- The 40 passengers and crewmembers of Flight 93 --
as we all know, they didn't know each other.
Most of them didn't know each other.
THey were different people from different places.
They were on that particular flight for differnt reasons.
But they did not focus on what may separate us.
No.
They focused on what we all share.
On the humanity we all share.
In a matter of minutes,
in the most dire of circumstances,
the 40 responded as one.
THey fought for their own lives and to save the lives
of countless others at our nation's capital.
After today, it is my hope and prayer
that we continue to honor their courage,
their conviction with our own,
that we honor their unity by strenghtening our common bonds,
by strengthening our global partnerships,
and by always living out our highest ideals.
This work will not be easy.
It never has been.
And it will take all of us beleiving
in who we are as a nation,
and it will take all of us going forth to work together.
Thank you all, may God bless you,
and may God bless --