Biden on 9/11 First Responders

Again, great things from Biden.

From First Read

From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli
PARMA, Ohio -- Saying today was not about politics, Biden paid tribute to the heroism of first responders -- not just for their work on 9/11, but for the everyday bravery they display.

“You literally put your lives on the line,” Biden told a small group of local officials and first responders at an American Legion hall here. “To me, I think part of today is about remembering not only what was done on 9/11, but reminding Americans that every single day, in acts as ordinary as they are profound, you suit up, you put on equipment, you get in the back of that ladder, you get in the back of that vehicle and you head out not knowing exactly what you’re gonna find.”

He said it was important for Americans to remember, in their own way, those who lost their lives, and the families they left behind.

“A nation that doesn’t remember those who have fallen, doesn’t commemorate what sacrifices they made, is a nation that really doesn’t know its history,” he said. “And 9/11 has been indelibly imprinted in the minds of so many people, all Americans, and quite frankly around the world.”

Biden said he has had a “37 year love affair” with first responders, who he said saved his life, the lives of his sons, and his home at various times.

“Not only do I owe you, so many people, so many people owe you,” he said. “And we gotta remind them. We gotta remind them. This is not just any ordinary day.”

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line, but he brings it home. Good one, Joe.