Trump Praises The Son Of A 9/11 Pentagon Victim Who Followed His Father's Footsteps In The Military

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At a 9/11 memorial at the Pentagon on Thursday, President Trump spoke about Luke Taylor, the son of a victim of the 9/11 terrorist attacks at the Pentagon.

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00:00Around 8.30 a.m. on the morning of the attacks, Army Lieutenant Colonel Kip Taylor sent an

00:06email to his friends and family describing the joys of fatherhood and his excitement

00:11for the upcoming birth of his unborn son.

00:15He wrote, after you have kids, there are days that you just get going and you say, hi, honey,

00:22I'm home.

00:24What we do until that moment pales in comparison, but just that little statement, hi, honey,

00:31so American, so beautiful, but that's really the point of it all, isn't it?

00:37An hour after he sent that email, Flight 77 flew into Colonel Taylor's Pentagon office

00:43and claimed the life of a very proud father and true patriot.

00:48Six weeks later, on October 25, 2001, Colonel Taylor's son, Luke, was born.

00:55Luke then tragically lost his mom to cancer when he was just two years old, leaving him

01:01to be raised by his father's brother.

01:04As a young boy, Luke asked his uncle about the folded flag on the bookshelf and what he learned

01:12about his dad's decades of devotion to the Army and the horrors of September 11th.

01:18That's when he learned.

01:20Luke carried that memory with him and joined the ROTC as a college freshman.

01:25He graduated just last year and I'm pleased to say he is with us today as a second lieutenant

01:31and doing very well.

01:32He's rising quickly in the infantry preparing for Army Ranger School.

01:38The spitting image of his dad, they say, Luke says that every time he puts on a uniform,

01:44he feels connected to his father and to our country, but it was a father he never knew.

01:51Luke, your parents are together in heaven and they could not be prouder of the man that they

01:57have produced.

01:59They produced you.

02:00Those two great people produced you.

02:02Luke, please stand.

02:04You look good, Luke, you look good, they're looking down on you, they're very proud.

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