[Billie]

Good morning, Joe. That is a graphic I had not seen before. Those I've posted were ones I did in the first few months following 911, and haven't used them very much since then.

We'll be here with this thread all week - posting it fresh every day, so we can keep it updated.

[lodwick]

[kayak]

Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People
September 20,2001

In the normal course of events, Presidents come to this chamber to report on the state of the Union. Tonight, no such report is needed. It has already been delivered by the American people.

We have seen it in the courage of passengers, who rushed terrorists to save others on the ground -- passengers like an exceptional man named Todd Beamer. And would you please help me to welcome his wife, Lisa Beamer, here tonight.

We have seen the state of our Union in the endurance of rescuers, working past exhaustion. We have seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers -- in English, Hebrew, and Arabic. We have seen the decency of a loving and giving people who have made the grief of strangers their own.

My fellow citizens, for the last nine days, the entire world has seen for itself the state of our Union -- and it is strong.

[Joe Brower]