Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to the United States capitol. We are honored to be joined today by members of the diplomatic corps, former ambassadors, representatives from the state department and the u. S. Mint, and leaders of the jewish community. Shortly before christmas 1944, Raoul Wallenberg did something many of us have had to do. He told his mother he wouldnt make it home for the holidays. I must send you my best wishes for christmas by this means, he wrote. I hope the peace so longed for is not so far away. At the bottom of the note, he added, lots of kisses to nina and her little girl. That nina, of course, was raouls sister, who is with us today, as are several members of his family. Thank you all for being here. [applause] by the time he sent that letter, wallenberg had saved more lives than we can count. He had done much of the work on his own, his daring so dumbfounding that the nazis aimed their guns above his head. They were perpetrating what churchill
With a c 130 hercules aircraft. This happened over the Snowy Mountains region. And it just has really rattled this region. The now south wales royal fire commissioner able to locate the wreckage and crash site but have not recovered any of the crew members. The Fire Fighting fraternity as we keep saying is a tightknit family. Its a fairly small family. And the crew on board were wellknown. Their hearts are with all of us that are suffering. What is the loss of three remarkable, wellrespected crew. The air tanker that crashed is an american colson, a four propeller hercules that had the capability of dropping 4,000 gallons of fire retardant in a single past. The company in oregon released in statement says colson aviation will be sending a team to the state assist in emergency operations. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the three crew members on board. Meanwhile, the Main International airport australia capital city was closed because of severe conditions. Residents ne
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