September 11, 2018

For Immediate Release

Statement of Prince George’s County Council Member Mel Franklin on the 17^th Anniversary of the September 11^th Terrorist Attacks

Contact: Mel@melfranklin.net

Upper Marlboro, MD – Today, on the 17^th anniversary of the September 11^th terrorist attacks on the United States of America, Councilman Mel Franklin (D-District 9) released the following statement:

“We each remember where we were when terror struck on September 11, 2001.  It changed all of our lives and nothing was ever the same after that fateful morning.  We will never forget the thousands of loved ones we lost or the selfless acts of courage, especially those of our first responders who rushed towards the World Trade Center to save tens of thousands of lives while losing their own.  Those incredible acts of valor united our country and our world like never before in my lifetime.  Reminded of the resolve that imbued from our collective response to that tragedy, we pause today in remembrance of September the 11th.  May we call upon that spirit of national unity now, to transcend the smallness of today’s petty politics and recover our sense of bipartisanship to meet the most significant challenges facing our country and our world.  As national hero and late-United States Senator John McCain wrote, ‘Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you, but is not defined by your existence alone.’  God bless our county, state, and Nation.”

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