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' z 'J a as .a nation. There has b^en greater ■'? bloodshed in natural and man-made T. 1J.3 disasters, and there has been greater economic loss.; But the events of " • '1’1 Sept. 11 rise abbve many of the oth- ers because they were deliberate and ■ caught the American people by sur­ prise, just as the Japanese attack on j ''' .to"' Pearl Harbor did in 19^1. In both cases, the nation had the opportuni- rto to >!.■ * ; f. ty to prevent the attacks, {but Ignored IL * C vsfc V to or downplayed;the threat. In both cases, life in America afterward was ft to? W 'J tiM never the same.; [ * ''# < If anything, [the attacks on the | * \ ) World Trade Center and Pentagon ft & .wtoto have brought America [together in ways that the terrorists couW not have '/ imagined in their fog of religious and Jt?< political zeal. The construction indus- *■ w it- • ■'Mi; -.in try responded immediatbly and hero­ ■fe ically to assist in the recovery of the -. ■<>,

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5 removal of about 1.5 million tons of - debris. They worked in exceptionally > I I dangerous conditions, yjet there were Ift ft - to'/ ■ y t I so many volunteers thajt they had to 8 be turned away in droves. %'■-' w I The nation also came together in .••’A- ■\ ' . * 1I fft 4 ENR/SEPTEMBER 9, 2002 <^.K. \ / - \ t

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