WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ IS A SPEECH I WROTE AS PART OF A MEMORIAL
SERVICE GIVEN BY THE CITY OF FONTANA, CALIFORNIA ON 09-11-02 TO COMMEM-
ORATE THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THAT TRAGIC DAY TEN YEARS AGO.
I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT AMERICANS CAN TAKE THE DEEPEST TRAGEDY
AND TURN IT INTO THEIR GREATEST TRIUMPH AND I HAVE LONG WISHED THAT
I COULD SPEAK TO THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF THOSE BRAVE AMERICANS
ON FLIGHT NINETY THREE TO TELL THEM . . . . . TO TELL THEM . . . . .
WELL, MAYBE WHEN YOU READ THIS , YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT I WOULD
SAY.
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL WHO
FLEW WITH SUPERMAN EVERY WEEKDAY;
RODE WITH THE LONE RANGER EVERY SATURDAY;
AND TALKED WITH GOD EVERY SUNDAY.
SHE GREW UP BELIEVING THAT
RIGHT MAKES MIGHT -
THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS FIGHT FOR THE UNDERDOG -
AND THAT LOVE CONQUERS ALL . . .
SO WHEN THEY KILLED HER PRESIDENT;
SHE CRIED . . .
BUT SHE STILL BELIEVED.
fontana, CA