Bill Clinton Made A Big Move In Shanksville Memorial
Donors contributed $ 52 million to build the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, but $ 10 million is still needed. Former President Bill Clinton said Saturday that he and the President of the House John Boehner is going to do something.
"Since I am no longer in office, I can do unpopular things," Clinton said at the end of his speech at the opening ceremony on Saturday.
"I told the Secretary of the Interior, the head of your development, I was amazed to discover still need to raise $ 10 million by the end of this place. And Speaker Boehner and I've already volunteered to make the events in Washington Mutual, and we go on this show road. Let Roll ""Are you guys ready? OK. Let's roll! "Was it, Todd Beamer, one of the pirates passengers on Flight 93 resistance, said, surprised a telephone operator. He and others were about to charge the cockpit.
"Let's roll" became the rallying cry that resonated with Americans the day after 9 / 11
The terrorists who hijacked Flight 93 plan to pay the White House or U.S. Capitol on 9 / 11 Commission later said. But passengers on board the aircraft has received the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks through cell phone calls, and formed a plan to strike again.
About 4,000 people gathered on Saturday, sombre ceremony in honor of value and dedication of the 40 people killed when the 757 hit 500 mph on land.
The plan includes $ 62 million hectares in 2200. Future plans call for a memorial wall in 2014, a grove of 40 trees, and over time, a 93-foot "Tower of Voices" which consists of 40 wind chimes.
"It seems now, but we still have $ 10 million more to go," said Ed Rendell, governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011, a period when the idea of making a lasting monument.
Former President George W. Bush, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar Boehner also took part in the ceremony.
Bush said in his speech that the heroism of the passengers was the "first offensive against the war on terror."
"Since I am no longer in office, I can do unpopular things," Clinton said at the end of his speech at the opening ceremony on Saturday.
"I told the Secretary of the Interior, the head of your development, I was amazed to discover still need to raise $ 10 million by the end of this place. And Speaker Boehner and I've already volunteered to make the events in Washington Mutual, and we go on this show road. Let Roll ""Are you guys ready? OK. Let's roll! "Was it, Todd Beamer, one of the pirates passengers on Flight 93 resistance, said, surprised a telephone operator. He and others were about to charge the cockpit.
"Let's roll" became the rallying cry that resonated with Americans the day after 9 / 11
The terrorists who hijacked Flight 93 plan to pay the White House or U.S. Capitol on 9 / 11 Commission later said. But passengers on board the aircraft has received the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks through cell phone calls, and formed a plan to strike again.
About 4,000 people gathered on Saturday, sombre ceremony in honor of value and dedication of the 40 people killed when the 757 hit 500 mph on land.
"It seems now, but we still have $ 10 million more to go," said Ed Rendell, governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011, a period when the idea of making a lasting monument.
Former President George W. Bush, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar Boehner also took part in the ceremony.
Bush said in his speech that the heroism of the passengers was the "first offensive against the war on terror."
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