In a somewhat rambling address, in which he appeared to add little digressions and pauses to the prepared text, the former president loudly exclaimed, “No one who lived through the horror of the September 11th terrorist attack can ever forget the agony and anguish of that terrible day,” before appending, “It was a terrible day.”
“The images of dark plumes of smoke billowing over lower Manhattan, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania – such a beautiful field – are seared into our minds forever, for we will never forget.”