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Remarks by the President While Touring Damage at the Pentagon
5:53 P.M. EDT

I am so grateful to the people who are working here.  We're  here  to  say  thanks  to not only the workers on this site, but the workers who are doing the same work in New York City.  I want to say thanks to  the  folks who have given blood to the Red Cross.  I want to say thanks for the hundreds of  thousands of Americans who pray for the victims and their families.

Secretary  Rumsfeld  told  me,  when I talked to him, that he felt the blast  shake  the  Pentagon -- even though he was on the other side of the building, the building rocked.  And now I know why.

Coming  here  makes  me  sad, on the one hand; it also makes me angry. Our  country will, however, not be cowed by terrorists, by people who don't share  the  same  values  we  share,  by  people who are willing to destroy People's  lives  because  we  embrace  freedom.  The nation mourns, but our government will go on, the country will function.  We are on high alert for possible activity.

But coming here confirms what the Secretary and I both know, that this is  a  great  nation.   People here working hard prove it; people out here working  their  hearts out to answer  families' questions, to remove the rubble and debris from this office.  I want to thank everybody not only on this site, but all across America, for responding so generously, so kindly, in  their  prayers, in their contributions of love and their willingness to help in any way they can.

September 12, 2001 Posted: 4:55 PM EDT
This is a partial list of people killed in Tuesday's attacks, according to family members, friends, co-workers and local law enforcement:

American Airlines Flight 11: Boston to Los Angeles:
CREW:
- John Ogonowski, 52, Dracut, Massachusetts, pilot.
- Tom McGuiness, 42, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, co-pilot.
- Sara Low, Batesville, Arkansas, flight attendant.
PASSENGERS:
- David Angell, 54, Pasadena, California, executive producer, NBC's "Frasier."
- Lynn Angell, Pasadena, California.
- Edmund Glazer, 41, Chatsworth, California, chief financial officer, MRV Communications Inc.
- Daniel C. Lewin, 31, co-founder, Akamai Technologies.
- Tara Creamer, 30, Worcester, Massachusetts.
- Ted Hennessey, 35, Belmont, Massachusetts.
- Peter Gay, 54, Taunton, Massachusetts, vice president and general manager, Raytheon Co. plant.
- Charles Jones, 48, Bedford, Massachusetts.
- Bill Weems, Marblehead, Massachusetts, commercial producer.
- David Retik, Needham, Massachusetts.
- Robin Caplin, Natick, Massachusetts.
- Mary Wahlstrom, 75, Kaysville, Utah.
- Carolyn Beug, Los Angeles.
- Anna Williams Allison, 48, Stoneham, Massachusetts.
- Jeffrey Coombs, 42, Abington, Massachusetts.
- Thelma Cuccinello, 71, Wilmot, New Hampshire.
- Alex Filipov, 70, Concord, Massachusetts.
- Paige Farley Hackel, 46, Newton, Massachusetts.
- Richard Ross, 58, Newton, Massachusetts.
-Timothy Ward, California.
-Berry Berenson, 53, Los Angeles, actress and photographer.

United Airlines Flight 175: Boston to Los Angeles:
CREW:
- Victor J. Saracini, 51, Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania, pilot.
- Al Marchand, Alamogordo, New Mexico, flight attendant.
- Amy Jarret, 28, North Smithfield, Rhode Island, flight attendant.
PASSENGERS:
- Brian D. Sweeney, 38, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
- Garnet "Ace" Bailey, 53, Lynnfield, Massachusetts, director of pro scouting, Los Angeles Kings.
- Mark Bavis, 31, scout, Los Angeles Kings.
- Peter Hanson, Massachusetts.
- Susan Hanson, Massachusetts.
- Christine Hanson, 2, Massachusetts.
- Jesus Sanchez, 45, Hudson, Massachusetts, off-duty flight attendant.
- James E. Hayden, 47, Westford, Massachusetts.
- Ruth McCourt, 24, Westford, Massachusetts.
- Juliana Valentine McCourt, 4, Westford, Massachusetts.
- John Cahill, Wellesley, Massachusetts.
- Shawn Nassaney, 25, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
- Lynn Goodchild, 25, Attleboro, Massachusetts.
- Lisa Frost, 22, Rancho Santa Margarita, California.

American Airlines Flight 77: Washington to Los Angeles:
CREW:
- Michelle Heidenberger, Chevy Chase, Maryland, flight attendant.
PASSENGERS:
- Barbara Olson, 45, TV commentator and lawyer.
- Karen A. Kincaid, 40, Washington, D.C., lawyer, Wiley Rein & Fielding.
- Christopher Newton, Long Beach, California.
- Leslie A. Whittington, 45, University Park, Maryland, Georgetown University professor.
- Charles S. Falkenberg, 45, University Park, Maryland.
- Bob Speisman, New York.

United Airlines Flight 93: Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco:
CREW:
- Cee Cee Lyles, Fort Myers, Florida, flight attendant.
PASSENGERS:
- Mark Bingham, 31, San Francisco.
- Thomas E. Burnett Jr., 38, senior vice president and chief operating officer, Thoratec Corp.

World Trade Center:
- Rev. Michael Judge, New York Fire Department chaplain.
- Ray Downey, firefighter, chief of special operations command.
- William Feehan, First Deputy Commissioner of Fire Department.
- Peter Ganci, Fire Department chief.