Badlands Media - Badlands Media Special Coverage: 9/11/26 - Pentagon Marks 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks

Episode Date: September 11, 2026

Twenty five years to the hour, the nation returns to the Pentagon to remember the 184 lives lost there and the 2,977 taken across that single, unforgettable morning. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and General Dan Caine each offer deeply personal reflections on where they were that day and what it demanded of the country afterward, before President Trump closes with individual stories of passengers, first responders, and families who turned unimaginable grief into decades of service and resilience. Expect a somber, reflective tone throughout, chaplains' prayers, a recounting of Flight 93's final moments, and the raising of the original flag hung at the Pentagon in the attack's immediate aftermath. This one leans fully into remembrance rather than politics, honoring both the fallen and the first responders who ran toward danger, with a clear thread tying that day's sacrifice to the vigilance still required today.

The badlands, want of the badlands, explain those badlands. That's a hell of their name. Let us pray. Almighty God, who is our refuge in strength, a very present help in trouble. Help us to be still and know that you are God. Though the earth should change

and the mountains slip into the heart of the sea, though all should roar and quake at the swelling pride of man, the Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Draw near, O God, that in the faces of those we have lost, we might see your face, that in their stories we might hear your voice, that in the gift of their sacrifice, we might know the strength of your love and the assurance of your presence. O God bless those who grieve.

Help them see that you regard their tears as your very own. Help us remember as a people and a nation that the people, though the cause of evil prosper, yet the truth alone is strong, and that in you, the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth, our momentary light afflictions cannot be compared to the eternal weight of glory yet to be revealed. Grant us the faith to see what our eyes cannot, that you love us, that you meet us in the hour of our greatest need, and that you offer us a future and a hope. O Lord, we are grateful for all who answered the crisis on this day 25 years ago,

many answered with their lives. To our first responders, grant them strength to remain steadfast in their duties. To our military services and their leaders, grant them virtue in difficult hours and courage in crisis. And to our beloved nation, America the Beautiful, which has known your blessing and the fruit of your divine favor, grant us the grace to return to our first love, to the God who called us into being,

and the one who calls us still. For righteousness exalts a nation, and you are able to save to the uttermost, all who call upon you. Heal us, O God, our land and our lives. We ask these things in your holy name. Amen. Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated.

The flag that now hangs off the side of the building was unfurled by the technical rescue unit of the 911th Engineer Company. Originally activated in 1989, the defining moment in the unit's history came on September 11, 2001, when American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, the soldiers of the company answered the call,

conducting 10 continuous days of rescue and recovery operations in dangerous and devastating conditions. Exactly five years after the attack, the company was officially redesignated the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company in honor of its response to the Pentagon. We thank them for their service. Ladies and gentlemen, General Dan Cain, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Good morning. Mr. President, Madam First Lady, Secretary Hegseth, other members of the President's Cabinet,

Secretary Rice, senior military leaders from our civilian side of the Department and Joint Chiefs of Staff. my fellow Americans, and most importantly, the survivors and the families of the fallen that are here with us today. Thank you for being here to mourn, to honor, and to most importantly remember those we lost here today

25 years ago. Today is not just a story of loss, it is also a story of great American courage, selfless service and those who've made the choice to carry those memories forward. Today and every day here at the Pentagon and around the nation, we remember the 184 lives taken here at the Pentagon and aboard American Airlines Flight 77. The thousands we lost in New York and the 40 heroes aboard United Airlines Flight 93. 25 years ago, in the moment of greatest danger, Americans moved towards one another.

Here at the Pentagon, service members and civilians alike entered the smoke and fire to bring their teammates home to safety. First responders in New York City ran towards danger and climbed thousands of stairs to selflessly help their fellow American citizens. And north of here, the 40 passengers and crew of United Flight 93, who did not that morning set out to be called into the service of other nation, but did so. and moved towards the problem. When they learned what was at stake, they chose to act. For strangers, they would never meet. In the skies over Shanksville, Pennsylvania, that very morning, America began to fight back.

The courage of those extraordinary Americans in Pennsylvania, in New York and right here on these hollowed grounds did not end when the smoke cleared and the fires went out because survivors and families have carried it forward through service, through sacrifice, and through remembrance. For some that meant returning to work here in this building to the deed required in front of them, to their teammates and to the mission. For others we continue to carry their legacy forward. We carry it forward in the names we speak, in the memories we preserve, and in the spirit of the American people who as a nation will always answer the call to serve. We carry it forward in the selfless acts of compassion and courage

for each other and for our fellow Americans. And rest assured, we will always remain vigilant, always thinking about and always being prepared for the potentially unimaginable. So we can protect and defend the precious gift that the heroes of 9-11 gave us all. Ordinary Americans answering the call to serve, but giving us the gift of a perfect selfless example.

So many of us that day who were here saw courageous Americans giving us that gift. And to the survivors and the families here today, your presence honors those that we lost today. And reminds us of your strength that we continued forward in this building, in New York, and around this country during one of our darkest chapters. We can't restore what was taken from us that day, but we can make and continue to hold a solemn promise, never to forget. May we always serve and live in a manner worthy of that sacrifice. And today on this most special day, as we're here honoring our fallen, may we also remember those out there right now in America's Joint Force, doing our nation's business and their families that support them. Thank you very much.

It's now my sincere honor to introduce the 66th Secretary of State, the Honorable Dr. Condoleezza Rice. Madam Secretary. Good morning. Mr. President, I'm grateful to be honored to be with you today at these events of 9-11 and to commemorate them as we should. Thank you for your dedicated service and leadership of our country. First Lady Trump, thank you for the graciousness and kindness with which you serve.

Secretary Hexha, thank you for this commemoration of the sacrifices of that day. You are ensuring that the legacy of the victims and the many acts of heroism here will live on in this place, the heart of America's defense. General Kane, thank you for. for your presence and for representing the commitment of our men and our women in uniform, to our security and to the defense of our values. That fateful day 25 years ago will forever be emblazoned on the heart and the soul of America. No one old enough to remember that day will ever forget where they were when they learned of the unfolding tragedy. The attack came quite literally out of the blue, an assault on our cities that we had not experienced since the war of 1812.

I was at my desk at the White House that day when my executive assistant, a young army officer, told me that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. What a strange accident, I thought. I called President Bush, who was reading to children at an education event in Florida. he too thought that it must have just been an accident. But within 17 minutes, a second plane hit the World Trade Center. The president was rushed to Air Force One. I was hurried to a bunker in the White House by the Secret Service, where I joined the vice president.

Secretary of State Colin Powell was in Peru and trying to get home, and CIA director George Tenet had been moved to an undisclosed location. Soon, the brave passengers aboard United Flight 93, hearing of the destruction, decided that the terrorists would go no further. They rushed the cockpit in a sacrificial act that likely prevented an attack on our nation's capital. And here at the Pentagon, the nerve center of America's defense, another story was unfolding. I was told by the officers of the situation room that they couldn't reach Secretary Rumsfeld. His phone was just ringing and ringing and ringing.

I remember turning to a television screen and the horror and the shock that I felt. There was a smoking crater, a vast empty space in the side of the Pentagon. There was no doubt the United States of America was at war. Today, we remember the thousands of innocent lives that were tragically taken 25 years ago. And here at the Pentagon, we feel the presence of 184 souls who were lost.

Behind every name that we recite, there is a story, a life that mattered, a future unfulfilled, a void, a vast, empty space. in the heart of a husband, a wife, a son, a daughter, a sibling, a colleague, or a friend. We come together today to say that they will never be forgotten and to honor their memory. We come, too, to remember the courage of the survivors who were working here on that day. People ran toward the danger. They searched through the smoke. Secretary Rumsfeld himself pulled people to safety as his security detail begged him to flee the danger. First responders trained for the moment and ordinary people who had never imagined a moment like this joined forces to rescue those who they could and to pray for those that they could not.

It is spitting that here at the Pentagon, we reflect not just on what happened here, but what in that moment of crisis people did here. They summoned a will and a spirit, a sense of obligation that our military lives by every day. I will stand between danger and my fellow citizens. I will leave no comrade behind. I will go. I will serve. I will do my duty. And in acts large and small, across America, citizens did the same. People gave blood. They filled houses of worshiped prey. They took care of the

vulnerable children, the elderly, the infirm. They comforted families of the fallen. Across the world, air traffic controllers worked feverishly to land diverted planes safely. NATO, for the first time in its history under Article 5, declared that attack upon one was an attack upon all. And in Canada, ordinary citizens took in stranded travelers, complete strangers. They took them into their homes, often for days at a time. Heroism and compassion were commonplace, but uncommon in the depth and the breadth of their generosity and their kindness. We responded in ways that the evil men who attacked us could never have imagined. They believed that we would be terrorized into retreat.

Well, they picked the wrong people. They did not know us then or now. They did not know that our strength is. in our belief in our country and in each other, that we are grateful for the sacrifices of 250 years that gave us this blessed land, that we share a certainty that this country is exceptional, that when challenged and tested, we are defiant and determined. And for many like me, we hold a bedrock faith that America has a role in God's plan for a better future for mankind. The days immediately after 9-11 were hard and trying and

emotional. The day after the attacks, I accompanied President Bush to the Pentagon to thank the first responders. As we exited the freeway, I could see the hole in the building and the dense air still filled with smoke. I walked along to encounter men and women who had worked for more than 24 hours and with virtually no rest. They were exhausted, but they were committed. To a person, they expressed gratitude that they could help. They gave me faith that we would be all right.

Arriving back at my apartment that evening, my clothes had a strange smell. What is that, I thought? Well, it was the smell of smoke and the residue of soot from the Pentagon. It was for me a moment of profound sadness. On Friday, in the President's motorcade to National Cathedral for the Prayer Service, it felt as if we were in a funeral procession.

But then we turned up Massachusetts Avenue. Bells were tolling from churches along the way. The streets were lined with people of all shapes and sizes, all ages and colors. And one man stood out. He carried a handmade sign that said simply, God bless America, we will not be terrorized. Inside the cathedral, I and others sought comfort for ourselves and for the nation. And then at the very end, the combined armed forces choir sang the battle hymn of the Republic. The original words of that Civil War hymn had been, as he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free.

Over the years, congregations, I guess hoping not to sound offensive, had changed the words to, as he died to make men holy, let us live to make men free. Much to my surprise and my gratitude, I heard the choir sing the original words. let us die to make men free. As the climactic Amen Amen rang through the church, I felt my own spirit renewed. Our country would always mourn the dead, but now we had to defiantly defend America. Those who perished would not have died in vain.

As I close, I want to say something deeply personal. Those of us in authority on that day did not see the nature of the danger in time to prevent the attack of 9-11. We did what we knew to do, but by definition it was not enough. I'm grateful that there was not a follow-on attack. For that miracle, we owe a deep debt of gratitude to our armed forces and to the intelligence community. their service and their sacrifice in the war on terror kept us safe. But I will always carry deep personal remorse for the pain that you, the families of the fallen still feel,

and for the trauma that our country endured. And yet, as I look back, I'm also mindful of what our actions and response taught us about ourselves. I know, too, that we must use these. moments of reflection to teach the lessons of that day to a generation of young people who were not even born at the time of the attack. Let us always remember that those who thought the world could be ruled by hate and fear were wrong. Our country did not let that dark vision of humanity

stand. That vigilance is still required to protect and secure us. That we are one people, drawn from different religious and ethnic and national origins, but that we have been forged into an extraordinary whole. We are American. That we are called to protect each other and to care for one another. That freedom is fragile and must be defended and won by every generation. That we are a fortunate people who enjoy the blessings of liberty and must never take them for granted.

The Apostle Paul tells us in Romans 5 that struggle is a privilege, that out of it comes perseverance and hope. September 11 tested us, but it did not break us. As we meet the many challenges ahead, may the memory of our response to that searing experience bring hope for our future as a country and as a people. May God bless you, Mr. President. May God bless the souls of the fallen and those who still mourn.

And may God continue to bless the United States of America. Ladies and gentlemen, the Secretary of War, the Honorable Pete Ex-Sah. Well, President Trump, First Lady, fellow Cabinet Secretaries, Chairman Kane, Secretary Rice, Senior Vice, senior Pentagon leaders, uniform, and civilian, many of which were here on that day and those heroes of 9-11.

To those who were here, to those who lost loved ones, and to those who came to pay tribute, we welcome you and we never forget. At this very hour, a quarter century ago, Islamic terrorists murdered 184 Americans right here at the Pentagon. Their co-conspirators had already crashed two planes into two towers in New York. More conspirators murdered innocent Americans aboard an airplane that crashed in Shanksville. But on that flight, Flight 93, Americans fought back, saving this very capital.

The first American counterattack of the war. All told, Islamist terrorists murdered nearly 3,000 of our fellow Americans that day, 25 years ago. It's hard to even imagine. These dastardly and cowardly attacks changed America in ways that even the sound of those planes on this day stirs your soul. But it changed America not as the cowards had hoped.

You see, their attacks inspired millions to step forward instead and say, send me. In the book of Isaiah, Isaiah said, here I am, Lord, send me. And the days that weeks that followed, millions of Americans said, here we are, send us. And so we fought foreign wars, a generation of sacrifice, of valor, selfless, and steadfast. Even if imperfect, those conflicts were our retribution. And today on this site, we honor the 184 murdered at the Pentagon Warriors and civilians, officers and enlisted moms and dads, brothers and sisters whose faces we saw whose names were red, a flag for each surrounds this venue.

We honor the survivors. We honor the first responders who ran toward the flames, heroic firefighters, police officers, and EMTs. pulling out the wounded and the fallen out of the rubble and the toxic smoke. Warriors and civilians alike, they stared death in the eye and they did not blink. September 11, 2001 was one of the darkest days in American history, but evil did not get the last word. It never has, and it never will. 25 years later, America is stronger than ever before. and proud. You see, many of those wearing the cloth of our nation right now, many do not remember 9-11. Many were not even born yet. And that leaves it to us on this day and others like it

to pass down that memory to our kids, to my kids, to yours, to my grandkids, to yours. You see, on that day, many Americans were ignorant of the Islamist threat that we faced. But 25 years ago, at this very hour, it was no more. Because history was not over, it's never over. The struggle against evil continued, and it continues now. It will continue until Judgment Day. Our only answer here on earth is eternal vigilance. That, indeed, is the price of freedom.

There are still enemies who hate us. Everyday enemies plot to curb our power and kill our citizens. including from Islamic terrorists, abroad and at home. But we are ever vigilant, especially this place, especially these people. Over the past six months, we have laid waste to the world's most prolific state sponsor of terrorism. Our warriors have fought in Islamic theocracy that has wished us death for nearly half a century that cheered on 9-11. a regime that has sponsored terrorist attacks against Americans for decades, killing thousands, including our comrades in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But they did not factor in this president. The United States has killed their leaders, destroyed their air force, and their Navy rests at the bottom of the sea. Their defenses are gone. We're still sending terrorists where they belong to hell and tankers to the bottom of the ocean where they belong. and we are ensuring that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. The economic pressure tightens every day.

We control the strait. We will finish this fight. But we also know, as the scripture says, the world will always have war and rumors of war. And so the fight goes on. And so we raise up a new generation of strong, brave warriors who will say, when it matters most, send me. Or as they said on flight 93, Todd Beamer's famous words, let's roll.

The top 1% of Americans, those that wear the uniform, still keep the watch. We all sleep in peace because we know they stand ready. We honor the fallen of that day 25 years ago by living worthy of their legacy today. And for 250 more years. We have faith in our warriors. But we also have faith that there is one who keeps watch over us. And scripture tells it that the Lord is our fortress and our shield. The Lord trains our arms for war.

our hands for battle. Strengthened by faith in Almighty God, we will continue to defeat our enemies and protect this republic, just as the heroes and the warriors of 9-11 did. Because in this nation, in God we trust, in this land, in this place on that day, and still today, and amen. It is now a great honor to introduce the great commander-in-chief of our nation. The 45th and 47th, President of the United States of America, President Donald J. Trump. Thank you very much. Thank you. Secretary Hegson, Secretary Rice, First Lady of the United States, Chairman Kane, members of the United States, military, distinguished guests, and my fellow Americans. Twenty-five times we have gathered at this hallowed place and at ground zero in New York and a lonely field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

In 25 years, a generation has passed since the terror attacks of September 11th, 2001. Yet time is not dimmed the honor of that day when our country came face to face with true evil. At 8.20 a.m. on a cloudless Tuesday morning, a beautiful day it was. American Airlines Flight 77 took off 25 miles from here, bound for Los Angeles. On board were three 11-year-old students heading on a cross-country field trip. A father and a mother with their two young daughters, bound for international adventure, and a flight attended whose mind was elsewhere. She had just learned that she was expecting her first child and was so excited to tell her mom and dad.

Here at the Pentagon and A.B. Herman had just gotten off the phone with his 10-year-old son. A secretary was celebrating her 46th birthday. So happy she was. A sergeant major was chatting with some colleagues. He had hosted for a dinner party over the weekend. at 9.37 a.m. every single one of those people and every person at that Sergeant Major's party was murdered by terrorists who flew flight 77 straight into this legendary building. It is indeed a legendary building. So many wars have been won from this building. with the events of that morning, 2,97. Beautiful souls were ripped from our world,

and many more died in the weeks and years after horrible, grotesque injuries. So many were sustained. Today we renew the sacred oath that we first swore, and their names a quarter of a century ago, we will never, ever forget. That's why we fight today. We don't have a choice.

It can only be victory. We fight hard, we fight to win. We will always remember the victims and the families of September 11th, 2001, very famous date, late, unfortunately. And it started out as such a beautiful day. We will honor their lives.

We will cherish their beautiful memories. And we will protect this country and its freedoms for every future generation. We will protect it like never before. For anyone who lived it, no words can do justice to the anguish. of that day after the first plane hit the north tower of the world trade center. Patrick Danei left a message to comfort his beautiful wife, Mary, letting her know he was safe inside his office on the South Tower's 90th floor. Mary was eight months pregnant and playing with their two young daughters when she heard Patrick's voice.

She loved him so much. She called back, turned on the TV. The line rang, and then it went completely dead. Very unusual, she felt. Mary fell to her knees as she watched United Flight 175 explode by her husband's office. She saw it right by the office. You know exactly where the office was right by. the office. Seven floors up, Shimmie Boglezizen, laid down on the carpet by his

dance to escape the smoke, it was horrible, surrounded by photos of his beautiful five children. He was on the phone with his wife, Miriam, praying to God when the television showed her the dreadful image. Things were happening that she couldn't imagine. The South Tower was collapsing with her husband, and she loved him so much inside. Free people must never

avert their eyes from such hideous cruelty. We cannot forget that moment of immense and horrible evil that took place in this world, bent on the destruction of all that is good.

But this morning, we also remember how America responded to that wickedness when days like 9-11, we learn what a country is truly made of. We're learning right now what we're made of And we have to be strong and we have to be smart. And Americans are made of a goodness and spirit that can transcend any earthly force.

And that's what we're doing, better than anyone else has ever been able to do it because we are sustained by a supreme strength far more powerful than steel alone. Abord flight 93 in the sky's over pencil. brave flight attendant, boiled water to fight back. A loving father from New Jersey, Todd Beamer, as a telephone operator in Illinois to join him in the Lord's Prayer,

thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. And then he said, his last words, let's roll. Today, as we remember, the many lives lost on 9-11, we also give thanks for the countless lives saved by the immortal heroes of flight 93. In those harrowing days after the attacks, we saw the authentic spirit of our nation. We were all New Yorkers that day, every one of us. We were all New Yorkers. But we were also all Americans. We were all family.

We were all patriots. The enemy might destroy what American hands had built. But we could not touch the fight and the fire and the love in our great American hearts. At the Pentagon on September 12th, General James Jackson ordered up the largest flag in the military's collection, and they think in the military's history. First responders climbed to top the walls and hung it next to the gaping holes in this building as a symbol of American defiance. This morning, that same flag is here. To my right, for the first time since 2001, along with three firefighters who raised it,

Joseph Moribito, Scott Morgan, and Carl Solberg. Please stand. 25 years after the attacks, we know the world will never return to the way it was at that dawn or that, beautiful, peaceful Tuesday morning, 2001. Before the towers fell, before the Pentagon was hit, before the specter of eagle, and this horrible, horrible evil came crashing into our lives before we saw what took place in Pennsylvania.

Innocence is expecting the future to be good because you have not yet really been tested. We've been tested many times. We're being tested today, and we're winning that test very handily. Faith is still believing in that future, even after you have seen the absolute worst, things that you never thought possible to see. In the generation since 9-11, American sons and daughters have traveled to the darkest corners of the earth and done battle with a shadowy enemy, so that our children might once again know carefree days and cloudless skies. For 25 years, our best and bravest have kept America safe, and today we salute every member of the United States military

who served in the war on terror. It is a war on sick, horrible terror. We salute our first response. and law enforcement, and we love them. And we salute the service members working right now to ensure the world's number one sponsor of terror, the Islamic Republic of Iran, will never ever have a nuclear weapon.

A generation after 9-11, we also know that the final response to those atrocities and the ultimate victory over the perpetrators will not be found on a foreign battlefield. It's right here in the hearts of families, like Tara Stackpole's. Tara's husband, Timmy, was a great firefighter, even a legendary one,

after surviving a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn that burned 40% of his body in 19, 1998. He spent three years recovering, learned to walk again, and return to the job. That's all he wanted to do is he just wanted to fight fires. He said, the greatest high you can ever get in life is by helping someone and making a difference, especially when it came to his profession, a dangerous profession at that. On September 11th, the New York Daily News carried a story announcing his promotion to Captain in the New York City Fire Department. He was so proud. His wife, his family was so proud.

Captain Stackpole said goodbye to Tara, and there are five beautiful children that morning. And when the planes hit a short time later, he responded, leading a team into the unbelievably unusual sight of a south tower that was burning. They lost their lives when the towers fell. Somehow, Tara found the strength to be a rock, not only for our kids, but for the countless members of a very grieving fire department. So many people were grieving. They were devastated like never before.

And in the years that followed, she raised those children to know, love, and follow the example of their dad who just was not there with them any longer. Today, their son, Kevin, is a Navy veteran, and a brave one at that, he's had his moments. They were very, very big, perhaps not like his father, but they were very big and very proud, and everyone's very proud of Kevin. He served in Iraq and is raising four beautiful children of his own. Their son, T.J., became a captain in the Marines after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. Brian is raising two kids. Caitlin is raising three, including a 10-year-old named Timmy. And Brendan is a proud member of his dad's old company.

Fire Department, New York, rescue. too. That's quite a company, too. I grew up in New York. I can tell you that's quite a company. The Stackpole family is here today, Tara, Kevin, T.J., Brendan, Caitlin, and Timmy, please stand. Please. He's looking down on you. Very proud of you. Thank you. No one can ever prepare for a day like 9-11, but we can always choose to be the kind of nation the world saw in those days after. We can build families like the Stackpoles. We can raise our children to know that their country is good, that their fathers are brave,

and that our flag is a symbol of justice and freedom. And we can be a nation whose heroes are not fanatics for an abstract, cause. They don't even know really what they're doing, but the kind to race into buildings and give their lives on a Tuesday morning. For strangers, they've never met people they didn't know gave their lives. And we can fill the lives of our children with light and love that will sustain them against any trial and transcend, any darkness. whenever that darkness may come. As Scripture tells us, the light shines in the darkness,

and the darkness has not overcome it. September 11th reminded us of the terrible power of hate. The 25 years since have shown us the even greater power of the American spirit to endure and prevail and to win. And today our country is stronger than it has ever been before. It has never been as strong as it is right now. Because of that spirit, when future generations come here in 25, 100 or 250 years from now, they will stand in a nation that is free and unyielding in the face of evil,

and they will still honor the heroes of 9-11, 2001, who no age will erase from the memory of time. It will never, ever be forgotten. We'll never be forgotten. And we can never forget. God bless our 9-11 families. God bless our unbelievable, brave and beautiful first responders. God bless the United States military and God bless America. Thank you very much.

Provided Major General Trent Davis, United States Air Force Chief of Chaplain. Will you please bow with me in prayer? Almighty God, on this hallowed ground where your heavenly grace met our deepest grief. We give thanks, for you are our rock, our refuge, and our ever-present help. On this, the 25th year of solemn remembrance, we pledge to never forget these innocent souls lost aboard Flight 77 and the faithful patriots who gave their all within this citadel of freedom. Let their sacred sacrifice fuel our vigilance, that peace may endure and free will be free. may flourish forever. Lord, comfort the families who carry this enduring sorrow and clothe our armed forces and our first responders with your full armor. Be their

mighty shield and their sure defense that they may stand firm in their watch over this great nation. But now, Lord, help us to depart strong and courageous, united in purpose, and fiercely resolved to guard this land of liberty entrusted to our care, and send us forth confident that your light still shines in the darkness, and darkness shall never overcome it. Amen. Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's ceremony. Thank you for joining us this morning. Please remain in place for the departure of the official party. The Pentagon Memorial Garden, which will remain open for the rest of the day. Pentagon staff can use any entrance to return to the interior of the building.

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