in honor of this tradition, firefighter gregory ginatti will now ring the bell nine times for the firefightersice officers who gave their lives on 9/11. [bell rings nine times] >> thank you, greg. now for the invocation. i would like to introduce father john green, chaplain of the san francisco firefighters, and the chaplain for the san francisco police department for the invocation. >> we live among heroes, the heroes of the past, those firefighters, police officers, and paramedics, and civilians who gave their lives on 9/11. we live among heroes today as we remember tony and vinnie, firefighters who gave their lives for our city this past june. we remember all of us who have served the city daily, giving our lives in service to our fellow citizens and giving of ourselves in many different ways. we live among heroes. today, we do not assemble so much with a sense of grief for those who have given their lives as much as with a sense of pride that they did their jobs well and they gave their all. as we gather together in this city, we ask almighty god to remember us and bless those who have bee