Gov. Tim Walz joins event honoring lives lost on 9/11

Published: Sep 11, 2024 Duration: 00:02:16 Category: News & Politics

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STATE. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE RAIN CHANCES THIS WEEKEND. >> SEE YOU IN A BIT. THANK YOU. >>> TODAY IS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR THE NEARLY 3,000 LIVES LOST IN THE 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS, 23 YEARS AGO. >> MINNESOTANS CHOSE TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES TODAY AS A WAY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN. GOVERNOR TIM WALZ WAS IN TOWN AND JOINED THEM. CAROLINE CUMMINGS REPORTS. >> INSIDE ROY WILKINS AUDITORIUM. HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS GOT TO WORK TO GIVE BACK. >> WE'RE ALL DOING THIS TOGETHER. AND BEING ABLE TO PUT OUR REMEMBRANCE INTO ACTION TOWARD THE BETTER GOOD. >> ALANA STEIMS AND OTHERS PACKED 230,000 MEALS FOR LOCAL FOOD SHELVES. 23 YEARS SINCE THE TERRORIST ATTACK SHOCKED THE COUNTRY AND LEFT A NATION IN MOURNING. >> OH, BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES ♪ >> ON WEDNESDAY, A SPECIAL GUEST RARELY SEEN IN MINNESOTA THESE DAYS. GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. >> I PICTURE THAT MOMENT OF DISBELIEF, OF HORROR. AND FOR ME, IT WAS A CLASSROOM AT MANKATO WEST. AND STUDENTS STARTED TO FILTER IN, IN THE MORNING, WHEN NEWS WAS HAPPENING. >> WALZ REFLECTED ON WHERE HE WAS THAT TRAGIC DAY, MAKING BRIEF REMARKS, ALONGSIDE PEGGY FLANAGAN AND ST. PAUL MAYOR MELVIN CARTER. >> AND IT MAY NOT HAVE LASTED AS LONG AS WE WOULD LIKE. BUT THERE WAS A MOMENT OF UNITY AROUND SHARED LIVES. THERE WAS A MOMENT OF UNITY ABOUT CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER. A MOMENT OF UNITY ABOUT CARING FOR EACH OTHER. >> IT WAS HIS FIRST CAPACITY SINCE BECOMING VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS FIVE WEEKS AGO. BUT WEDNESDAY IS ABOUT PUTTING POLITICS ASIDE. HE'S BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, WITH STOPS THIS WEEK IN THE ELECTORAL. CAROLINE CUMMINGS, WCCO NEWS. >>> OF THE NEARLY 3,000 WHO DIED IN THE ATTACK. TOM BURNETT JUNIOR WAS ON

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