Rep. Meuser Reflects on the Anniversary of September 11, 2001

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) released the following statement reflecting on the Anniversary of September 11, 2001.

Meuser said, "Let us truly Never Forget, the morning of September 11th, 2001. Some, like me, drove my daughter to school on the way to work. It seemed like the beginning of a typical day, but as memorable an extraordinarily beautiful morning in Pennsylvania and the northeast. Sitting in my office, I heard anxious conversation out in the hall. A plane had struck the World Trade Center. Turning on the TV, we all began to watch. Not sure the cause, until we saw live the 2nd plane target and crash. Then the reports, from Washington, the attack at the Pentagon. Then the incredible acts of heroism over Shanksville Pennsylvania, sacrificing their lives, taking out the terrorists and their plan to kill, saving countless American lives. We were shaken as a people, as a nation. I was at Ground 0 a few days later, bringing scooters at the request of the NYPD. But the scooters were not for the injured. They were for the firefighters, police, and first responders who needed them to move around the disaster zone, who were on their feet for 48 hours straight. So many lost loved ones, family, friends that day. Myself included. Innocent lives senselessly lost. But we also must Never Forget the response of our nation. How we united, how we, all Americans it seemed, had a renewed Patriotism. We were all attacked, and we united as Americans… The wisdom of Abraham Lincoln rang true then, and now, 'We here must highly resolve, that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and the government of the people by the people and for the people shall never perish from the earth.' As we remember today, watch those horrible images, let’s also remember the chants of USA and the importance of Lincoln’s sage words, which continue to be so fitting for us today. Today we remember all of those lost on that September morning, including the brave who ran towards danger, to save innocent Americans. Let us never forget the brothers and sisters who passed on September 11th, 2001, or the heroes who exemplified what the United States stands for on that day and in the weeks and months following, and for generations to come."

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