H. Res. 175
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 12, 2006.
Whereas on February 26, 1993, terrorists detonated a bomb 
in the basement of the World Trade Center in an attempt 
to destroy the building, killing six and wounding hun-
dreds; 
Whereas on September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four ci-
vilian aircraft, causing two of them to crash into the twin 
towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a 
third into the Pentagon, and a fourth in rural southwest 
Pennsylvania; 
Whereas nearly 3,000 people were killed at the World Trade 
Center site in the most lethal terrorist attack ever com-
mitted against the United States; 
Whereas the attack on the World Trade Center resulted in 
great destruction and damage to homes, churches, 
schools, and commercial and retail buildings, causing the 
loss of approximately sixty thousand jobs and many busi-
nesses in Lower Manhattan, and wounding incalculable 
numbers of citizens of New York; 
Whereas the human and emotional toll of this attack has 
been deeply and profoundly felt in New York, by Ameri-
cans across the United States, and people throughout the 
world;
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Whereas the attacks united Americans with all good citizens 
of the world, regardless of political, ethnic, or religious 
persuasion or affiliation; 
Whereas in the months and years since the historic events of 
February 26, 1993, and September 11, 2001, hundreds 
of thousands of people have visited the World Trade Cen-
ter site to mourn the dead, to pay tribute to the heroic 
action and sacrifice of the firefighters, police, emergency 
personnel, and other responders, and to attempt to un-
derstand the nature of this attack on the United States; 
Whereas many citizens, family members, local residents and 
businesses, professional organizations, State and local of-
ficials, and constituencies around the Nation and the 
world are deeply interested in the successful planning and 
rebuilding process at the World Trade Center site; 
Whereas a broad and deep consensus has emerged in the 
United States that this is a sacred site that cannot be 
forgotten and must be honored; 
Whereas the site of the World Trade Center requires the 
highest form of national recognition; 
Whereas the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation has 
been established to create a permanent memorial at the 
site to honor the victims and heroes of the attacks; 
Whereas Presidents Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, George 
H.W. Bush, and William J. Clinton serve as Honorary 
Members of the Board of the Foundation to support its 
mission, underscoring the wide support of the effort to 
build a permanent and appropriate memorial at the 
World Trade Center site; 
Whereas in April 2003, the Lower Manhattan Development 
Corporation launched the largest design competition in
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history for the creation of a permanent memorial, with 
designs submitted by 5,201 individual participants from 
63 nations and 49 States; and 
Whereas after a distinguished 13-member jury reviewed every 
submission, on January 6, 2004, the jury announced the 
winning memorial design, ‘‘Reflecting Absence’’ by archi-
tect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) recognizes the importance of establishing a na-
tional memorial at the World Trade Center site, as the 
highest honor the Nation can confer to commemorate 
and mourn the events of February 26, 1993, and Sep-
tember 11, 2001; and 
(2) supports the efforts of the World Trade Center 
Memorial Foundation to build a permanent memorial at 
the World Trade Center site. 
Attest:
Clerk.