Joined the immortal ranks of american heroes. at this memorial on this sacred earth, in the field beyond this wall, and in the skies above our heads, we remember the moment when america fought back. melania and i are grateful to be joined for today s ceremony by governor tom wolfe and governor mark schweiker. i also want to thank the members of congress in attendance. senator bob casey, congressman lou barletta, keith rauf ks, bill shuster, and along with the president of the families of flight 93, gordon felt.
93. thank you. god bless you. god bless the families, and god bless the united states of america. thank you very much. [ applause ] quite a tribute there to the american lives lost, murdered on 9/11, from the president speaking just now in shanksville, pennsylvania. david gergen is back with me. in the words of the president, they boarded that plane as strangers. and they entered eternity forever linked as heroes. beautifully written. very thoughtful speech by the president. i think easily one of his best speeches. for a moment, poppy, one could almost forget the chaos arounda and come together.
Promised to try, but in this field of wreckage, it seemed certainly impossible. dorothy began to pray, and she asked her friends to do the same. days went by, then months. still no ring. a week before christmas, on december 19th, she heard a knock at the door. two officers were standing with a really beautiful to her, she thought it was so beautiful, she knew what was happening. a beautiful, small white box. inside it was a wallet, a luggage tag, a driver s license, a small bag with the wedding ring inscribed with those three precious words all my love.
We re also joined by members of the national park service along with firefighters, first responders, and incredible people from law enforcement. these are truly great people. some of you here today answered the call and raced to this field 17 years ago. you fill our hearts with pride, and i want to thank you on behalf of our country. thank you very much. most importantly, to the family members of flight 93, today, all of america wraps up and joins together. we close our arms to help you
Just here in shanksville, but across the country. vice president mike pence is at the pentagon this year. that s where president trump was last year. now that trump has visited shanksville, he becomes the third president. now every president who has held office since 9/11 has come to visit the flight 93 memorial. the memorial was actually just completed on sunday, when the tower of voices was dedicated. this memorial has been years in the making, and we look forward to hearing what the president has to say. there is such a tribute that is being built. it s almost done there as part of the memorial, right? that s something called the tower of voices. right? with all of these wind chimes. what can you tell us about it? well, the tower of voices is something that is several years in the making. eventually, this tower, which stands 93 feet in the air to symbolize the united 93, the flight number. and it will have 40 wind chimes, one for each of the victims of the crash.