10/04/2004
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Is it in our interest that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is. On behalf of a grateful nation, thank you for your hard work and God bless you."
"This is not mere nostalgia, it is the truest version of ourselves."
"We learned that bravery is more common than we imagined, emerging with sudden splendor in the face of death."
"To you and the honored dead, our country is forever grateful."