that the experiences of individuals from her book would make a unique and remarkable panel discussion and offered a seldom explored insight into 9/11. we want to thank everyone involved in the planning of this symposium, especially the members of the mcdermott library of the history of aviation council who helped sponsor this program. now, in the interest of time, please welcome our president, the president of the university of texas, dallas, dr. david daniel. [applause] thank you dr., both for the idea of this program, and for the execution of this program. we are proud to host this very special event. we are also looking forward to hearing from our student of a cappella group in just a few moments. we are very pleased to welcome our guests and panelist to the university. we are a young and rapidly growing institution that is deeply focused on and committed to excellence. why do we sponsor events like this one? for several reasons. a university is a place where we are obje