56,850
across the u.s. and coming from Europe

957
00:51:01,400 --> 00:50:59,040
towards the US and all around the world

958
00:51:05,210 --> 00:51:01,410
and bottom converge right over Atlanta

959
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:05,220
it seems like but but as we came around

960
00:51:10,670 --> 00:51:07,410
about three hours after the attacks

961
00:51:14,180 --> 00:51:10,680
began they all disappeared except for

962
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:14,190
one or two one was coming back to

963
00:51:18,410 --> 00:51:15,930
Washington carrying President Bush and

964
00:51:20,359 --> 00:51:18,420
then there were a few we have 15 s and

965
00:51:23,150 --> 00:51:20,369
f-18s around the country that were

966
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:23,160
patrolling but that was it they had all

967
00:51:26,750 --> 00:51:24,690
disappeared they've grounded everybody

968
00:51:29,599 --> 00:51:26,760
in just a few hours and that to me was

969
00:51:31,490 --> 00:51:29,609
an amazing sight to see and really drove

970
00:51:33,020 --> 00:51:31,500
home the fact that this was a different

971
00:51:35,599 --> 00:51:33,030
world now and I was going to come home

972
00:51:38,270 --> 00:51:35,609
to a different place not really knowing

973
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:38,280
for sure when that would be here what it

974
00:51:42,980 --> 00:51:41,130
would be like we just knew would be

975
00:51:45,109 --> 00:51:42,990
different we had to press on with our

976
00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:45,119
mission we had a module that was

977
00:51:48,890 --> 00:51:46,770
arriving in six days that we had to get

978
00:51:51,380 --> 00:51:48,900
safely docked to the station get it

979
00:51:53,420 --> 00:51:51,390
activated we had our own agenda we had

980
00:51:54,859 --> 00:51:53,430
to follow and our own timeline just to

981
00:51:57,620 --> 00:51:54,869
keep the station flying because at that

982
00:52:00,140 --> 00:51:57,630
time it was very small and and somewhat

983
00:52:01,730 --> 00:52:00,150
somewhat fragile we only have one large

984
00:52:04,910 --> 00:52:01,740
solar array in a couple of small ones

985
00:52:07,250 --> 00:52:04,920
and in six modules and just the three of

986
00:52:09,890 --> 00:52:07,260
us up there so we were busy but we kept

987
00:52:11,510 --> 00:52:09,900
working and as you do at times like the

988
00:52:14,150 --> 00:52:11,520
issue compartmentalizing you get the job

989
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:14,160
done but the best part of it was is I

990
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:15,930
could tell people on the ground we're

991
00:52:20,140 --> 00:52:16,890
pulling together

992
00:52:23,750 --> 00:52:20,150
and I could tell that the family was was

993
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:23,760
supporting each other and at the end of

994
00:52:29,330 --> 00:52:27,450
the first day Roy estes came on the on

995
00:52:30,950 --> 00:52:29,340
the line he was a center director at JSC

996
00:52:33,950 --> 00:52:30,960
at the time and he said Frank I want you

997
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:33,960
to know we've checked on your family and

998
00:52:37,070 --> 00:52:35,010
you're going to talk to your wife in a

999
00:52:39,590 --> 00:52:37,080
few minutes and we checked on your kids

1000
00:52:42,170 --> 00:52:39,600
and and everybody here is committed to

1001
00:52:44,060 --> 00:52:42,180
keeping you and Vladimir mikail safe

1002
00:52:45,440 --> 00:52:44,070
we're going to make sure your mission

1003
00:52:47,750 --> 00:52:45,450
continues and we're going to do our job

1004
00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:47,760
down here on earth and I said well it's

1005
00:52:51,260 --> 00:52:49,410
got to be pretty restricting Roy he says

1006
00:52:52,550 --> 00:52:51,270
it's incredibly distracting Frank but

1007
00:52:54,500 --> 00:52:52,560
these people are committed down here

1008
00:52:57,280 --> 00:52:54,510
they're going to take care of you I had

1009
00:52:59,840 --> 00:52:57,290
no doubt about that I knew that my

1010
00:53:01,430 --> 00:52:59,850
Capcom's Barbara and Katie who were

1011
00:53:03,500 --> 00:53:01,440
talking to me that day and telling me as

1012
00:53:06,530 --> 00:53:03,510
much as they could our flight directors

1013
00:53:10,220 --> 00:53:06,540
mark fairing mark usage Brian Lonnie

1014
00:53:12,890 --> 00:53:10,230
others our support team TJ creamer Missy

1015
00:53:15,890 --> 00:53:12,900
guard Jesse Gilmore others were taking

1016
00:53:18,140 --> 00:53:15,900
care of us dr. Hart and his medical team

1017
00:53:21,140 --> 00:53:18,150
and the psych support folks watching out

1018
00:53:24,770 --> 00:53:21,150
for the families and it was it was an

1019
00:53:27,140 --> 00:53:24,780
amazing coming together of people who

1020
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:27,150
knew their jobs they knew what to do but

1021
00:53:29,810 --> 00:53:28,290
they never thought they'd have to do

1022
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:29,820
this kind of stuff but they figured it

1023
00:53:34,070 --> 00:53:32,010
out later that night I did talk to

1024
00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:34,080
Rebecca and she had talked to every one

1025
00:53:39,830 --> 00:53:36,330
of the kids and they were frightened but

1026
00:53:41,390 --> 00:53:39,840
okay and I said I'm not sure you know

1027
00:53:43,310 --> 00:53:41,400
when we'll be coming back and she said

1028
00:53:46,250 --> 00:53:43,320
it's okay i'm taking care of things here

1029
00:53:49,310 --> 00:53:46,260
and she did and so we kept on with our

1030
00:53:51,500 --> 00:53:49,320
mission the next day I got a call from

1031
00:53:53,990 --> 00:53:51,510
the ground on the secure loop again and

1032
00:53:56,180 --> 00:53:54,000
was talked to harden and TJ got on the

1033
00:53:59,270 --> 00:53:56,190
line he said Frank I got some more bad

1034
00:54:00,650 --> 00:53:59,280
news for you you know I knew with his

1035
00:54:02,990 --> 00:54:00,660
many people is that I know in the

1036
00:54:04,970 --> 00:54:03,000
military and who fly airplanes and work

1037
00:54:06,620 --> 00:54:04,980
in New York City that I probably knew

1038
00:54:08,870 --> 00:54:06,630
somebody who was impacted in some way by

1039
00:54:11,510 --> 00:54:08,880
this and the first one I heard about was

1040
00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:11,520
my classmate chick burlingame class of

1041
00:54:15,260 --> 00:54:13,410
nineteen seventy one from the Naval

1042
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:15,270
Academy he and I played in the drum will

1043
00:54:19,730 --> 00:54:17,610
be drum and bugle corps together we we

1044
00:54:21,350 --> 00:54:19,740
studied aerospace engineering together

1045
00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:21,360
and we both were a four pilots and

1046
00:54:24,950 --> 00:54:23,370
trained at the same time chick was the

1047
00:54:26,570 --> 00:54:24,960
captain to american airlines flight 77

1048
00:54:29,270 --> 00:54:26,580
that was crashed into the Pentagon

1049
00:54:30,590 --> 00:54:29,280
and I knew he must have gone out

1050
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:30,600
fighting I didn't know any of the

1051
00:54:35,690 --> 00:54:33,450
details but I just envisioned that chick

1052
00:54:38,170 --> 00:54:35,700
was a great fighter pilot and I'm sure

1053
00:54:42,170 --> 00:54:38,180
that he didn't give up his airplane

1054
00:54:44,840 --> 00:54:42,180
readily but it made it very personal at

1055
00:54:46,340 --> 00:54:44,850
that point and I started thinking about

1056
00:54:48,860 --> 00:54:46,350
how angry I was that this had happened

1057
00:54:51,890 --> 00:54:48,870
and taken my friend and taken families

1058
00:54:54,050 --> 00:54:51,900
and it was it was a you know you go

1059
00:54:55,970 --> 00:54:54,060
through the phases of grief and the

1060
00:54:58,250 --> 00:54:55,980
anger came pretty quickly after it

1061
00:55:00,890 --> 00:54:58,260
became so personal about four weeks

1062
00:55:02,270 --> 00:55:00,900
later I was I was always watching the

1063
00:55:03,470 --> 00:55:02,280
Middle East because we had heard where

1064
00:55:05,630 --> 00:55:03,480
the attack came from and who was

1065
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:05,640
responsible and you could always tell

1066
00:55:10,610 --> 00:55:07,170
when you were flying over Afghanistan

1067
00:55:12,230 --> 00:55:10,620
because there were no lights hmm excuse

1068
00:55:13,430 --> 00:55:12,240
me the rest of the Middle East was

1069
00:55:15,500 --> 00:55:13,440
pretty well lit up but not Afghanistan

1070
00:55:17,690 --> 00:55:15,510
and then I was watching one night as we

1071
00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:17,700
flew overhead and I knew something was

1072
00:55:21,380 --> 00:55:19,410
probably going to happen before too long

1073
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:21,390
as I would watch intently and I saw

1074
00:55:25,130 --> 00:55:22,890
these big flash it start to go off on

1075
00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:25,140
the ground and they were cruise missiles

1076
00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:27,450
hidden key targets down there and there

1077
00:55:31,850 --> 00:55:29,130
were strings of bombs from the b-52s

1078
00:55:34,130 --> 00:55:31,860
going off and I knew that my friends and

1079
00:55:35,240 --> 00:55:34,140
colleagues were retaliating I had

1080
00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:35,250
classmates who were commanding the

1081
00:55:39,290 --> 00:55:36,810
fleet's and commanding the divisions on

1082
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:39,300
the ground and then again it was very

1083
00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:40,890
personal but I was very proud of our

1084
00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:43,770
troops and what they were doing and so

1085
00:55:47,030 --> 00:55:45,450
every opportunity I've had since then I

1086
00:55:50,120 --> 00:55:47,040
try to let him know when I see them that

1087
00:55:52,340 --> 00:55:50,130
I appreciate their sacrifice the thing I

1088
00:55:56,030 --> 00:55:52,350
want all you to remember is that we are

1089
00:55:59,380 --> 00:55:56,040
now thanks to that attack as bad as it

1090
00:56:01,970 --> 00:55:59,390
was building another greatest generation

1091
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the men and women who are fighting for

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our freedoms overseas who are making

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sure here in the homeland that we're

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safe in her dealing with this either

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physically or emotionally or

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professionally every day are building a

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capability that will make this country

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stronger all we have to do is tap it and

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let those folks lead we need to overcome

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00:56:25,190 --> 00:56:22,620
the politics the partisanship we need to

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remember why this event brought us

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together and why we were able to work so

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well together and let that generation

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come up behind us and take the reins

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because they they have been through a

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trial by fire the folks who survived 911

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the folks who have survived the Global

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War on Terror

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00:56:42,570 --> 00:56:41,320
in Afghanistan and Iraq and the folks

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who are taking care of us here at home

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know how to lead so we need to respect

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them and help them do that job better

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and we need to step up and do our part

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to make sure that we all stay safe but

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even more than that that we keep our eye

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on the future and what we're doing here

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at NASA is a great example of proving to

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the rest of the world that you cannot

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00:57:06,840 --> 00:57:05,200
hold us back you cannot keep us from

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excelling you cannot keep us from

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pushing our frontiers outward no matter

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00:57:14,820 --> 00:57:12,520
what you do we will always excel we will

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always succeed and we will always push

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those frontiers to the next level I

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really appreciate everything everybody

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in NASA is doing I certainly appreciate

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what everybody did to keep me safe in

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orbit to bring me home safely especially

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in time for Christmas and I really

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appreciate the folks that are fighting

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to keep our freedom here at home and

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abroad Charlie Lori you've got a great

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team here it's great to continue working

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with you and it's fantastic to be a part

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of this family brothers and sisters you

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got a big job ahead of you in the next

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few years let's get off this planet for

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good let's get out into the solar system

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and out into the universe and learn all

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we can about it because as my friend

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Johnny Jones Staff Sergeant United

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States Marine Corps said the only way

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we're going to solve all these problems

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is by international collaboration and

1145
00:58:07,320 --> 00:58:05,140
communication we got to talk to each

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00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:07,330
other we've got to show the way thank

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on behalf of the NASA Administrator and

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deputy administrator thank you to both

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the members of the NASA community and to