00      SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 20(STA)                                                      
01 Relating to declaring September 11, 2002, as a Day of Remembrance.                                                      
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03       WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, at 8:45 a.m.  Eastern Daylight Time, American                                   
04 Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center North Tower in New York City                                     
05 causing the loss of 92 lives onboard; and                                                                               
06       WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, at 9:03 a.m.  Eastern Daylight Time, United                                     
07 Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the World Trade Center South Tower causing the loss of 65                              
08 lives onboard; and                                                                                                      
09       WHEREAS 343 New York City firefighters and 23 New York City police officers                                     
10 were lost in the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, many of whom                                   
11 were climbing resolutely toward the upper floors of the buildings in an effort to stem the fire                         
12 and rescue building occupants when the towers collapsed; and                                                            
13       WHEREAS an estimated 2,840 lives were lost in the collapse of the World Trade                                   
14 Center's North and South Towers; and                                                                                    
15       WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, at 9:43 a.m.  Eastern Daylight Time, hijacked                                   
16 American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the west side of the Pentagon building in                                      

01 Washington, D.C., causing the loss of all 64 lives aboard; and                                                          
02       WHEREAS 125 service members, employees, and contract workers at the Pentagon                                    
03 building also lost their lives as a result of the crash of American Airlines Flight 77; and                             
04       WHEREAS the passengers and crew onboard United Airlines Flight 93, aware of the                                 
05 earlier attacks on the World Trade Center towers, refused to stand by and allow the Boeing                              
06 757 to be used in the same manner; and                                                                                  
07       WHEREAS passengers and crew onboard United Airlines Flight 93 put a plan into                                   
08 action to stop the hijacking signaled by the now famous words "Are you guys ready?  Let's                               
09 roll"; and                                                                                                              
10       WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, at 10:00 a.m.  Eastern Daylight Time, all 45                                    
11 lives aboard United Airlines Flight 93 were lost when the plane crashed in southwestern                                 
12 Pennsylvania; and                                                                                                       
13       WHEREAS, in the aftermath of this national tragedy, hundreds more firefighters,                                 
14 paramedics, police officers, members of the National Guard, and other emergency response                                
15 personnel, including many individuals from Alaska, have participated selflessly in the rescue                           
16 and cleanup efforts at the World Trade Center; and                                                                      
17       WHEREAS the tragic events of September 11 remind us of the tremendous                                           
18 contribution of these highly trained and dedicated individuals to our society and way of life;                          
19       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature honors the emergency service                                   
20 providers, armed forces personnel, and citizen volunteers of Alaska for their courage,                                  
21 sacrifice, and dedication in serving Alaskans; and be it                                                                
22       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the                                    
23 governor to proclaim September 11, 2002, as a Day of Remembrance; and be it                                             
24       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature encourages all public and                                    
25 private agencies and citizens of the state to show their appreciation for the state's emergency                         
26 service providers, armed forces personnel, and citizen volunteers on September 11, 2002.