In the past 20 years to be honest. i mean he really laid out what it felt like on september 11th 20 years ago right now. you know, i distinctly remember walking up on september 12th, 2001, and feeling that the world had changed and watching how all americans came together to a degree. i was in the army at the time, and that sense of let s do this, you know, let s work together, let s help everyone out, we had shared consequence in this country around, you know, september 11th. then you fast forward to today where we just saw something on january 6th that while not as deadly or as shocking as 9/11 was still quite traumatic i think for our country. you see such divisive discussion and vitriolic hate being spewed by so many americans against each other, it is hard to reconcile why we would behave this way as a country, why we wouldn t see something like 9/11
Soldiers marching in procession for a comemorative ceremony. we do expect the national anthem to be played any moment now. again, you see the acting u.s. ambassador to great britain, philip reeker who is in attendance, receiving what might be going to the queen. i do not see her in attendance specifically. we do know she has been living for quite some time throughout the pandemic at her much beloved home at windsor castle. it should also be noted you can see a lot of people there. that is not typically the case at windsor during this pandemic time, so they have clearly allowed what is likely americans who are living abroad and others who are sympathetic to and love this country as they pay honor to what we suffered through here 20 years ago today. yeah. as you mentioned, alex, the national anthem will play just as it did on september 12th,
Here s what he said on september 12th, 2001. i believe this is a time for us to pull together as a congress and as a country. i told the president today in the meeting that we were with him and behind him and that we would trust him and we wanted him to trust us in acting to solve this problem and to reassure our people. well, congressman gephardt, i have to tell you they don t imagine that i would hear kevin mccarthy saying something like that in the wake of something today, and how far off of the rails are our politics? pretty far, chuck. we shouldn t be, but we are for a bunch of reasons. a lot of it is the information culture of today and that is pretty bitterly divided the american people, and you have to remember that congress is the reflection of the american people.
We ve come apart. let s talk about a tale of two cities. in america, september 12th, 2001, and america whatever day it is, 2021. the president rescued a survivor and i m proud of it. everybody was together, right? co-eds, college kids bringing us peanut butter and jelly on watch paper at the site.
Stay away from telling people what to think because i respect their intelligence. but i will say this. there are so many things, themes, people that connect 9/11 to today, and it shows the best of new york city. we ve gone through hell and high water, but we ve come through. that s what we do. that s new york. that s what we do. and i hope that s the one thing people get. and i really i hear this crazy noise, new york city s dead, i m moving. that s some b.s. because again and again and again. new york governor pataki says in this piece that he heard new york was dead on september 12th,