911 Quotes: Such As “I Saw People Jumping Out of the Building and Started Crying"
Posted: Wednesday, September 07, 2011
by Fran Larson
http://www.franniesquotes.com/
We will never forget 911. We all remember what we were doing and where we were. Leaders from America, as well as England had some passionate and comforting words to say about that day. Here are a few that touched me deeply
"All of a sudden there were people screaming. I saw people jumping out of the building. Their arms were flailing. I stopped taking pictures and started crying."
--Michael Walters, a free-lance photo journalist in Manhattan.
President Bill Clinton
Our eventual aim is simply stated - that there should be no safe haven for terrorists anywhere in the world. We say to the people of Afghanistan: 'You have been ill served by those who have made your country a centre for terrorism across the world. As soon as this stops, the world will work with you to build a better future for you and for your children.
--Jack Straw, British foreign secretary
As the representatives of the people we are here to declare that our resolve has not been weakened by these horrific and cowardly acts.
--Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle
We're going to find out who did this and we're going after the bastards.
--Sen. Orrin Hatch
"I fully support President Bush's decision to strike Al Qaeda's terrorist network. Now more than ever, we must stand united as a nation and support our President and our military. It is important to remember that this carefully targeted response is not an attack on a religion, nor a nation, but an attack on terrorism. In Congress, we will continue to work with the White House to do what's needed to bring justice to those who committed the heinous and evil attacks of September 11."
--Tom Harkin
"The planes were hijacked, the buildings fell, and thousands of lives were lost nearly a thousand miles from here. But the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were an attack on the heart of America.
And standing here in the heartland of America, we say in one voice ?
We will not give in to terrorists;
We will not rest until they are found and defeated;
We will win this struggle ? not for glory, nor wealth, nor power, but for justice, for freedom, and for peace;
So help us God."
--Tom Harkin
"You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy."
--Colin Powell
America has its faults as a society, as we have ours.
But I think of the Union of America born out of the defeat of slavery.
I think of its Constitution, with its inalienable rights granted to every citizen still a model for the world.
I think of a black man, born in poverty, who became chief of their armed forces and is now secretary of state Colin Powell and I wonder frankly whether such a thing could have happened here.
I think of the Statue of Liberty and how many refugees, migrants and the impoverished passed its light and felt that if not for them, for their children, a new world could indeed be theirs.
I think of a country where people who do well, don't have questions asked about their accent, their class, their beginnings but have admiration for what they have done and the success they've achieved.
I think of those New Yorkers I met, still in shock, but resolute; the fire fighters and police, mourning their comrades but still head held high.
--British Prime Minister Tony Blair
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)The horrors of that tragic day in our history, and being witness to the deaths of so many, I remember much of what I saw and heard on that day and on many subsequent days. Your quotes are also reminders.
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