Fifteen years have passed since the horrendous attack on the United States. Gov. George Pataki was in his second of three terms as governor of New York on September 11, 2001. Pataki, now 71, said 9/11 feels “like it was yesterday.” But it is the heroism he witnessed, and not the horror, that has stayed with him.
“I will always remember that bright clear morning, the
friends that I lost and the people not running away from the towers, but
rushing toward them to help,” Pataki recalled. “And I'll always remember the
people standing in line to give blood, waiting hoping for the injured and
wounded who would never come that day.”
The former governor said 9/11 proved that America must stand
strong against all those who would do her harm. “Whether it's Al Qaeda, ISIS or
any other radical Islamic terrorist group, we must remain committed to denying
them safe haven both on land and online,” he said. “We must not allow them a
base of operations to train, recruit and organize attacks against Americans at
home or abroad.
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