"We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey."
~Kenji Miyazawa
An excerpt from President Obama's remarks at the Pentagon today speaking on the eleventh Anniversary of September 11th:
"And even though we may never be able to fully lift the burden carried by those left behind, we know that somewhere, a son is growing up with his father’s eyes, and a daughter has her mother’s laugh -- living reminders that those who died are with us still.
So as painful as this day is and always will be, it leaves
us with a lesson that no single event can ever destroy who we are. No act of
terrorism can ever change what we stand for. Instead, we recommit ourselves to
the values that we believe in, holding firmly, without wavering, to the hope
that we confess.
That’s the commitment that we reaffirm today. And that’s why, when the history books are written, the true legacy of 9/11 will not be one of fear or hate or division. It will be a safer world; a stronger nation; and a people more united than ever before.
God bless the memories of those we lost. And God bless these United States of America."
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| Pentagon Memorial |
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| Flight 93 Memorial |
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| World Trade Center Memorial |
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