THE PRESIDENT: Thank you
all. I want you all to know --
Q Can't hear you.
THE PRESIDENT: I can't talk any
louder. (Laughter.)
I want you all to know that America today
-- that America today is on bended knee in prayer for the people whose
lives were lost here, for the workers who work here, for the families
who mourn. This nation stands with the good people of New
York City, and New Jersey and Connecticut, as we mourn the loss of
thousands of our citizens.
Q I can't hear
you.
THE PRESIDENT: I can hear
you. (Applause.) I can hear you. The
rest of the world hears you. (Applause.) And the
people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us
soon. (Applause.)
CROWD: U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
THE PRESIDENT: The nation sends
its love and compassion to everybody who is here. Thank you
for your hard work. Thank you for making the nation
proud. And may God bless America. (Applause.)
CROWD: U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
(The President waves small American
flag.) (Applause.)