President Donald Trump will deliver remarks during this year’s observance ceremony at Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The observance will be one of two ceremonies this year that honor the 40 passengers and crew members of Flight 93 on the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. On Sunday, Tom Ridge, the first Homeland Security secretary and a former Pennsylvania governor, will keynote the dedication of the Tower of Voices, a 93-foot tall musical instrument that will serve as a visual and audible reminder of the heroism of those on board Flight 93.
"We are honored that President Trump will be in attendance on September 11, representing our country to honor our 40 heroes,” said Families of Flight 93 President Gordon Felt. “The Families of Flight 93 are grateful to all those that have helped to bring Paul Murdoch's vision of a 93-foot Tower of Voices to completion. It marks the end of our journey to see a memorial honoring the courage and heroism of the passengers and crew members of Flight 93. The story of our 40 heroes and their collective actions have been preserved so that future generations will be able to remember the pain of September 11th as well as the hope and heroism that once again helped to define our nation."
“I look back on the courageous actions of these 40 individuals with gratitude and awe,” said Governor Ridge. “Their extraordinary bravery will forever be preserved in this memorial. It is my hope that Americans will hear these chimes, walk the flight path, touch the Wall of Names, and feel a deep connection to these men and women that stood up in the face of tremendous adversity.”
The 17th annual September 11 Observance will begin at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, September 11, at the Memorial Plaza. At 10:03 a.m. – the moment Flight 93 crashed – the names of the passengers and crew members will be read and the Bells of Remembrance will be rung in their memory. The observance is open to the public and participants include:
- Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America
- Secretary Ryan Zinke, U.S. Department of the Interior
- Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf
- Former Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker
- Gordon Felt, President of the Families of Flight 93
- Reverend Paul Britton, brother of Marion R. Britton
- United States Navy Brass Quintet
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[corrected] California income tax is over 7 percent. Colorado is 4.6 percent. California property tax is over 1% of assessed value, Colorado around 1/2 percent. California sales tax 7.25, Colorado 2.9. The tax code had nothing to do with politics. California tax payers benifited to a far greater extent from SALT than those in other states. We subsidized your high tax rates (and local taxes make the comparisons even worse). Whether you get your share back is a different issue. Best solution is don't give it to the feds in the first place.
I get it. It's fair to you because someone else (i.e. New Yorkers, Californians, etc) is penalized. It was a blunt tool, but it did serve to balance the high cost of living - especially of home ownership. We live where salaries and cost of living are higher, but where the tax brackets aren't adjusted to account for it.
I was OK with the system as it worked, where even after unrestricted SALT deductions, my state's per capita federal tax revenue was higher than any state except New York. I didn't even mind that we saw less of that federal money coming in than going out. But we had something to balance out the issue of double-taxation. And it wasn't eliminated, but reduced. The amount of the cap was set to maximize the hit on blue states while minimizing the affect on red states. That being said, apparently Texas is going to be feeling it too, but primarily in the wealthy suburbs where the property tax rate is 2% and they have large mega homes.
And bringing it back to NPT, I was OK with my federal taxes that we pay in California (which are higher per capita) going to places like Colorado where they help pay for federal land management.
It's not my fault you live in an area that has higher expenses and I shouldn't have to subsidize your lifestyle decisions.
Ecbuck. I left the link for you. I guess you didn't see it
Anonymous, the poverty threshold equates to earning $6 per hour 40 hrs per week for a single individual. If you can't find a job earning more than that it's because you don't want to work. Children are another matter but that fault can be placed squarely in the parents lap. And tell me how a tax cut hurts those living in poverty?
P.S., I would try to find better sources than either the Huffington post or CLASP who is "fighting back in today's threatening political climate"
WP: Anonymous, the poverty threshold equates to earning $6 per hour 40 hrs per week for a single individual. If you can't find a job earning more than that it's because you don't want to work.
What a horribly crass and incorrect assumption. You must have a lot of fun looking at people less fortunate than you and finding ways to express "Sucks to be you!"
He had no friends that died, at least not friends enough to go to their funerals. So, no friends
I have had plenty of friends die whose funeral I didn't attend so that is hardly a measure. And then there is the question of whether your claim he didn't attend any funerals is accurate itself.