Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 2–Assemblymen Perkins, Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams

 

February 6, 2003

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Joint Sponsors: Senators Rawson, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Cegavske, Coffin, Hardy, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, Nolan, O’Connell, Raggio, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Tiffany, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Memorializes victims of events of September 11, 2001. (BDR R‑50)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

Assembly Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing the victims of the events of September 11, 2001.

 

1-1  Whereas, On September 11, 2001, terror struck the heart of

1-2  America, but that terror found no resting place in the hearts of

1-3  Americans who, in the moments and days following the first

1-4  realization that our country had been attacked, countered with

1-5  courage and an outpouring of love and compassion that evidence the

1-6  best of our great Nation; and

1-7  Whereas, We will not forget the shocking events of that

1-8  Tuesday morning in September 2001, and we will not forget the

1-9  stories of heroism and determination that unfolded in New York

1-10  City, at the Pentagon and in the skies over Pennsylvania as ordinary

2-1  people faced the most frightening circumstances one could possibly

2-2  imagine and met the challenge by risking their own lives in heroic

2-3  attempts to help others; and

2-4  Whereas, By their examples, we have learned from these

2-5  heroes how to respond to evil with good, and to respond to terror

2-6  with love, and in remembering their selflessness, we are given the

2-7  strength to continue to reach out to the people we meet each day

2-8  with kindness and respect; and

2-9  Whereas, We, as Americans, have been blessed with

2-10  democracy and freedom, and endowed with the gift to do good, and

2-11  the responsibility to do no less; and

2-12      Whereas, From the Civil War to the Great Depression to

2-13  World War II, American life has always been about facing

2-14  challenges and rising up together to set a shining example of a

2-15  society based on equality, freedom and tolerance; and

2-16      Whereas, As we struggle with the loss of so many lives, 2,801

2-17  at the destruction of the World Trade Center Towers, 184 at the

2-18  attack on the Pentagon, and the 40 passengers and crew members of

2-19  United Airlines Flight 93, each with a face and a name, and families

2-20  and friends who loved them, we also recognize our own mortality

2-21  and take the opportunities presented each day to express our love

2-22  and appreciation for those around us, and make the most of the days

2-23  remaining for each of us; now, therefore, be it

2-24      Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the

2-25  Senate Concurring, That united in our national mourning, we

2-26  will remember every family that lives in grief and we pray that their

2-27  sorrow is fading even as the thoughts of their loved ones remain as

2-28  cherished and comforting memories; and be it further

2-29      Resolved, That the thousands of innocent victims whose lives

2-30  were brought to a tragic and horrifying end by evil too terrible for

2-31  most to comprehend, will be honored by our common and unending

2-32  pursuit of freedom and peace in the world, and by our continued

2-33  dedication to public service and respect for all humanity.

 

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