today, we also think of the more than 200,000 service members now serving overseas. we of every citizen who protects our nation at home including our state, local, and federal law enforcement. these are great americans. these are great heroes. we honor and thank them all. [ applause ] as commander in chief, i will always do everything in my power to prevent trysts from striking american soil. here with us today is dorothy garcia blockner. her husband, sonny, was one of the passengers on flight 93.
thank you. god bless you. god bless the families, and god bless the united states of america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. [ applause ] we have been watching president trump speaking in shanksville, pennsylvania at the site where flight 93 crashed on september 11th, 2001. 40 passengers and crew members were killed, crashing it on to that field in western pennsylvania. the president called this a monument to american defiance. back with us steven hadley, former national security adviser to george w. bush, nbc national political reporter, anita kumar, ken vogel back as well. shared a very personal story of dorothy garcia getting her husband s wedding ring back from the wreckage of the site.
on september 11th, 2001, just over a month after their 32nd wedding anniversary sonny was on his way back from a business meeting. he called dorothy, who he loves so much. called her on the plane and uttered her name before the line went dead silent. in the days after the attack, dorothy told the investigators there was only one thing she wanted from this field, her husband s wedding ring. they would know it by the inscription etched inside. all my love, it said, followed by the number 8/2/69, the date of their anniversary. the officers, great people,