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Remembering 9/11
Remembering 9/11
Remembering 9/11
President George W. Bush talks with some of family members of those who were killed during the September 11 attacks after signing Intelligence Authorization Act in the Roosevelt Room, Wednesday, Nov. 27. The act of Congress will authorize intelligence programs and creating a national commission to investigate the events of September 11, 2001.
President George W. Bush talks with some of family members of those who were killed during the September 11 attacks after signing Intelligence Authorization Act in the Roosevelt Room, Wednesday, Nov. 27. The act of Congress will authorize intelligence programs and creating a national commission to investigate the events of September 11, 2001.
 
President George W. Bush signs into law H.R. 1, Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, Friday, August 3, 2007, in the Oval Office. To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush and Laura Bush lay a wreath in the south tower reflecting pool at the World Trade Center site in New York City Sunday, September 10, 2006.
President George W. Bush talks with John and Jane Vigiano after the Service of Prayer and Remembrance at St. Paul’s Chapel near Ground Zero in New York City Sunday, September 10, 2006. The Vigiano family lost two sons, a police detective and a firefighter, in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush stand in silence after laying a wreath in the north reflecting pool at Ground Zero September 10, 2006, in commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center in New York City.
After laying a wreath in the north tower reflecting pool, President George W. Bush and Laura Bush walk through the World Trade Center site to lay a second wreath in the south tower reflecting pool to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York City Sunday, September 10, 2006. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush walk with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, far left, New York Governor George Pataki, second from right, and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani down the entrance ramp to Ground Zero at the World Trade Center site in New York City Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006.
A visitor at the fence overlooking Ground Zero touches an American flag printed with names of those who were killed during the September 11th terrorist attacks Sunday, September 10, 2006. President and Mrs. Bush also visited the site Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the attacks. President Bush stands with Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Cheney as they observe a moment of silence, on the South Lawn, in honor of 9/11 victims September 11, 2005. This marks the fourth anniversary of terrorist attacks on both the World Trade Center and The Pentagon.
President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush walk with Rev. Luis Leon after attending a Service of Prayer and Remembrance for 9/11 victims at St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, September 11, 2005. This marks the fourth anniversary of terrorist attacks on both the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. President Bush stands with Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Cheney as they observe a moment of silence, on the South Lawn, in honor of 9/11 victims September 11, 2005. This marks the fourth anniversary of terrorist attacks on both the World Trade Center and The Pentagon.
This is the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Award presented Friday, Sept. 9, 2005 in ceremonies at the White House in Washington, in honor of the courage and commitment of emergency services personnel who died on Sept. 11, 2001. Department of Justice photo. President George W. Bush addresses guests on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, during the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Award Ceremony and to honor the courage and commitment of emergency services personnel who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
President George W. Bush gestures as he addresses guests on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, during the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Award Ceremony and to honor the courage and commitment of emergency services personnel who died on Sept. 11, 2001. President George W. Bush embraces one of the hundreds of family and friends who gathered on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, during the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Award Ceremony, in honor of the courage and commitment of emergency services personnel who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
President George W. Bush meets some of the hundreds of family and friends who gathered on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, during the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Award ceremony, in honor of the courage and commitment of emergency services personnel who died on Sept. 11, 2001. President George W. Bush shakes hands Friday, Sept. 9, 2005 with FDNY Academy graduate Tommy Gies, son of New York firefighter Lt. Ronnie Gies who died on 9/11/01, following the President's remarks at the 9/11 Heros Medal of Valor Award Cermony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Gies, seen with his mother and brothers, told the President in an earlier meeting in March 2004 that it was his wish to follow in his father's footsteps.
President George W. Bush holds Keira Corrigan of Mineola, N.Y., as he meets some of the hundreds of family and friends who gathered on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, during the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Award Ceremony, in honor of the courage and commitment of emergency services personnel who died on Sept. 11, 2001. President George W. Bush poses for a photo with a young man wearing a button in honor of 9/11 victim, Yamel J. Merino, as he met some of the hundreds of families and friends who gathered on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005, during the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Award Ceremony, in honor of the courage and commitment of emergency services personnel who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
President George W. Bush, Mrs. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Cheney, center, are joined by White House staff and families of victims of 911 for a Moment of Silence on the South Lawn at 8:46am, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004. President George W. Bush, Mrs. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Cheney, stand by families of victims of 911 during the playing of Taps following a Moment of Silence on the South Lawn, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004.
Honoring the memory of those who died during terrorist attacks on this day two years ago, President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney stand with White House staff for a moment of silence on the South Lawn 8:46 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003. President George W. Bush shakes hands with Staff Sgt. Ethan Craig of Chester, Mass., after awarding him The Purple Heart at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003. Visiting with patients who were injured while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, President Bush awarded 11 Purple Hearts.
Commemorating the two-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks, Vice President Dick Cheney visits the firehouse of FDNY Rescue Company 1 in New York, N.Y., Sept. 11, 2003. Pictured in the background is a memorial to the station's firefighters who have died in the line of duty, including the company's eleven firefighters who lost their lives Sept. 11, 2001. President George W. Bush addresses the nation from Ellis Island in New York City on the one year anniversary of the terror attacks on September 11.
President George W. Bush talks with some of family members of those who were killed during the September 11 attacks after signing Intelligence Authorization Act in the Roosevelt Room, Wednesday, Nov. 27. The act of Congress will authorize intelligence programs and creating a national commission to investigate the events of September 11, 2001.

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Remembering 9/11: Part II