1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:06,480 Okay . 3 00:00:15,940 --> 00:00:19,510 Okay . Mhm . 4 00:00:25,950 --> 00:00:26,420 Mhm . 5 00:00:37,620 --> 00:00:38,620 Yeah . 6 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,350 Yeah . Okay . 7 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,422 Ladies and gentlemen , on behalf of the 8 00:01:19,422 --> 00:01:21,533 United States Department of Defense , 9 00:01:21,533 --> 00:01:23,756 we welcome you to our annual observance 10 00:01:23,756 --> 00:01:26,130 ceremony where we honor and remember 11 00:01:26,330 --> 00:01:30,190 the 184 lives lost 21 years ago on 12 00:01:30,190 --> 00:01:32,910 american Airlines flight 77 . And at 13 00:01:32,910 --> 00:01:36,390 the pentagon at 9 37 AM on september 14 00:01:36,390 --> 00:01:37,980 11th 2001 15 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:45,050 mm please 16 00:01:45,050 --> 00:01:47,161 stand for the arrival of the official 17 00:01:47,161 --> 00:01:48,960 party . 18 00:02:01,820 --> 00:02:04,480 Ladies and gentlemen , the President of 19 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,110 the United States joseph R biden , 20 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,840 accompanied by the Secretary of Defense , 21 00:02:09,850 --> 00:02:12,330 Lloyd J . Austin the third , The 22 00:02:12,330 --> 00:02:14,552 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , 23 00:02:14,552 --> 00:02:17,660 General Mark A Milley and Colonel James 24 00:02:17,660 --> 00:02:20,390 J . Foster Command chaplain . Military 25 00:02:20,390 --> 00:02:21,860 District of Washington . 26 00:02:45,250 --> 00:02:47,472 Please remain standing for the national 27 00:02:47,472 --> 00:02:49,694 anthem performed by the President's own 28 00:02:49,694 --> 00:02:52,220 United States Marine Band . Directed by 29 00:02:52,220 --> 00:02:54,600 Colonel Jason K . Fettig . And the 30 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,170 Joint Armed Forces Chorus directed by 31 00:02:57,170 --> 00:02:59,114 Lieutenant Colonel Randall Bartell 32 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:03,900 application . 33 00:03:11,020 --> 00:03:13,350 Right , just 34 00:03:14,420 --> 00:03:15,320 what 35 00:03:22,730 --> 00:03:23,120 and 36 00:03:33,940 --> 00:03:36,580 yes . Mhm . 37 00:03:45,940 --> 00:03:46,940 Yeah , 38 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,140 ladies and gentlemen , please be seated 39 00:04:58,370 --> 00:05:01,650 Dr paul W . Ambrose 40 00:05:07,730 --> 00:05:11,460 specialist craig . S badminton , United 41 00:05:11,460 --> 00:05:12,580 States Army 42 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,570 Petty Officer , 3rd Class Melissa Rose 43 00:05:21,570 --> 00:05:24,080 Barnes , United States Navy 44 00:05:30,250 --> 00:05:33,140 Master Sergeant max . J . Bell key , 45 00:05:33,150 --> 00:05:35,740 United States Army retired 46 00:05:41,220 --> 00:05:43,440 dr Yeah , no , no be true 47 00:05:49,970 --> 00:05:53,000 Petty Officer . 2nd Class Chris Romero 48 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,760 Bishan . States Navy 49 00:06:02,710 --> 00:06:04,960 Kerry are Blackburn . 50 00:06:11,130 --> 00:06:14,310 Colonel Canfield D Boone , United 51 00:06:14,310 --> 00:06:15,290 States Army 52 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,920 mary jane booth , 53 00:06:28,180 --> 00:06:30,090 Donna M . Bowen . 54 00:06:35,610 --> 00:06:37,610 Alan p Boyle 55 00:06:41,950 --> 00:06:44,650 Bernard C . Brown the 2nd 56 00:06:49,870 --> 00:06:52,920 Petty Officer , 3rd class Christopher L . 57 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,580 Burford , United States Navy 58 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,650 Captain Charles F . Burlingame . The 59 00:07:03,650 --> 00:07:06,590 3rd United States Navy Reserve 60 00:07:06,660 --> 00:07:07,690 retired 61 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,400 Petty Officer , 3rd Class Daniel M . 62 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,300 Caballero . United States Navy 63 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,760 Sergeant , first class Jose O calderon . 64 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,400 O . Medo , United States Army , 65 00:07:36,890 --> 00:07:39,000 Suzanne M . Callie 66 00:07:44,750 --> 00:07:46,960 Angeline C . Carter 67 00:07:52,490 --> 00:07:54,800 Sharon A carver 68 00:08:00,850 --> 00:08:03,080 William E . Caswell 69 00:08:08,740 --> 00:08:11,990 Sergeant , first class john J Chatah , 70 00:08:12,020 --> 00:08:14,680 United States Army . Retired 71 00:08:20,110 --> 00:08:21,890 rosa Maria , chapa , 72 00:08:28,130 --> 00:08:30,330 david , M charlie Boy 73 00:08:35,730 --> 00:08:37,750 Sarah M . Clark , 74 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,890 Julian T cooper , 75 00:08:50,310 --> 00:08:52,610 Asia S . Cottam . 76 00:08:57,890 --> 00:09:00,910 Lieutenant Commander Erik A . Cranford , 77 00:09:01,030 --> 00:09:02,670 United States Navy 78 00:09:08,610 --> 00:09:10,670 Ada M . Davis , 79 00:09:16,810 --> 00:09:18,880 James D de venir , 80 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:28,020 Captain Gerald F . D . Canto , United 81 00:09:28,020 --> 00:09:29,160 States Navy 82 00:09:35,630 --> 00:09:37,380 Rodney Dickens , 83 00:09:43,190 --> 00:09:46,110 Lieutenant Colonel Gerry D . Dickerson , 84 00:09:46,230 --> 00:09:47,760 United States Army 85 00:09:53,990 --> 00:09:55,790 Eddie A . Dillard 86 00:10:01,740 --> 00:10:04,000 Petty Officer , First class johnny 87 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,970 doctor Junior , United States Navy 88 00:10:12,630 --> 00:10:16,110 Captain robert E . Dolan , Jr , United 89 00:10:16,110 --> 00:10:17,180 States Navy 90 00:10:24,260 --> 00:10:26,630 Commander , William H . Donovan , 91 00:10:26,740 --> 00:10:28,510 United States Navy 92 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:37,650 Lieutenant Commander , Charles A . 93 00:10:37,650 --> 00:10:40,980 Draws the third , United States Navy , 94 00:10:40,990 --> 00:10:42,000 Retired 95 00:10:49,020 --> 00:10:51,610 Commander , Patrick Dunn , United 96 00:10:51,610 --> 00:10:52,700 States Navy 97 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,970 Petty Officer , 1st Class Edward T . 98 00:11:02,970 --> 00:11:05,450 Earhart , United States Navy 99 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,160 Barbara G . Edwards . 100 00:11:19,970 --> 00:11:22,550 Lieutenant Commander , robert , R . L . 101 00:11:22,550 --> 00:11:25,640 Seth , United States Navy Reserve 102 00:11:31,370 --> 00:11:33,820 Charles S . Falkenburg 103 00:11:37,710 --> 00:11:40,800 and his wife Leslie A Wigington . 104 00:11:45,010 --> 00:11:46,990 And their two Children , Dana 105 00:11:46,990 --> 00:11:48,040 Falkenberg 106 00:11:51,260 --> 00:11:53,140 and Zoe Falkenberg 107 00:11:56,260 --> 00:11:59,260 Petty Officer . 3rd Class Jamie L . 108 00:11:59,260 --> 00:12:01,820 Fallon , United States Navy 109 00:12:05,750 --> 00:12:07,800 J . Joseph Ferguson . 110 00:12:11,820 --> 00:12:14,160 Amelia V Fields , 111 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:20,620 Gerald P . Fisher , 112 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,460 Darlene E . Flag 113 00:12:30,740 --> 00:12:33,580 and her husband . Rear Admiral Wilson . 114 00:12:33,580 --> 00:12:36,760 F . Flag , United States Navy Reserve 115 00:12:36,770 --> 00:12:37,880 Retired 116 00:12:41,930 --> 00:12:45,070 Petty Officer , 2nd Class Matthew M . 117 00:12:45,070 --> 00:12:47,620 Flacco , United States Navy , 118 00:12:52,390 --> 00:12:54,540 Sandra and Foster . 119 00:12:59,050 --> 00:13:02,060 First Lieutenant Richard , P . Gabriel , 120 00:13:02,070 --> 00:13:04,770 United States Marine Corps , Retired 121 00:13:07,670 --> 00:13:11,660 Mhm Captain Laurence D . Gets fred , 122 00:13:11,670 --> 00:13:13,970 United States Navy 123 00:13:19,340 --> 00:13:20,750 Cortez G . 124 00:13:25,830 --> 00:13:27,850 Brenda C . Gibson 125 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,290 Colonel Ronald F . Golinski , United 126 00:13:35,290 --> 00:13:37,130 States Army , Retired 127 00:13:41,850 --> 00:13:43,600 N . J Gray . 128 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,340 Diane Hale Mackenzie 129 00:13:55,950 --> 00:13:58,030 Stanley R . Hall 130 00:14:03,910 --> 00:14:05,980 Caroline B . Hellman 131 00:14:11,410 --> 00:14:13,660 Michelle M . Heidenberger , 132 00:14:19,260 --> 00:14:21,560 Sheila M . S . Heine 133 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,640 Petty Officer 1st Class . Ronald J . 134 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,190 Hemenway , United States Navy 135 00:14:36,900 --> 00:14:40,320 Major Wallis Cole Hogan Jr United 136 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:41,340 States Army 137 00:14:46,420 --> 00:14:49,600 Staff Sergeant Jimmy I holly , United 138 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,410 States Army , Retired 139 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:58,830 Angela M . House 140 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,170 brady K . Howell 141 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,530 Peggy M . Hurt . 142 00:15:19,630 --> 00:15:22,440 Lieutenant Colonel steven and Highland 143 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,990 Junior , United States Army 144 00:15:29,430 --> 00:15:32,290 Lieutenant Colonel robert J . Hymel , 145 00:15:32,410 --> 00:15:35,040 United States Air Force , Retired 146 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:43,550 Sergeant Major Lacy . Be Ivory , United 147 00:15:43,550 --> 00:15:44,640 States Army 148 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,630 brian C . Jack 149 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,440 steven D . Jacoby . 150 00:16:04,660 --> 00:16:07,760 Lieutenant Colonel Dennis M johnson , 151 00:16:07,770 --> 00:16:09,660 United States Army 152 00:16:15,050 --> 00:16:17,170 Judith L . Jones 153 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:23,800 and see judge 154 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:29,920 Brenda . Kay , glor 155 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,640 Chandler R Keller . 156 00:16:42,150 --> 00:16:44,110 Yo von E Kennedy 157 00:16:49,870 --> 00:16:51,880 norma cruz Con 158 00:16:56,780 --> 00:16:59,000 Karen and Kincaid 159 00:17:05,300 --> 00:17:08,580 Lieutenant Michael S . Lamanna , United 160 00:17:08,580 --> 00:17:09,670 States Navy , 161 00:17:14,930 --> 00:17:17,360 David W . Late Check 162 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:24,740 dong charlie 163 00:17:30,190 --> 00:17:31,750 jennifer Lewis 164 00:17:34,730 --> 00:17:37,710 and her husband Kenneth D . Lewis . 165 00:17:42,510 --> 00:17:45,110 Samantha L . Light born Allen . 166 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:54,860 Major steven V . Long , United States 167 00:17:54,870 --> 00:17:55,460 Army 168 00:18:01,290 --> 00:18:03,420 James . T lynch Jr 169 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:10,920 terence M lynch 170 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,080 Petty officer . Second class name Haman 171 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,420 Lions the fourth , United States Navy 172 00:18:26,940 --> 00:18:29,100 Shelly A . Marshal . 173 00:18:38,460 --> 00:18:40,850 Teresa M martin 174 00:18:46,020 --> 00:18:48,270 Ada L . Mason . Acker 175 00:18:53,570 --> 00:18:56,400 Lieutenant Colonel Dean E . Mattson , 176 00:18:56,500 --> 00:18:58,060 United States Army 177 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,260 Lieutenant General timothy J . Maude , 178 00:19:06,410 --> 00:19:07,970 United States Army 179 00:19:13,470 --> 00:19:15,540 robert . J . Maxwell 180 00:19:20,790 --> 00:19:22,860 Renee A . May 181 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,160 molly L . McKenzie 182 00:19:35,270 --> 00:19:37,460 Dora Marie . Menchaca 183 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:46,220 Patricia E . Mickley 184 00:19:51,850 --> 00:19:55,130 Major Ronald D . Milham , United States 185 00:19:55,130 --> 00:19:55,850 Army 186 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:05,400 Gerard P . Moran Jr . 187 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,150 Odessa V Morris 188 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,740 Petty Officer . First Class brian . A 189 00:20:22,740 --> 00:20:25,350 Moss , United States Navy . 190 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:32,510 Eddington . H moy . 191 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,570 Lieutenant Commander Patrick J Murphy , 192 00:20:41,580 --> 00:20:44,050 United States Navy Reserve 193 00:20:49,260 --> 00:20:51,890 Christopher , C . Newton 194 00:20:57,100 --> 00:20:59,020 kang , knock win 195 00:21:05,370 --> 00:21:08,400 Petty Officer , 2nd Class Michael A . 196 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,800 No with United States Navy 197 00:21:16,870 --> 00:21:19,450 Barbara K . Olson , 198 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:27,480 Rubin . S . Or NATO 199 00:21:32,590 --> 00:21:34,890 Diana B Padro . 200 00:21:40,330 --> 00:21:43,560 Lieutenant Jonas M . Panic , United 201 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,460 States Navy Reserve 202 00:21:51,090 --> 00:21:54,020 Major Clifford . L . Patterson Jr 203 00:21:54,150 --> 00:21:55,770 United States Army 204 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:02,970 robert penning er 205 00:22:08,430 --> 00:22:10,950 robert . Our closure the third 206 00:22:14,660 --> 00:22:17,710 and his wife Sandra f closure 207 00:22:23,450 --> 00:22:26,700 Lieutenant Darren H . Pontell , United 208 00:22:26,700 --> 00:22:28,620 States Navy Reserve 209 00:22:32,990 --> 00:22:34,500 scott Powell 210 00:22:39,490 --> 00:22:42,680 Captain Jack D . Punches , United 211 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,860 States Navy Retired 212 00:22:50,170 --> 00:22:53,230 Petty Officer . First class joseph J 213 00:22:53,230 --> 00:22:56,550 pisser , junior , United States Navy 214 00:23:01,270 --> 00:23:03,790 lisa J . Rains . 215 00:23:08,870 --> 00:23:11,120 Deborah A Ramsar 216 00:23:16,020 --> 00:23:18,490 Rhonda Sue Rasmussen , 217 00:23:23,990 --> 00:23:26,930 Petty Officer , first class Marcia de 218 00:23:26,930 --> 00:23:29,610 Ratchford , United States Navy 219 00:23:35,350 --> 00:23:37,460 Martha M . Risky . 220 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:45,250 Todd . H . Rubin , 221 00:23:50,670 --> 00:23:53,390 cecilia E . Lawson Richard . 222 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,010 Edward V . Rowan horst , 223 00:24:06,190 --> 00:24:07,880 judy Roll IT 224 00:24:13,220 --> 00:24:15,950 Sergeant Major robert E . Russell , 225 00:24:15,970 --> 00:24:18,580 United States Army , Retired 226 00:24:23,770 --> 00:24:27,000 Chief warrant Officer William R Ruth , 227 00:24:27,010 --> 00:24:29,350 United States Army Reserve 228 00:24:34,990 --> 00:24:37,440 Charles E . Saban , Senior 229 00:24:43,330 --> 00:24:45,860 marjorie C . Salamoni 230 00:24:51,900 --> 00:24:54,680 john P . Sammartino . 231 00:24:58,930 --> 00:25:02,480 Colonel David M scales , United 232 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:03,620 States Army 233 00:25:09,190 --> 00:25:12,680 Commander robert . A Schlegel , United 234 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:13,860 States Navy 235 00:25:20,340 --> 00:25:22,430 Janice and scott . 236 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,880 Lieutenant Colonel Michael L . Selves , 237 00:25:30,890 --> 00:25:33,510 United States Army . Retired 238 00:25:39,150 --> 00:25:41,360 Marianne H . Server 239 00:25:47,740 --> 00:25:51,040 Commander dan F Shan . Our United 240 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,110 States Navy 241 00:25:57,890 --> 00:26:00,170 Antoinette m . Sherman . 242 00:26:06,420 --> 00:26:08,870 Diane M . Simmons 243 00:26:12,610 --> 00:26:16,060 and her husband George W . Simmons . 244 00:26:21,390 --> 00:26:23,490 Donald D . Simmons . 245 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,100 Cheryl D . Sin 246 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,860 Chief Greg H . Smallwood , United 247 00:26:39,860 --> 00:26:40,910 States Navy 248 00:26:44,380 --> 00:26:47,910 Mhm . Lieutenant 249 00:26:47,910 --> 00:26:51,280 Colonel Gary F smith . United States 250 00:26:51,290 --> 00:26:52,920 Army . Retired 251 00:26:58,810 --> 00:27:00,670 mary Ray . Soper 252 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,410 robert Spy Zeman . 253 00:27:16,340 --> 00:27:18,660 Patricia J . Starts . 254 00:27:24,740 --> 00:27:27,020 Edna L . Stevens 255 00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:35,000 norma lang . Sisterly 256 00:27:41,650 --> 00:27:44,740 Sergeant Major . Larry L Strickland , 257 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,450 United States Army . 258 00:27:52,780 --> 00:27:54,830 Hilda . E . Taylor . 259 00:27:57,770 --> 00:28:01,310 Yeah . Lieutenant 260 00:28:01,310 --> 00:28:04,110 Colonel . Kit P . Taylor , United 261 00:28:04,110 --> 00:28:05,210 States Army 262 00:28:11,890 --> 00:28:13,670 Leonard E . Taylor 263 00:28:19,220 --> 00:28:21,420 Sandra C . Taylor 264 00:28:26,970 --> 00:28:29,380 Sandra dee Teague 265 00:28:34,180 --> 00:28:37,170 Lieutenant Karl W . Tepee , United 266 00:28:37,170 --> 00:28:39,000 States Army , Retired 267 00:28:44,300 --> 00:28:47,770 Sergeant Tamara C . Thurman , United 268 00:28:47,770 --> 00:28:48,870 States Army 269 00:28:54,290 --> 00:28:57,300 Lieutenant Commander Otis V . Tolbert , 270 00:28:57,470 --> 00:28:59,210 United States Navy 271 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,290 Staff Sergeant Willy Q . Troy , United 272 00:29:08,290 --> 00:29:10,300 States Army , Retired 273 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,440 Lieutenant Commander Ronald J . V . 274 00:29:18,980 --> 00:29:21,350 United States Navy Reserve 275 00:29:27,580 --> 00:29:30,660 Lieutenant Colonel Karen J . Wagner , 276 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:32,480 United States Army 277 00:29:37,990 --> 00:29:40,100 meta L . Fuller Waller 278 00:29:46,130 --> 00:29:49,910 Specialist Chin Sun Pack Wells , United 279 00:29:49,910 --> 00:29:50,890 States Army 280 00:29:57,010 --> 00:30:00,480 Staff Sergeant Maudlin . A White United 281 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:01,510 States Army , 282 00:30:08,270 --> 00:30:10,160 Sandra L . White 283 00:30:15,810 --> 00:30:17,630 Ernest M . Wilshire 284 00:30:23,890 --> 00:30:26,180 Lieutenant Commander , David L . 285 00:30:26,180 --> 00:30:28,810 Williams , United States Navy 286 00:30:35,130 --> 00:30:38,290 Major Dwayne Williams , United States 287 00:30:38,300 --> 00:30:39,540 Army 288 00:30:45,390 --> 00:30:48,470 Chief Marvin , roger Woods , United 289 00:30:48,470 --> 00:30:50,390 States Navy , Retired 290 00:30:57,250 --> 00:31:00,250 Captain john D . M . Nikki , Senior 291 00:31:00,260 --> 00:31:02,900 United States Navy Retired 292 00:31:08,260 --> 00:31:09,740 Vicki Yancey , 293 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,700 Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin W . 294 00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:21,160 Yoakum , United States Navy 295 00:31:28,330 --> 00:31:31,450 Chief Donald M . Young , United States 296 00:31:31,450 --> 00:31:32,110 Navy , 297 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,370 Edmund G . Young Junior . 298 00:31:44,930 --> 00:31:47,690 Mhm lisa L . Young 299 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:54,800 shoo in young 300 00:31:57,670 --> 00:32:00,510 and her husband knew Gwang jang . 301 00:33:10,210 --> 00:33:11,210 Yeah , 302 00:34:07,430 --> 00:34:08,240 that's cool . 303 00:35:37,790 --> 00:35:38,210 Mhm . 304 00:35:46,220 --> 00:35:46,940 Yes , 305 00:35:51,620 --> 00:35:53,842 ladies and gentlemen , please stand for 306 00:35:53,842 --> 00:35:54,842 the invocation . 307 00:36:02,110 --> 00:36:04,277 I invite you to prayer with me on this 308 00:36:04,277 --> 00:36:08,260 solemn occasion . Almighty God we thank 309 00:36:08,260 --> 00:36:10,400 you for your love and your grace , 310 00:36:10,410 --> 00:36:13,700 thank you for being here with us today 311 00:36:13,710 --> 00:36:16,090 in your mighty name . Amen . 312 00:36:17,410 --> 00:36:19,750 Ladies and gentlemen , I now invite you 313 00:36:19,750 --> 00:36:23,590 to enjoy a moment of silence with us as 314 00:36:23,590 --> 00:36:27,050 we remember our fallen 21 years ago 315 00:36:27,060 --> 00:36:30,080 today in this very place at 316 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,470 0937 . 317 00:36:34,610 --> 00:36:35,610 Mhm . 318 00:36:54,700 --> 00:36:55,080 Mhm . 319 00:38:09,350 --> 00:38:13,340 Ladies and gentlemen , please be seated . 320 00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:27,637 It is my pleasure to introduce General 321 00:38:27,637 --> 00:38:29,830 Mark A Milley . Chairman of the Joint 322 00:38:29,830 --> 00:38:30,900 Chiefs of Staff . 323 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,990 Mr . President Secretary Austin , 324 00:38:37,990 --> 00:38:40,640 distinguished guests and especially the 325 00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,696 survivors and families of the fallen 326 00:38:42,696 --> 00:38:45,010 who are here today and watching from 327 00:38:45,010 --> 00:38:48,710 around the world . Thank you . Thank 328 00:38:48,710 --> 00:38:50,821 you for joining us for this morning's 329 00:38:50,821 --> 00:38:54,230 ceremony 21 years ago today , 330 00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:56,490 terrorists murdered 331 00:38:56,490 --> 00:39:00,420 2900 And 77 332 00:39:00,420 --> 00:39:04,220 innocent men , women and Children 333 00:39:04,230 --> 00:39:07,330 in the name of their warped 334 00:39:07,340 --> 00:39:10,660 ideology which started out as a normal 335 00:39:10,660 --> 00:39:13,410 day here at the Pentagon violently 336 00:39:13,410 --> 00:39:15,350 changed at 337 00:39:15,350 --> 00:39:18,930 0937 hours 338 00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:22,100 on the sacred ground where we now 339 00:39:22,100 --> 00:39:26,020 stand on 100 and 84 americans were 340 00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:29,870 viciously slaughtered . 100 and 25 in 341 00:39:29,870 --> 00:39:33,690 the pentagon and 59 passengers and crew 342 00:39:33,700 --> 00:39:37,460 on flight 77 . The innocent 343 00:39:37,470 --> 00:39:40,730 ranged in age from three 344 00:39:40,970 --> 00:39:43,970 2 71 years old . The 345 00:39:43,970 --> 00:39:47,760 families of those killed and our 346 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,610 entire nation will forever remember the 347 00:39:50,610 --> 00:39:54,520 pain of this day . It was not just an 348 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,430 attack on the passengers and crew 349 00:39:57,430 --> 00:39:59,900 aboard the aircraft , not just an 350 00:39:59,900 --> 00:40:02,011 attack on New York City or Washington 351 00:40:02,011 --> 00:40:05,500 DC or Somerset county pennsylvania . 352 00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:07,736 There's an attack on our nation as a 353 00:40:07,736 --> 00:40:10,220 whole . There's an attack on the 354 00:40:10,230 --> 00:40:14,140 freedom of this nation . Attack on who 355 00:40:14,140 --> 00:40:17,410 we are and what we represent 356 00:40:18,010 --> 00:40:20,710 the terrorists believe that they could 357 00:40:20,710 --> 00:40:24,570 destroy us , destroy our values , the 358 00:40:24,570 --> 00:40:28,010 values that bind this nation and they 359 00:40:28,010 --> 00:40:31,210 were wrong . Terror will never destroy 360 00:40:31,210 --> 00:40:34,480 us . They will never destroy the 361 00:40:34,490 --> 00:40:38,410 idea that is America . The idea 362 00:40:38,410 --> 00:40:41,320 that we are all americans 363 00:40:41,330 --> 00:40:44,250 regardless of where we came from , what 364 00:40:44,250 --> 00:40:46,306 our last name is , regardless of the 365 00:40:46,306 --> 00:40:48,472 color of our skin , of the religion we 366 00:40:48,472 --> 00:40:50,472 follow . It doesn't matter if we're 367 00:40:50,472 --> 00:40:52,880 male or female . None of that matters . 368 00:40:52,890 --> 00:40:56,210 We are all americans . It was an attack 369 00:40:56,210 --> 00:40:58,960 on all of us . It was attacked because 370 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,380 we were born free and equal and that 371 00:41:02,380 --> 00:41:06,190 freedom is worth fighting for Since 372 00:41:06,190 --> 00:41:09,920 911 . That is exactly what 373 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,480 three million of us did . Who wore the 374 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,500 cloth of our nation . We deployed to 375 00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:18,710 engage the enemies of our country to 376 00:41:18,710 --> 00:41:20,877 protect and defend the principles that 377 00:41:20,877 --> 00:41:23,450 came under attack This day , 21 years 378 00:41:23,450 --> 00:41:26,440 ago . Each of you , 379 00:41:27,670 --> 00:41:29,670 each of you sacrifice to defend our 380 00:41:29,670 --> 00:41:33,430 country and its values . Each of you 381 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:36,670 did your duty . Each of you 382 00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:40,090 deserves our nation's eternal gratitude . 383 00:41:40,090 --> 00:41:43,960 And on this day We gather here 384 00:41:43,970 --> 00:41:47,650 to honor the fallen of 911 385 00:41:47,660 --> 00:41:50,840 to remember and reflect and to reaffirm 386 00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:54,140 our resolve to support and 387 00:41:54,140 --> 00:41:58,130 defend the idea and the reality that is 388 00:41:58,130 --> 00:42:01,610 America for which those brave souls 389 00:42:01,620 --> 00:42:03,460 gave their last full measure of 390 00:42:03,460 --> 00:42:07,300 devotion , hate and terror 391 00:42:07,310 --> 00:42:10,060 can damage but it will never destroy 392 00:42:10,470 --> 00:42:13,810 the strength of America . The ideas 393 00:42:13,820 --> 00:42:16,390 that are our very foundation and the 394 00:42:16,390 --> 00:42:19,180 values of the pillars of this great 395 00:42:19,180 --> 00:42:22,820 nation . Ladies and gentlemen , is now 396 00:42:22,820 --> 00:42:25,520 my honor to introduce the Secretary of 397 00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:27,464 Defense of the United States . The 398 00:42:27,464 --> 00:42:30,090 honorable Lloyd J . Austin the third . 399 00:42:39,610 --> 00:42:41,777 Well , thank you , thank you . General 400 00:42:41,777 --> 00:42:44,000 Milley Mr . President , ladies and 401 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,700 gentlemen , thank you all for being 402 00:42:46,700 --> 00:42:49,810 here . It is indeed an honor to be 403 00:42:49,810 --> 00:42:52,580 joined by family members of the fallen 404 00:42:52,630 --> 00:42:55,970 survivors and first responders 405 00:42:57,180 --> 00:42:59,170 To those whose loved ones were so 406 00:42:59,170 --> 00:43:03,010 cruelly taken from them . On September 407 00:43:03,010 --> 00:43:06,390 11 , 2001 , I offer my deepest 408 00:43:06,390 --> 00:43:10,030 condolences and so does the entire 409 00:43:10,030 --> 00:43:12,980 Department of Defense . 410 00:43:13,810 --> 00:43:17,070 We know that these moments of tribute 411 00:43:17,590 --> 00:43:19,750 are not easy 412 00:43:21,740 --> 00:43:23,740 and we know the resilience that you 413 00:43:23,740 --> 00:43:26,880 have shown over these long years . 414 00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:31,000 It gives us all strength . 415 00:43:31,730 --> 00:43:35,520 So thank you today . We 416 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,090 stand together to remember a day of 417 00:43:38,090 --> 00:43:42,030 horror and lost a day when 418 00:43:42,030 --> 00:43:43,641 al Qaeda terrorists murdered 419 00:43:43,641 --> 00:43:47,270 2977 innocent 420 00:43:47,270 --> 00:43:51,110 souls , Including 184 421 00:43:51,110 --> 00:43:53,390 people here at the Pentagon . 422 00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:58,130 But we also remember a 423 00:43:58,130 --> 00:44:00,570 day of monumental courage and 424 00:44:00,570 --> 00:44:04,320 compassion , a day when people 425 00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:07,350 responded to evil and fanaticism 426 00:44:08,500 --> 00:44:11,290 with goodness and generosity . 427 00:44:13,020 --> 00:44:16,110 A day that called forth the heroism 428 00:44:16,110 --> 00:44:18,277 that dwells in the hearts of americans 429 00:44:18,277 --> 00:44:19,332 across this land . 430 00:44:22,500 --> 00:44:24,580 Many of those acts of bravery have 431 00:44:24,590 --> 00:44:26,368 happened right here where we're 432 00:44:26,368 --> 00:44:30,220 standing our colleagues at the pentagon 433 00:44:30,220 --> 00:44:32,331 risk their own safety to rescue their 434 00:44:32,331 --> 00:44:35,630 teammates . They moved rubble with 435 00:44:35,630 --> 00:44:39,480 their bare hands . They clean wounds 436 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,990 with bottled water . They use damp t 437 00:44:42,990 --> 00:44:45,610 shirts as face masks to shield against 438 00:44:45,610 --> 00:44:48,660 the smoke so that they could keep on 439 00:44:48,660 --> 00:44:50,740 helping just a little 440 00:44:50,740 --> 00:44:54,600 longer . You know , one woman was 441 00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,822 crawling across the second floor trying 442 00:44:56,822 --> 00:44:59,450 to escape when she came across a 443 00:44:59,450 --> 00:45:01,380 coworker who had been in the same 444 00:45:01,380 --> 00:45:05,080 conference room when the plane hit 445 00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:07,520 and the co worker did not think that 446 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:11,480 she could keep on going . Just get 447 00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,000 on my back the woman said and I will 448 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:17,730 carry you and she did 449 00:45:17,740 --> 00:45:21,040 and she got them both to safety . Mhm 450 00:45:21,900 --> 00:45:25,900 just get on my back and I will 451 00:45:25,900 --> 00:45:29,710 carry you . That is the spirit of the 452 00:45:29,710 --> 00:45:32,080 people of this building and all those 453 00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:35,580 who responded at the scene in the face 454 00:45:35,580 --> 00:45:38,020 of cruelty . They showed compassion , 455 00:45:38,030 --> 00:45:41,970 courage and common purpose in 456 00:45:41,970 --> 00:45:44,250 the days and months after the attack . 457 00:45:44,260 --> 00:45:47,100 Ordinary americans volunteered in an 458 00:45:47,100 --> 00:45:49,290 extraordinary way to help . However , 459 00:45:49,290 --> 00:45:52,390 they could including millions who raise 460 00:45:52,390 --> 00:45:54,390 their hands to serve in the U . S . 461 00:45:54,390 --> 00:45:58,390 Military . So today I want to again 462 00:45:58,390 --> 00:46:00,600 thank our men and women in uniform as 463 00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,200 well as the families who make their 464 00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:07,020 service possible . Your sacrifice has 465 00:46:07,020 --> 00:46:09,930 ensured that America always stands 466 00:46:09,930 --> 00:46:12,670 ready to defend our values , our 467 00:46:12,670 --> 00:46:14,590 freedoms and our citizens . 468 00:46:17,110 --> 00:46:19,420 Just over one year ago , 469 00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:22,950 America's war in Afghanistan came to an 470 00:46:22,950 --> 00:46:26,530 end . Yet we continue our 471 00:46:26,530 --> 00:46:28,780 relentless focus on combating terrorist 472 00:46:28,780 --> 00:46:32,330 threats to our nation And earlier this 473 00:46:32,330 --> 00:46:34,386 summer , the United States delivered 474 00:46:34,386 --> 00:46:37,980 justice to Ayman Al Zawahiri , the 475 00:46:37,980 --> 00:46:41,610 leader of Al Qaeda . So make no 476 00:46:41,610 --> 00:46:45,060 mistake . America's determination to 477 00:46:45,060 --> 00:46:48,130 keep our country safe will never waver 478 00:46:49,470 --> 00:46:51,000 and neither will America's 479 00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:54,200 determination to bring justice to those 480 00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:55,830 who attack our citizens 481 00:46:59,460 --> 00:47:03,100 Surrounding us today are 184 steel 482 00:47:03,100 --> 00:47:06,190 benches each bearing the name of a 483 00:47:06,190 --> 00:47:08,246 person murdered in the attack on the 484 00:47:08,246 --> 00:47:11,270 pentagon . And every night 485 00:47:12,100 --> 00:47:15,650 184 lights come on lighting up each 486 00:47:15,650 --> 00:47:19,310 bench just as the people who they honor 487 00:47:20,110 --> 00:47:22,470 lit up the lives of those who love them . 488 00:47:23,590 --> 00:47:25,812 And those lights remind us that even on 489 00:47:25,812 --> 00:47:29,330 our darkest days the american spirit 490 00:47:29,330 --> 00:47:33,050 still shines . It shines through the 491 00:47:33,060 --> 00:47:36,640 bravery of our first responders . It 492 00:47:36,640 --> 00:47:39,360 shines through the strength of the 493 00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:42,770 heart broken and it shines through the 494 00:47:42,770 --> 00:47:45,940 value of the valor of our troops . 495 00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:49,720 And it shines through the sacrifice of 496 00:47:49,720 --> 00:47:52,450 all those who step up to defend the 497 00:47:52,450 --> 00:47:55,390 United States . So 498 00:47:55,390 --> 00:47:58,880 today let us renew our dedication to 499 00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:01,930 facing the test of tomorrow as our 500 00:48:01,930 --> 00:48:05,260 heroes did with compassion for one 501 00:48:05,260 --> 00:48:08,160 another , with love for our great 502 00:48:08,170 --> 00:48:11,240 republic and with devotion to our 503 00:48:11,240 --> 00:48:14,490 democracy . We will 504 00:48:14,500 --> 00:48:18,320 always remember , we will 505 00:48:18,330 --> 00:48:22,110 always stand guard over this democracy 506 00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:25,660 and we will always seek to be worthy of 507 00:48:25,660 --> 00:48:27,900 those who we lost . 508 00:48:30,290 --> 00:48:33,340 As President biden has said and I quote 509 00:48:33,350 --> 00:48:36,780 from the deepest depths of our worst 510 00:48:36,780 --> 00:48:40,710 crises , we've always risen to our 511 00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:44,670 higher heights . Ladies 512 00:48:44,670 --> 00:48:46,780 and gentlemen , our President deeply 513 00:48:46,780 --> 00:48:49,490 cares about the men and women of the 514 00:48:49,490 --> 00:48:52,480 United States military and our 515 00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:54,930 President believes deeply in America's 516 00:48:54,930 --> 00:48:58,160 strength in the democratic values that 517 00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:01,900 guide us in times of trial and in the 518 00:49:01,900 --> 00:49:05,540 resilience of the american spirit . 519 00:49:05,550 --> 00:49:09,380 Even at moments of great challenge . 520 00:49:09,900 --> 00:49:12,890 Ladies and gentlemen , it is my honor 521 00:49:12,900 --> 00:49:15,420 to introduce the President of the 522 00:49:15,420 --> 00:49:17,250 United States . 523 00:49:23,810 --> 00:49:24,110 Mhm 524 00:49:27,330 --> 00:49:31,140 Secretary Austin , General Milley 525 00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:35,350 to all the families and loved ones who 526 00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:38,560 still feel the ache . That missing 527 00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:42,490 piece of your soul . I'm 528 00:49:42,490 --> 00:49:44,601 honored to be here with you once more 529 00:49:45,620 --> 00:49:48,620 to share this solemn rite of 530 00:49:48,620 --> 00:49:52,250 remembrance and reflect 531 00:49:52,260 --> 00:49:55,420 on all that was lost in the fire and 532 00:49:55,420 --> 00:49:59,040 ash on that terrible september 533 00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:02,560 morning and all that we found on 534 00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:06,490 ourselves to respond 21 535 00:50:06,490 --> 00:50:09,870 years ago , 21 years . And we still 536 00:50:09,870 --> 00:50:12,610 kept our promise , never forget , 537 00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:15,750 will keep the memory of all those 538 00:50:15,750 --> 00:50:19,090 precious lives stolen from from us . 539 00:50:19,820 --> 00:50:23,600 2,977 at ground zero in New York and 540 00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:25,711 Shanksville where my wife is speaking 541 00:50:25,711 --> 00:50:29,150 now in Pennsylvania 184 of them here at 542 00:50:29,150 --> 00:50:32,220 the Pentagon . And I know for all those 543 00:50:32,220 --> 00:50:34,990 of you who've lost someone 21 years is 544 00:50:34,990 --> 00:50:38,960 both a lifetime and no time at all . 545 00:50:39,980 --> 00:50:43,120 It's good to remember these memories 546 00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:45,880 help us heal , but they can also open 547 00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:49,460 up the hurt and take us back to that 548 00:50:49,460 --> 00:50:52,910 moment when the grief was so raw . 549 00:50:54,690 --> 00:50:57,210 You think of everything everything they 550 00:50:57,210 --> 00:50:59,590 could have done if they had lived and 551 00:50:59,590 --> 00:51:02,610 just had a little more time . The 552 00:51:02,610 --> 00:51:05,530 experience you missed together . The 553 00:51:05,530 --> 00:51:08,930 dreams they never got to fulfill or 554 00:51:08,930 --> 00:51:12,040 realize . I remember a 555 00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:14,950 message sent to the American people 556 00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:18,820 from Queen Elizabeth . It 557 00:51:18,820 --> 00:51:22,580 was on September 11 . Her ambassador 558 00:51:22,580 --> 00:51:24,802 read a prayer of service at ST . Thomas 559 00:51:24,802 --> 00:51:27,750 Church in New York where she pointedly 560 00:51:27,750 --> 00:51:31,300 reminded us , quote grief is the 561 00:51:31,300 --> 00:51:34,130 price we pay for love , 562 00:51:34,140 --> 00:51:38,110 grief is the price we pay 563 00:51:38,110 --> 00:51:41,450 for love . Many of us experienced that 564 00:51:41,450 --> 00:51:44,660 grief and you've all experienced it and 565 00:51:44,660 --> 00:51:47,320 on this day when the price feels so 566 00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:50,980 great Jill and I are holding all of you 567 00:51:50,980 --> 00:51:54,530 close to our hearts , terror struck us 568 00:51:54,530 --> 00:51:57,370 in that brilliant blue morning , the 569 00:51:57,370 --> 00:52:00,160 air filled with smoke and then came the 570 00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:03,920 sirens and the stories , stories of 571 00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:06,050 those We lost stories of incredible 572 00:52:06,050 --> 00:52:10,000 heroism from that terrible day . The 573 00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:12,570 american story , the american story 574 00:52:12,570 --> 00:52:15,810 itself changed that day . 575 00:52:15,820 --> 00:52:19,060 But what we did change 576 00:52:19,070 --> 00:52:22,200 but we will not change . What we cannot 577 00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:25,640 change . Never will is the character of 578 00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:29,160 this nation that the terrorists thought 579 00:52:29,170 --> 00:52:33,160 they could wound . And what 580 00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:36,240 is that character ? The character of 581 00:52:36,240 --> 00:52:39,790 sacrifice and love of generosity and 582 00:52:39,790 --> 00:52:43,120 grace of strength and resilience and 583 00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:46,600 the crucible of 9 11 in the days and 584 00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:49,550 months that followed we saw what 585 00:52:49,550 --> 00:52:52,700 stuff americans may americans are made 586 00:52:52,700 --> 00:52:56,110 of . Think of all of your loved ones , 587 00:52:56,120 --> 00:52:58,450 particularly those on that flight . 588 00:52:58,460 --> 00:53:02,420 Ordinary citizens who said 589 00:53:02,430 --> 00:53:05,940 we will not let this stand risked and 590 00:53:05,940 --> 00:53:09,790 lost their lives . So even more people 591 00:53:09,790 --> 00:53:12,820 would not die . We saw in the police 592 00:53:12,820 --> 00:53:15,380 officers and firefighters who stood on 593 00:53:15,380 --> 00:53:18,950 the pile of ground zero for months amid 594 00:53:18,950 --> 00:53:21,117 that twisted steel and broken concrete 595 00:53:21,117 --> 00:53:24,980 slabs breathing the toxins and ash that 596 00:53:24,980 --> 00:53:28,700 would damage their health refusing 597 00:53:28,710 --> 00:53:32,050 refusing to stop the search through the 598 00:53:32,050 --> 00:53:35,920 destruction . They never stopped and 599 00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:39,180 would not . We learned about the 600 00:53:39,180 --> 00:53:42,180 extraordinary courage and resolved as I 601 00:53:42,180 --> 00:53:44,347 said of the passengers on board flight 602 00:53:44,347 --> 00:53:48,170 93 understood that they 603 00:53:48,170 --> 00:53:51,230 were living in the open . 604 00:53:51,240 --> 00:53:53,296 They were there in the middle of the 605 00:53:53,296 --> 00:53:56,580 open shot of a new war and who chose to 606 00:53:56,580 --> 00:53:59,760 fight back not professionals a site 607 00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:03,310 fight back , sacrificing themselves , 608 00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:05,520 refusing to let their plane be used as 609 00:54:05,520 --> 00:54:08,140 a weapon against even more innocence . 610 00:54:09,550 --> 00:54:12,550 And here at the pentagon which is both 611 00:54:12,550 --> 00:54:15,130 the scene of the horrific terrorist 612 00:54:15,130 --> 00:54:19,050 attack and the command center for 613 00:54:19,050 --> 00:54:21,360 our response to defend and protect the 614 00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:24,680 american people . So many heroes were 615 00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:28,100 made here , so many of your loved ones 616 00:54:28,110 --> 00:54:31,840 were those heroes began almost 617 00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:34,490 immediately with civilians and service 618 00:54:34,490 --> 00:54:38,480 members leaping to action as the walls 619 00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:42,090 collapsed and the roof began to crumble . 620 00:54:42,100 --> 00:54:45,180 They raced into the breach between the 621 00:54:45,180 --> 00:54:47,680 4th and 5th corridors . The impact 622 00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:50,860 created by the fire raids . Twice the 623 00:54:50,860 --> 00:54:52,920 height of this building I remember I 624 00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:55,310 was a U . S . Senator walking up to my 625 00:54:55,310 --> 00:54:57,810 office and I could see the smoke and 626 00:54:57,810 --> 00:55:01,490 flames . They were 627 00:55:01,490 --> 00:55:03,570 heroes . They went back into those 628 00:55:03,780 --> 00:55:07,000 soaring flames to try to save their 629 00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:10,730 teammates , firefighters battle the 630 00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:14,290 blaze of jet fuel long into the 631 00:55:14,290 --> 00:55:17,820 night , pushing past the bounds of 632 00:55:17,820 --> 00:55:21,440 exhaustion . Pentagon staff 633 00:55:21,450 --> 00:55:24,240 showed up to work on september 12th , 634 00:55:24,250 --> 00:55:27,340 more determined than ever to keep their 635 00:55:27,340 --> 00:55:30,770 country secure . I said when I was up 636 00:55:30,770 --> 00:55:33,320 at 9 11 , we will follow them to the 637 00:55:33,320 --> 00:55:37,140 gates of hell to be sure 638 00:55:37,150 --> 00:55:40,310 that they're not able to continue . And 639 00:55:40,310 --> 00:55:43,930 millions of young men and women from 640 00:55:43,930 --> 00:55:47,040 across the nation responded to 9 11 641 00:55:47,040 --> 00:55:49,220 attacks with courage and resolved 642 00:55:49,230 --> 00:55:51,500 signing up to defend our constitution 643 00:55:51,500 --> 00:55:53,722 and joining the greatest fighting force 644 00:55:53,722 --> 00:55:56,350 in the history of the world . And in 645 00:55:56,350 --> 00:55:58,470 the years since 9 11 , hundreds of 646 00:55:58,470 --> 00:56:00,359 thousands of american troops have 647 00:56:00,359 --> 00:56:02,470 served in Afghanistan , Iraq and so 648 00:56:02,470 --> 00:56:04,920 many other places around the world to 649 00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:07,370 deny terrorists a safe haven and to 650 00:56:07,370 --> 00:56:10,700 protect the american people and to all 651 00:56:10,700 --> 00:56:12,978 our service members and their families , 652 00:56:12,978 --> 00:56:15,270 our veterans , our Gold star families , 653 00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:17,490 all the survivors and caregivers and 654 00:56:17,490 --> 00:56:19,840 loved ones who sacrificed so much for 655 00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:23,640 our nation . We owe you we owe you an 656 00:56:23,640 --> 00:56:27,100 incredible and incredible debt . 657 00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:30,540 A debt that can never be repaid but 658 00:56:30,540 --> 00:56:32,870 will never fail to meet the sacred 659 00:56:32,870 --> 00:56:35,830 obligation to you to properly prepare 660 00:56:35,830 --> 00:56:37,719 and equip those that we send into 661 00:56:37,719 --> 00:56:39,941 harm's way and care for those and their 662 00:56:39,941 --> 00:56:41,941 families when they come home and to 663 00:56:41,941 --> 00:56:45,010 never , ever , ever forget 664 00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:48,660 Through all that has changed over the 665 00:56:48,660 --> 00:56:52,350 last 21 years , the enduring resolve of 666 00:56:52,350 --> 00:56:54,930 the american people to defend ourselves 667 00:56:54,930 --> 00:56:57,150 against those who seek us harm and 668 00:56:57,150 --> 00:56:59,340 deliver justice . As those responsible 669 00:56:59,350 --> 00:57:02,120 for the attacks against our people has 670 00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:05,500 never once folded . It took 10 671 00:57:05,500 --> 00:57:08,410 years to hunt down and kill Osama bin 672 00:57:08,410 --> 00:57:12,330 laden , but we did and 673 00:57:12,330 --> 00:57:14,710 this summer are authorized as a 674 00:57:14,720 --> 00:57:17,810 successful strike on Zawahiri , the man 675 00:57:17,810 --> 00:57:20,940 who bin laden was his deputy at 9 11 , 676 00:57:20,940 --> 00:57:23,170 who was the leader of al Qaeda because 677 00:57:23,170 --> 00:57:27,090 we will not rest . We'll never forget , 678 00:57:27,100 --> 00:57:30,740 we'll never give up . And now Zawahiri 679 00:57:30,750 --> 00:57:32,861 can never again threaten the American 680 00:57:32,861 --> 00:57:35,410 people . In 20 years after Afghanistan 681 00:57:35,410 --> 00:57:37,590 is over . But our commitment to 682 00:57:37,590 --> 00:57:39,757 preventing another attack , the United 683 00:57:39,757 --> 00:57:41,970 States is without end our intelligence 684 00:57:41,970 --> 00:57:43,581 defense and counterterrorism 685 00:57:43,581 --> 00:57:45,910 professionals in the building behind me 686 00:57:45,910 --> 00:57:49,250 and across the government continue 687 00:57:49,250 --> 00:57:51,139 their vigilance against terrorist 688 00:57:51,139 --> 00:57:53,780 threats that has evolved and spread to 689 00:57:53,780 --> 00:57:56,040 new regions of the world . Will 690 00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:58,151 continue to monitor and disrupt those 691 00:57:58,151 --> 00:58:00,630 terrorist activities wherever we find 692 00:58:00,630 --> 00:58:02,852 them wherever they exist and will never 693 00:58:02,852 --> 00:58:05,260 hesitate to do what's necessary to 694 00:58:05,260 --> 00:58:08,220 defend the american people . What was 695 00:58:08,220 --> 00:58:12,050 destroyed . We have repaired what was 696 00:58:12,050 --> 00:58:15,140 threatened , We fortified what was 697 00:58:15,140 --> 00:58:18,110 attacked . The indomitable spirit has 698 00:58:18,110 --> 00:58:21,220 never ever wavered . We raised 699 00:58:21,220 --> 00:58:23,830 monuments and memorials to the citizens 700 00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:26,890 whose blood sacrificed on these grounds 701 00:58:26,900 --> 00:58:29,720 and then shanksville and ground zero to 702 00:58:29,720 --> 00:58:32,780 keep touch with the memory . Keep it 703 00:58:32,780 --> 00:58:36,300 bright for all the decades to come . 704 00:58:36,310 --> 00:58:39,400 When future generations come here to 705 00:58:39,400 --> 00:58:42,290 sit in the shade of the maple trees 706 00:58:42,300 --> 00:58:45,190 that showed the memorial grown tall and 707 00:58:45,190 --> 00:58:47,350 strong with passing years , they will 708 00:58:47,350 --> 00:58:50,520 find the names of patriots , They will 709 00:58:50,520 --> 00:58:53,340 feel the connection that will come to 710 00:58:53,340 --> 00:58:56,900 pass on September 11 , 2001 and 711 00:58:56,900 --> 00:59:00,370 how our country was forever 712 00:59:00,370 --> 00:59:03,810 changed and I hope they will think 713 00:59:03,810 --> 00:59:07,180 about all those of all those heroes . 714 00:59:07,990 --> 00:59:11,490 There were more in the hours and days 715 00:59:11,490 --> 00:59:13,840 and years that followed Ordinary 716 00:59:13,840 --> 00:59:16,990 americans responding in extraordinary 717 00:59:16,990 --> 00:59:20,030 and unexpected ways . I hope we'll 718 00:59:20,030 --> 00:59:22,290 remember that in the midst of these 719 00:59:22,290 --> 00:59:25,810 dark days we dug deep , we 720 00:59:25,810 --> 00:59:29,060 cared for each other . We came together . 721 00:59:31,850 --> 00:59:34,900 You know , we regained the light by 722 00:59:34,900 --> 00:59:38,080 reaching out to one another and finding 723 00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:41,630 something all too rare . A true sense 724 00:59:41,630 --> 00:59:45,430 of national unity . To me that's the 725 00:59:45,430 --> 00:59:48,650 greatest lesson of September 11 . Not 726 00:59:48,660 --> 00:59:52,510 that we will never again face a setback , 727 00:59:52,520 --> 00:59:56,440 but that in a moment of great unity , 728 00:59:56,450 --> 01:00:00,220 we also had the face down . The worst 729 01:00:00,220 --> 01:00:02,710 impulses , fear violence , 730 01:00:02,710 --> 01:00:04,821 recrimination directed against muslim 731 01:00:04,821 --> 01:00:06,880 americans as well as americans and 732 01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:09,800 Middle Eastern and South asian heritage 733 01:00:10,080 --> 01:00:12,070 is that for all our flaws and 734 01:00:12,070 --> 01:00:15,790 disagreements in the push and pull of 735 01:00:15,790 --> 01:00:18,500 all that makes us human . There is a 736 01:00:18,500 --> 01:00:22,470 nation that cannot accomplish . There's 737 01:00:22,470 --> 01:00:25,290 nothing this nation cannot accomplish 738 01:00:25,300 --> 01:00:28,630 when we stand together and defend with 739 01:00:28,630 --> 01:00:31,050 all our hearts . That which makes us 740 01:00:31,050 --> 01:00:34,730 unique in the world . Our democracy 741 01:00:34,740 --> 01:00:38,380 were not only a nation based on 742 01:00:38,390 --> 01:00:40,590 principles , but we are based on an 743 01:00:40,590 --> 01:00:43,170 idea . Unlike most unique nation in the 744 01:00:43,170 --> 01:00:46,470 world , an idea that everyone is 745 01:00:46,470 --> 01:00:48,550 created equal and should be treated 746 01:00:48,550 --> 01:00:51,020 equally throughout their lives . We 747 01:00:51,020 --> 01:00:53,050 don't always live up to it but have 748 01:00:53,050 --> 01:00:55,550 never walked away from it . That's what 749 01:00:55,550 --> 01:00:57,717 makes us strong . That's what makes us 750 01:00:57,717 --> 01:00:59,590 who we are and that's what those 751 01:00:59,590 --> 01:01:02,590 hijackers most hoped to destroy . When 752 01:01:02,590 --> 01:01:04,590 they targeted our buildings and our 753 01:01:04,590 --> 01:01:08,300 people , they failed . No terrorists 754 01:01:08,300 --> 01:01:10,467 could touch the Wellspring of american 755 01:01:10,467 --> 01:01:13,980 power and it falls to us To keep it 756 01:01:13,980 --> 01:01:16,130 safe . On behalf of all those we lost 757 01:01:16,130 --> 01:01:18,640 21 years ago on behalf of all those 758 01:01:18,640 --> 01:01:20,950 who've given their whole souls to the 759 01:01:20,950 --> 01:01:23,810 cause of this nation every day since 760 01:01:23,830 --> 01:01:27,610 that's a job for all of us . It's not 761 01:01:27,610 --> 01:01:29,554 enough to gather and remember each 762 01:01:29,554 --> 01:01:32,050 September 11 those we lost more than 763 01:01:32,060 --> 01:01:35,780 two decades ago because on this day 764 01:01:36,020 --> 01:01:38,640 it is not about the past , it's about 765 01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:42,310 the future . We have an obligation a 766 01:01:42,310 --> 01:01:44,790 duty and responsibility to defend , 767 01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:47,290 preserve and protect our democracy . 768 01:01:47,300 --> 01:01:49,600 The very democracy that guarantees the 769 01:01:49,600 --> 01:01:51,900 rights of freedom that those terrorists 770 01:01:51,900 --> 01:01:55,350 of 9 11 sought to bury and the burning 771 01:01:55,350 --> 01:01:59,140 fire and smoke and ash and that takes a 772 01:01:59,140 --> 01:02:01,570 commitment on the part of all of us , 773 01:02:02,010 --> 01:02:05,640 dedication hard work every 774 01:02:05,640 --> 01:02:07,870 day for hours remember the american 775 01:02:07,870 --> 01:02:11,220 democracy depends on the habits of the 776 01:02:11,220 --> 01:02:15,060 heart of we the people , that's how 777 01:02:15,060 --> 01:02:17,640 our constitution , we the people . 778 01:02:19,690 --> 01:02:21,870 The habits of heart of we the people . 779 01:02:21,880 --> 01:02:23,658 It's not enough to stand up for 780 01:02:23,658 --> 01:02:26,620 democracy once a year or every now and 781 01:02:26,620 --> 01:02:29,430 then . It's something we have to do 782 01:02:29,430 --> 01:02:33,250 every single day . So this is a day not 783 01:02:33,250 --> 01:02:36,160 only to remember but a day of renewal 784 01:02:36,160 --> 01:02:39,420 and resolve for each and every 785 01:02:39,420 --> 01:02:41,960 american and our devotion to this 786 01:02:41,960 --> 01:02:44,060 country , to the principles and our 787 01:02:44,060 --> 01:02:47,510 bodies to our democracy . 788 01:02:47,520 --> 01:02:51,430 That is who we owe those who 789 01:02:51,430 --> 01:02:55,280 remember today , that is what we 790 01:02:55,280 --> 01:02:58,570 owe one another and that is what we owe 791 01:02:58,580 --> 01:03:01,900 future generations of americans to come . 792 01:03:01,910 --> 01:03:04,620 I have no doubt we will do this . 793 01:03:07,270 --> 01:03:09,670 We will meet this significant 794 01:03:09,670 --> 01:03:13,230 responsibility , will secure our 795 01:03:13,230 --> 01:03:17,000 democracy together as one America . 796 01:03:17,010 --> 01:03:20,720 The United States of America . 797 01:03:20,730 --> 01:03:23,680 That's who we are . That's who your 798 01:03:23,680 --> 01:03:25,850 loved ones were and why they gave so 799 01:03:25,850 --> 01:03:29,460 much . Thank you . May God bless you 800 01:03:29,460 --> 01:03:32,600 all and may God honor the members 801 01:03:33,140 --> 01:03:35,380 of the military we lost and all those 802 01:03:35,380 --> 01:03:38,990 we lost here on 9 11 . May God 803 01:03:38,990 --> 01:03:42,140 protect our troops . Yes , 804 01:03:44,380 --> 01:03:48,140 Okay ladies and gentlemen , please 805 01:03:48,140 --> 01:03:50,120 stand for the singing of God bless 806 01:03:50,120 --> 01:03:51,670 America 807 01:04:07,620 --> 01:04:11,150 while the storm clouds gather 808 01:04:13,530 --> 01:04:16,370 far across the sea . 809 01:04:19,670 --> 01:04:22,790 Let us swear a legion 810 01:04:25,260 --> 01:04:27,380 to align that 811 01:05:22,690 --> 01:05:24,610 from the mountain . 812 01:05:28,170 --> 01:05:30,610 We don't know firing . 813 01:06:19,070 --> 01:06:21,240 Can we pray together before we leave ? 814 01:06:23,870 --> 01:06:27,440 Almighty and sovereign . God , 815 01:06:27,570 --> 01:06:29,890 I do believe that America is a 816 01:06:29,890 --> 01:06:32,560 beautiful place and God that you are 817 01:06:32,560 --> 01:06:36,440 here with us . You shower down not 818 01:06:36,440 --> 01:06:39,480 just rain from heaven above , but you 819 01:06:39,480 --> 01:06:41,990 shower down upon us . Love 820 01:06:42,030 --> 01:06:45,550 mercy , forgiveness 821 01:06:45,560 --> 01:06:48,490 and that amazing grace that we sing 822 01:06:48,490 --> 01:06:52,180 about Now as 823 01:06:52,180 --> 01:06:55,980 we exchange this hollowed ground , 824 01:06:55,990 --> 01:06:59,310 this place for the road ahead and all 825 01:06:59,310 --> 01:07:02,750 that life brings our way . God 826 01:07:02,750 --> 01:07:06,040 provide peace for those who grieve the 827 01:07:06,040 --> 01:07:09,680 loss of someone close of someone 828 01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:12,640 dear to their heart . Help us 829 01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:16,610 all to walk worthy of your presence and 830 01:07:16,610 --> 01:07:20,280 your protection of the very blessings 831 01:07:20,290 --> 01:07:23,650 for which we ask once again today for 832 01:07:23,650 --> 01:07:27,320 you know our hearts and our desire our 833 01:07:27,320 --> 01:07:29,690 whole , that we can all live in peace . 834 01:07:29,800 --> 01:07:33,720 God be with our service members and 835 01:07:33,720 --> 01:07:35,720 all of our civil servants , protect 836 01:07:35,720 --> 01:07:37,776 them , especially as they stand with 837 01:07:37,776 --> 01:07:41,220 courage and determination in harm's way 838 01:07:41,230 --> 01:07:44,620 around the globe and give us 839 01:07:44,620 --> 01:07:48,570 peace that only comes from you in 840 01:07:48,570 --> 01:07:51,720 your holy name and in the power of your 841 01:07:51,720 --> 01:07:55,000 Holy spirit . I pray Amen . 842 01:07:56,210 --> 01:07:59,790 Ladies and gentlemen , this 843 01:07:59,790 --> 01:08:02,000 concludes today's ceremony . Thank you 844 01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:03,889 for joining us this morning . The 845 01:08:03,889 --> 01:08:06,540 memorial , the pentagon memorial chapel 846 01:08:06,550 --> 01:08:08,661 and the Navy reflection room are open 847 01:08:08,661 --> 01:08:09,250 until 12 848 01:08:09,250 --> 01:08:13,000 p.m. 849 01:08:18,580 --> 01:08:20,310 Yeah . 850 01:09:03,130 --> 01:09:03,400 Mhm .