Reid Floor Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of 9/11

U.S. Newswire, September, 2006

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today delivered the following remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate to mark the fifth anniversary of 9/11:

"Five years and a day ago we rarely saw flags flying at every door. Five years and a day ago men in suits rarely wore flag pins.

"Today, five years after Sept. 11, from sea to sea, flags fly proudly, in our front yards, on our suit's lapels, and in our hearts.

"The acts of terrorism, that September morn, lit for all Americans a lamp blazing through the smoke and pain, the tears and flames. Even as our hearts ached our hopes soared, inspired by the selfless courage and devotion of ordinary people performing extraordinary feats of courage and devotion.

"Men and women, good,...

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