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布什在自由女神像前发誓“美国不会被袭击摧垮” President: Good evening. A long year has passed since enemies attacked our country. Weve seen the images so many times they are seared on our souls, and remembering the horror, reliving the anguish, re-imagining the terror, is hard — and painful. For those who lost loved ones, its been a year of sorrow, of empty places, of newborn children who will never know their fathers here on earth. For members of our military, its been a year of sacrifice, and service far from home. For all Americans, it has been a year of adjustment — of coming to terms with the difficult knowledge that our nation has determined enemies, and that we are not invulnerable to their attacks. Yet in the events that have challenged us, weve also seen the character that will deliver us. Weve seen the greatness of America in airline passengers who defied their hijackers and ran a plane into the ground to spare the lives of others. Weve seen the greatness of America in rescuers who rushed up flights of stairs toward peril. And we continue to see the greatness of America in the care and compassion our citizens show to each other. September the 11th, 2001, will always be a fixed point in the life of America. The loss of so many lives left us to examine our own. Each of us was reminded that we are here only for a time, and these counted days should be filled with things that last and matter: love for our families, love for our neighbors, and for our country; gratitude for life and to the giver of life. We resolved a year ago to honor every last person lost. We owe them remembrance, and we owe them more. We owe them, and their children, and our own, the most enduring monument we can build: a world of liberty and security made possible by the way America leads, and by the way Americans lead our lives. The attack on our nation was also attack on the ideals that make us a nation. Our deepest national conviction is that every life is precious, because every life is the gift of a cr