Bill Text: NY K00457 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York State and the Nation

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 107-43)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-10 - adopted [K00457 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-K00457-Introduced.html

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Assembly Resolution No. 457

BY: M. of A. Heastie

        COMMEMORATING  the  20th  Anniversary  of the 9/11
        terrorist attacks on New York State and the Nation

  WHEREAS, September 11, 2021,  marks  the  20th  Anniversary  of  the
terrorist  attacks  that  forever  changed New York, our country and the
world; and

  WHEREAS, We honor the memory of those who lost their lives in  those
devastating  attacks on our State and Nation, memories that will forever
remain with their families and will live in  the  hearts  of  every  New
Yorker and every American; and

  WHEREAS,  To  those  who  were  lost  and  the loved ones they leave
behind, to those who were there to help, we will never forget; and

  WHEREAS,  On  the  morning  of  Tuesday,  September  11,  2001,   19
terrorists  hijacked  four  airplanes  and  carried  out suicide attacks
against targets in the United States; two of the planes were flown  into
the  Twin  Towers  of  the  World Trade Center in New York City, a third
plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington,  D.C.,  and  the  fourth
plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania; and

  WHEREAS,  These  cowardly attacks resulted in 2,977 fatalities, over
25,000 injuries,  and  countless  first  responders  who  have  died  or
continue  to suffer from illnesses related to serving at Ground Zero, in
addition to at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property  damage;
and

  WHEREAS,  Of  those  who perished during the initial attacks and the
subsequent collapses of the towers, 343 were New York City firefighters,
23 were New York City police officers and 37 were officers at  the  Port
Authority; and

  WHEREAS,  Every  New  Yorker and every American remembers where they
were on the morning of September 11, 2001, when  they  heard  about  the
attacks;  and  no  matter  age,  race  or religion we were all affected;
whether we knew someone who perished, heard about  a  first  responder's
bravery,  or  watched the tragedy unfold on the news; for weeks, perhaps
even months, we were glued to  our  televisions,  hoping  to  witness  a
miracle; and

  WHEREAS,  Across  the  country,  people  came together as Americans,
putting flags outside their homes and businesses, and lining up  at  the
Red Cross to donate blood for those in need; and

  WHEREAS,  Every  year  since, at the site of the World Trade Center,
the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Americans come  together  to
hold  memorials, reciting the names of those lost, so they will continue
to live on in the hearts and minds of all Americans; and

  WHEREAS, Ten years after the  terrorist  attacks  that  changed  our
world, we dedicated the National September 11 Memorial, where waterfalls
that occupy the footprint of the Twin Towers are surrounded by the names

of  those  lost  in  the attacks; and in 2014, the National September 11
Museum opened to the public, where people  can  come  to  learn  and  to
reflect; and

  WHEREAS,  Today,  20  years  later,  we come together as a nation to
remember and pay homage to those who perished in these horrific  attacks
and  to  honor those first responders who gave the ultimate sacrifice as
they ran to help those in mortal danger; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
commemorate  the  20th  Anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New
York State and the Nation.