In a very real sense, every American was there. We were there at the Pentagon, we were there at the World Trade Center, and we were there in Pennsylvania. And what we attempt to do is to carry on, to keep going, and to make absolutely clear that for those who were directly impacted by these evil attacks, we will be there far into the future. That the American spirit survives intact. And what it calls on each of us to do is summon our resolve while we remember.

What we continue to honor today is the courage and the heroism shown not just by the rescuers, but by so many Americans—along with the countless acts of generosity and kindness. A day when a calculated effort of evil was answered by Americans' instinctual need and desire to do good, and that's exactly why the terrorists will never win.

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