MIKE PENCE: Remember the fallen — and the generation that defended America since 9/11
On September 11 , 2001, shortly after the terrorists struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, I walked across the street to the Capitol, swimming against a sea of pandemonium. Later, I joined other members in the basement of the Capitol Hill Police headquarters for a briefing on what we knew — and what might happen next. Former Governor Tom Ridge, then serving as President George W. Bush’s homeland security adviser , told us, "The only thing we know for sure is that they want to hit us again, and they want to hit us worse." TRUMP CONFIRMS PENTAGON PLANS FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 ATTACKS, DISPUTES REPORT ON GROUND ZERO ABSENCE Long before 2001, radical Islamic terrorism was at war with America’s way of life and had already established a terrible rhythm in our national life. The 1983 Beirut barracks bombing killed 241 American servicemen. Pan Am Flight 103 was blown out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing 270 people, including 190 Americans. The fir...