RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 claimed thousands of American lives and brought despair to thousands more; and

WHEREAS, many more lives were lost in a valiant attempt to rescue victims from the World Trade Center; and

WHEREAS, among the victims who lost their lives due to the terrorist attacks were sons and daughters of the State of Hawaii; and

WHEREAS, the tragic loss of life steeled the collective patriotic resolve of the United States to call upon its military personnel to wage this war on terrorism to defend the values and beliefs of the United States of America; and

WHEREAS, defense of the values and beliefs of the United States has always placed the lives of our military personnel at risk and such defense will likely result in the loss of life of those in the military; and

WHEREAS, our military personnel and their families need the support of the civilians in their community as this war is waged; and

WHEREAS, civilians will be supportive of our military only so long as they remain vigilant and regularly reminded about those fighting the ongoing war; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Third Special Session of 2001, the Senate concurring, that for as long as this war continues, all public schools in the State of Hawaii will observe a daily moment of silence on the behalf of the soldiers fighting to defend the values and beliefs of the United States of America; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, the Superintendent of Education, and to the principal of each public school in the State.

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Moment of silence.