Thomas Daschle: “one month ago today, more than 6,000 innocent men and women had their lives stolen from them in an act of terrorism so…”

“one month ago today, more than 6,000 innocent men and women had their lives stolen from them in an act of terrorism so hideous and cruel that it still almost defies belief. In the days since, we have come together--not as Democrats or Republicans--as Americans, to honor the memory of all those who died at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in that lonely field in western Pennsylvania. We have come together to tell their families they are not alone. They are part of our American family and we are with them--now in their hour of grief, and in the days and years to come. And we have also come together to say, in the strongest possible terms, that we stand with President Bush in his determination to find those who committed these hideous attacks and hold them accountable, and to destroy their global network of hate and terror. I had the opportunity to join many of my Senate colleagues in the days after the attack to visit Ground Zero in New York City. There, in a mountain of rubble and wreckage that is beyond my ability to describe, I saw a sign scrawled on a wall. It read simply: ``We will never forget.'' That is true. Whether we live another hundred months, or another hundred years, we will never forget the thousands of innocent victims who lost their lives on September 11th. We will never forget the heartbreak of those they left behind, or the stunning bravery of those who tried to save them.”