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• RESOLUTION NO. 2001- 099 <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF <br /> INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, CONDEMNING THE TERRORIST <br /> ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, ON THE UNITED STATES OF <br /> AMERICA; PLEDGING INDIAN RIVER COUNTY'S SUPPORT OF THE <br /> PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER BRANCHES OF <br /> GOVERNMENT IN RESPONDING TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS; <br /> WISHING A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO THE SURVIVORS OF THE <br /> ATTACKS AND CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND <br /> LOVED ONES OF THE VICTIMS AND RESCUE WORKERS WHO DID <br /> NOT SURVIVE THE ATTACKS AND THEIR AFTERMATH; URGING <br /> THE CITIZENS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY TO COOPERATE IN <br /> AIDING THE VICTIMS OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS BY DONATING <br /> BLOOD; EXPRESSING SOLIDARITY WITH NEW YORK CITY AND <br /> NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK, ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, <br /> AND SOMERSET COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA; DECLARING <br /> SEPTEMBER 19, 2001, NEW YORK CITY AND NEW YORK COUNTY <br /> DAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2001, ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, DAY, <br /> AND SEPTEMBER 21, 2001, SOMERSET COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, <br /> DAY, IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA; AND DIRECTING THE <br /> CLERK TO THE BOARD TO MAIL CERTIFIED COPIES OF THIS <br /> RESOLUTION TO THE GOVERNING BOARDS OF NEW YORK CITY, <br /> NEW YORK COUNTY, ARLINGTON COUNTY, AND SOMERSET <br /> COUNTY. <br /> WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, the United States of America was shaken <br /> by terrorist attacks of unprecedented shocking, horrific, and devastating magnitude; and <br /> WHEREAS, on September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked and destroyed four <br /> civilian aircraft, crashing two of them into the towers of the World Trade Center in New <br /> York City, a third into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth in <br /> Somerset County, Pennsylvania; and <br /> WHEREAS, President George W. Bush has characterized the attacks as "a <br /> series of despicable acts of war"; and <br /> WHEREAS, by urgent request, the National Association of Counties urges <br /> counties to adopt resolutions "condemning the cowardly and deadly actions of these <br /> terrorists; and supporting the President of the United States, as he works with his <br /> Page 1 of 4 <br />