His unwavering dedication to those who serve our nation with their lives earns the trust and devotion of the armed services. His career began early at william mary. Not many known that he drove the Williamsburg James City School Bus when he was a student and he was assistant troop leader for our local boy scouts and that senator norman was one of his boy scouts as we discovered last night. After graduating from william mary in 1965, he joined the cia as an Intelligence Officer and was the first career officer to scale the agencys ranks to become its director. He served with president s of texas a m university from 20022006. When president bush called him back to washington to serve as secretary of defense. As secretary, he led our armed forces at a time when the country was in the midst of two wars and a global fight against terrorism. In 2009 he accepted president obamas request that he continue to lead in the cabinet, becoming the first secretary of defense to serve under president s
Army colonel rick reskorla who gave his life on 9 11. Rick earned the silver star and the purple heart for his service in vietnam. He later became the Vice President for security at Morgan Stanley in the world center. On the day of the attack, rick died while leading countless others to safety. His selfless actions saved approximately 2700 lives. Today im honored to announce that we will soon be awarding the late rick reskorla the president ial citizens medal for his extraordinary sacrifice. Though rick has left this earth, we will ensure that the memory of his deeds will never ever be forgotten. His memory will forever endure. Thank you. Thank you, rick. Thank you, rick. [ applause ] thank you, rick. Here on the western side of the pentagon, we saw brave men and women rush into the fire and race into the scorching flames to rescue their colleagues. When evil seeks to do us harm, the incredible men and women of the United States military answer with unyielding valor and unstoppable res
Live from new york as we have been throughout the morning, here we see the reading of the names is happening now. This started hours ago at around 6 30 pm our time. People begin reading each individual name of the some 3000 people who were killed on this day, september 11th, 18 years ago. Here we are at 9 00, and a long list of names continues. Thank you for joining us on this day. So many people across the country and certainly here at home remembering the lives lost and all of those who went to save lives on that day. It is an emotional day. There are many events across the country today to honor the victims of the 9 11 attacks. Brian dennis has a look at the sermon is held this morning and how the company is still affected today. In many ways, feels like it just happened yesterday. It is been 18 years since two hijacked passenger jets flew into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in new york city. You dont remember it is often now, 18 years later, but when you do remember, in
And we have a look at the ceremonies held this morning and how the country is still affected today. In many ways we feel like it just happened yesterday. Reporter its been 18 years since two jets flew into the World Trade Center in new york city. You dont remember it as often 18 years later, but when you do, its in some ways more powerful. Reporter nearly 3,000 people were killed that day and in the years since, people with 9 11 related illnesses continues to climb. The taraji p. Tragedy of the torrential event continues for those who were here on 9 11. Reporter victims and survivors as well as First Responders and volunteers who risked their lives to save others were honored at the 9 11 memorial and museum, built where the twin towers once stood. This morning President Trump and the first lady led a moment of silence at the white house and later attended a ceremony at the pentagon, where 184 people were killed. It was day filled with shock, horror, sorrow, and righteous fury. Reporter
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