MIKE PENCE: Remember the fallen — and the generation that defended America since 9/11

On September 11, 2001, shortly after the terrorists struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, I walked across the street to the Capitol, swimming against a sea of pandemonium.

Later, I joined other members in the basement of the Capitol Hill Police headquarters for a briefing on what we knew — and what might happen next.

Former Governor Tom Ridge, then serving as President George W. Bush’s homeland security adviser, told us, "The only thing we know for sure is that they want to hit us again...