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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1327

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE RESOLUTION

No. 108 Session of 2001


        INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, ARMSTRONG, BELL, BODACK, BOSCOLA,
           BRIGHTBILL, CONTI, CORMAN, COSTA, DENT, EARLL, ERICKSON,
           FUMO, GERLACH, GREENLEAF, HELFRICK, HOLL, HUGHES, JUBELIRER,
           KITCHEN, KUKOVICH, LAVALLE, LEMMOND, LOGAN, MADIGAN, MELLOW,
           MOWERY, MURPHY, MUSTO, O'PAKE, ORIE, PICCOLA, PUNT, RHOADES,
           ROBBINS, SCARNATI, SCHWARTZ, STACK, STOUT, TARTAGLIONE,
           THOMPSON, TOMLINSON, WAGNER, WAUGH, WENGER, D. WHITE,
           M. WHITE, WILLIAMS AND WOZNIAK, SEPTEMBER 25, 2001

        INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 25, 2001

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Condemning the acts of terrorism committed on September 11,
     2     2001, and honoring the heroism of the passengers of United
     3     Airlines Flight 93.

     4     WHEREAS, On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, four commercial
     5  jetliners were hijacked in the skies over the United States in a
     6  cowardly and reprehensible act of terrorism; and
     7     WHEREAS, One of those planes, United Airlines Flight 93,
     8  bound from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, California,
     9  crashed near Shanksville, Somerset County, killing all 45
    10  passengers and crew; and
    11     WHEREAS, The terrorism in the skies over Pennsylvania was met
    12  and ultimately defeated by the heroism of the passengers aboard
    13  United Airlines Flight 93, passengers who tried to regain
    14  control of their plane and ultimately ensured that it was not
    15  used as a weapon of greater destruction; and


     1     WHEREAS, Those passengers risked and ultimately gave their
     2  lives to protect thousands of lives of their countrymen; and
     3     WHEREAS, Residents of Somerset County and State and local
     4  emergency personnel responded to the crash quickly and with
     5  great compassion and professionalism; and
     6     WHEREAS, State emergency personnel continue to work with
     7  Federal authorities to secure and investigate the crash scene;
     8  therefore be it
     9     RESOLVED, That the Senate condemn the craven acts of
    10  terrorism that claimed the lives of thousands of innocent
    11  Americans on September 11, 2001; and be it further
    12     RESOLVED, That the Senate extend its deepest sympathy to the
    13  family and friends of those who perished aboard United Airlines
    14  Flight 93 and to the family and friends of all victims of the
    15  terrorist attack of September 11, 2001; and be it further
    16     RESOLVED, That the Senate honor the selfless heroism of those
    17  aboard United Airlines Flight 93 and grieve their passing; and
    18  be it further
    19     RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize that an attack against
    20  one American is an attack against all Americans and that we can
    21  and must join together as Americans to cope with our grief and
    22  defeat the scourge of terrorism throughout the world; and be it
    23  further
    24     RESOLVED, That the Senate urge all Pennsylvanians and all
    25  Americans to work together to recover from our shared national
    26  tragedy, to pray together for those who have lost loved ones and
    27  to grow together as one nation and one people, indivisible; and
    28  be it further
    29     RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize that Americans have a
    30  broad range of ethnic and religious backgrounds and urge all
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     1  Americans, whatever their background, to join together in a
     2  spirit of tolerance and compassion as we confront our loss and
     3  build our future; and be it further
     4     RESOLVED, That the Senate resolve, as President Abraham
     5  Lincoln said at Gettysburg nearly 138 years ago:
     6         that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this
     7         nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom --
     8         and that government of the people, by the people, for the
     9         people, shall not perish from the earth.














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