 Thank you director governor What happened in this area on this day 14 years ago changed our world and it changed the way we Americans think about that world It also reinforced some ways. We think about each other To this day it has made us think differently about who we are as a nation and our place in a very puzzled world And it also made us think about what we are capable of doing as human beings Especially as a result of what the passengers and crew of flight 93 did on this day 14 years ago First the events of 9-11 changed our view of the world It certainly changed the way we think about America's place in the world After 9-11 we all recognize that we were not separate. We were not apart from the troubled world We learned on that tragic day that we were in fact connected in ways. We never imagined possible We learned that the world outside was in fact no longer outside What happened in New York City and right here on September 11th will forever be part of who we are There are few people whose hearts were not affected by what they saw on the television screens from New York City The image of those twin towers burning seared us to our cores And there are equally few who can ever forget hearing or reading about what happened on flight 93 here What might have been had flight 93 gone where the hijackers wanted it to go Must continue to haunt us for many years to come And this brings us to the second thing we learned on September 11th 2001 It is that we are each one of us capable of doing remarkably selfless and heroic things Because on September 11th 2001 a handful of people Passengers and crew made a huge difference to the course of our own history What they did saved countless lives in Washington, D.C. What they did averted a terrible tragedy that would have taken place there had they not acted as they did here And what they did told us all a great deal about the potential nobility that lies within each of us Their actions on this day Enobled all of us It gave us a remarkable example of human behavior at its best it showed us what each of us is capable of doing and It elicited swift and effective reactions from the people around us around here From emergency responders from this area from the area residents from good leaders like Governor Tom Ridge Who's here today who pledged the resources of the Commonwealth to provide what it could to help and from the folks at the National Park Service And beyond who understood that our nation needed to pay concrete tribute in the form of this center to the deeds of the passengers and crew of Flight 93 So today's memorial service is a chance for us to reflect on what these good people did It's a good day to reflect on what it all means They reacted nobly and bravely and voluntarily to a new world few of us were ready for In doing what they did they taught us something about what that new world might mean for us and What it might ask of us and in doing what they did they showed each of us what good we are actually capable of doing Today we remember what they did on September 11th 2001 we will never forget and We will be forever grateful. Thank you