images of this little boy forever smiling for his beloved bruins and forever expressing a wish he made on a blue poster board. no more hurting people. peace. no more hurting people. peace. our prayers are with the injured. so many wounded, some gravely. from their beds some are surely watching us gather here today. and if you are know this, as you begin this long journey of recovery, your city is with you. your commonwealth is with you. your country is with you. we will all be with you as you learn to stand and walk and,
forever smiling for his beloved bruins, and forever expressing a wish he made on a blue posterboard. no more hurting people. peace. no more hurting people. peace. our prayers are with the injured, so many wounded, some gravely. from their beds some are surely watching us gather here today, and if you are, know this. as you begin this long journey of recovery your city is with you, your commonwealth is with you, your country is with you, we will all be with you as you learn to stand and walk and, yes, run again, of that i have no doubt, you will run again.
similarities but america is strong and we will never give in to these s.o.b. s. we didn t after 9/11 which killed 3,000 people. it s not who we are. they don t steam understand it they will keep trying. if that act on 9/11 of 2001 didn t change the bedrock of who we are, what we stand for including freedom, i don t know what will. i want to play for the audience a sound bite of president obama this morning speaking at a church service that memorialized the victims who were killed on monday and those who are suffering with their injuries. listen to the president earlier today. hour prayers are with the injured. so many wounded some gravely. from their beds some are watching today. if you are, know, this as you begin this long journey of recovery, your city is with you, your commonwealth
sort of starts like a marathon. it s slow and quiet because there s a long engineerny, you can sense in the middle of the speech and towards the end, the adrenaline of the president, just like the adrenaline of the rubber ki runner kicking in. going up the one last hill. looking toward the finish line with those helping you get there. the stories i ll never forget, is the guy who loses two legs, someone comes along. a military veteran with recent service overseas in a war zone. runs up, pulls his shirt off and ties tourniquets around his leg. he managed to make the difference that day. the two kids standing next to each other both lost their legs and here s the president, talking about that very question, will they be able to walk again and he says you ll be able to run again. let s watch. so many wounded. some gravely. from their beds, some are surely
and we re left with two enduring images of this little boy. forever smiling for his beloved bruins. and forever expressing a wish he made on a blue postalboard. no more hurt, people. peace. no more hurting people, peace. our prayers are with the injured. so many wounded. some gravely. from their beds, some are surely watching us gather here today. and if you are, know this as you begin this long journey of recovery, your city is with you. your commonwealth is with you, your country is with you. we will all be with you as you learn to stand. and walk and yes, run again.