Press Release

For immediate release:

September 11, 2016

For more information, contact:

Friends of Mel Franklin

mel@melfranklin.net

Statement of Prince George’s County Council Member Mel Franklin on the 15^th Anniversary of the September 11th Terrorist Attacks

Today, we commemorate the 15^th anniversary of the worst terrorist attacks in American history.  The Prince George’s County 9/11 memorial in Bladensburg is a solemn reminder of how far reaching this tragedy was, with 24 County residents among the nearly 3000 people killed on that fateful day that changed our lives forever.  We will never forget the evil that perpetrated this horrific assault on our values or the goodness and unity that triumphed in response, like the heroic first responders who leaped forward to save lives even as they sacrificed their own.  Let us remain vigilant and honor those who were lost by the manner in which we serve each other now.  We are all in this together.  As Dr. King said, “we are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.  Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

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