AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 11 -- The Texas General Land Office issued the following news release:
Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., released the following video statement remembering and honoring the nearly 3,000 Americans lives that were lost 25 years ago today:
"Today, our nation honors and mourns the nearly 3,000 lives that were taken from us on September 11th, 2001. 25 years ago, two thousand seven hundred fifty-three people died at the hands of Al Qaeda terrorists who overtook multiple flights and crashed into the World Trade Center, resulting in horrific fires and destruction.
An additional 184 people were murdered when Al Qaeda terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon.
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