police are family members coming through a series of check points, winding down through stanchions, through additional check points and making their way over to a stage that had been set up, right next to the september 11th memorial where they re gathering and beginning to hear the ceremony at 8:35 eastern time. about an hour and 20 minutes from now, we re going to hear a lot of readings and all nearly 3,000 names, victims from 9/11 and six victims from 1993 when the world trade center was exploded by a bomb and we will also see much closer the memorial itself, which is absolutely breath taking. there are two huge fountains now in the footprints of the former twin towers and they re surrounded by some 400 trees and also, brass plaques with the names of nearly 3000 who lost their lives and during
precaution, as you know, because we remain a prime target for terrorists. that s something that all new yorkers understand, and it s something that we need washington to understand as well. we have a very strong partnership with the fbi, through the joint terrorism task force, which for decades has been staffed jointly by the nypd and the fbi. dozens of our officers are working on that task force. now, so many agencies work together to lead us to this day, the reason i came here was to personally thank the fdny for the important role they play. i came here today to meet the members of engine company 54, ladder four, and batallion nine, and i would just like to point out, near the front door, if you look on the walls, you will see a lot of brass plaques. this fire department has a custom that one year after somebody dies in the line of duty, they put up a brass plaque in memory of that person, but mainly, i think, to tell the young recruits
precaution, as you know, because we remain a prime target for terrorists. that s something all no, understand and it s something that we need washington to understand as well. we have a very strong partnership with the fbi through the joint terrorism task force which for decades has been staffed jointly by the nypd and the fbi. dozens of our officers are working on that task force. so many agencies work together to lead us to this day. the reason i came here was to personally thank the fdny for the important role that they played. i came here today to meet the members of engine company 54, ladder 4 and battalion 9, and i would just like to point out near the front door, if you look on the walls you will see a lot of brass plaques. this fire department has a custom that one year after somebody dies in the line of duty they put up a brass plaque in memory of that person, but mainly, i think, to tell the young recruits that come into