Today we honor the memory of the 2,977 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon.
We offer our condolences to their families and to all who loved them.
We are also thinking of the courage, selflessness, and perseverance of the men and women of the rescue and recovery effort.
We are grateful to them for their service.