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- That morning was unbelievable.

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- We were working at the Township Hall.

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- I was in Philippines.

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- I was at my first job
ever out of high school.

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- Sixth grade, first period.

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- The instructor came into the classroom

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and said there had been a tragedy.

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- At first I thought it was a joke.

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- Thought it was a hoax.

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- Honestly, I couldn't believe it.

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- Teacher had the TV
on, and she was crying.

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- And that's when we saw
the second plane struck.

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- When it happened, my
first reaction is...

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- What, that could never happen.

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- I just didn't understand it,

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'cause I was just young at the time.

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- It was something that I
will never, ever, ever forget.

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(waves crashing)

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- [Narator] We on the ship like to think

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that the three thousand
people that died that day

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kind of watch after us.

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- It's actually a very beautiful ship

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if you look at the lines
and the angles that she has,

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cosmetically, she's a very
sleek-looking machine.

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- So, by having all of the
angles that we have on board

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and having everything
tucked away and hidden,

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makes us look very small on radar.

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The primary mission of the New York,

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which is an LPD, it's a
Landing Platform Dock,

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is to carry Marines.

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We can carry about 700 Marines on board

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and all of their equipment
to just about any

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place in the world.

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- We're multi-mission capable,

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and that makes us an
effective fighting platform.

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(giving coordinates)

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(plane engines)

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- LCAC stands for Landing
Craft Air Cushion.

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- We can load a M1A1 tank on there,

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two AEDs, MPDRs, five times,
Humvee's with trailers,

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water buffalo, you name
it we can carry it.

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- [Narrator] What that allows us to do is,

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with our low radar cross section,

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be just off the coast
where it's far enough

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that they can't really reach us or see us.

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With air speed of advanced
can put a lot marines

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on the beach quickly.

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So in essence, we can build
up our combat power shore

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before they know we're really even there.

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(airplane engines)

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- This ship represents so much more

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than just being a ship in the water.

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We have a flight deck with two main spots

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and six expanded spots.

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- The ones that the ship
was really designed for

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is the MV22 Osprey.

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And the way my flight deck is set up

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I can actually have
four on deck at a time.

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It's stressful, it's a ballet,

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when everything comes
together and all my guys

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are working well together, it's fantastic.

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- It is a pretty strong deterrent

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when we come into your waterway.

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We bring a lot of
capabilities with us so that

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we can remain an instrument
of of freedom and peace.

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Ah where, most of the world thinks

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about September eleventh just once a year,

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we carry that responsibility forward.

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I grew up in the Broncs
and the James Monroe houses

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where we lived right down the
street from a fire station.

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I said to the detailer, I really
want to serve on that ship

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it really means a lot to me.

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In some small part
because of what she means

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and the responsibility that we have

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in honor of what the ship stands for.

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- If this ship represents
something, it's emotion.

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Because people put emotion
on the USS New York.

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But what we have on our bow,

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I don't think is a secret to anybody.

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And we have seven and a half tons

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of of old trade center steel.

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- [Narrator] That's
extremely special to us,

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because it's like taking a piece

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of such a tragedy that happened.

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And we get to take it back over seas.

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- What's special about this
ship, is what it stands for.

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And the crew knows that,
the crew's truly amazing.

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(commands)

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- Anybody that says that
today's youth doesn't have

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the same dedication or
patriotism that we had

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back in the golden era.

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Yeah, I would challenge that.

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(announcer)

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We are serving on board so that we can,

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not only honor those
victims that died that day,

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but I think when we
bring the fight to them,

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we don't have to go through
another nine eleven.

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(applause)

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- [Narrator] We will
always rise form the ashes,

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and we will always go back
and be that deterrent,

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to be forward of void.

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Show them that we are
capable of surmounting

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any obstacles they try and put in our way.

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