yoichi sumiama. >> reporter: he's attended the annual memorial service in new york every year since.anslator: simple words cannot convey how i field about this. every time i come here all my memories come back to me. >> yoichi was 34 years old and worked as a banker at one of the twin towers. as soon as sumiyamaa heard the news of the attacks, he flew to new york, but there was no trace of his son's whereabouts. his death was not confirmed for six months. sumiyama was devastated. but three years later he found new purpose. he learned that the u.s. government had issued a report on the attacks. and to find out why his son had died, sumiyama beganan to translate it. more than 550 pages in english. sumiyama had only ever studied english in school. but never studied it abroad. the report was full of difficult words and sometimes he spent all night figuring o out how to translate just one sentence. >> translator: i w wanted t to the truth. it became my mission. >> reporter: by reading the report sumiyama learned how the hijackers were preparing the attack while pretending to lead normal l

. >> benjamin suarez >> david scott suarez >> ramon suarez >> dino xavier suarez ramirez >> yoichi sumiyamaugiyama >> william christopher sugra >> daniel thomas suhr >> david marc sullins >> christopher p. sullivan >> patrick sullivan >> thomas g. sullivan >> hilario soriano sumaya, jr. >> james joseph suozzo >> and my beautiful mother, barbara. much.e miss you so our holidays and vacations will never be the same, but as you would want, we carried on. jeffrey,nnifer, jenny, we miss you terribly. you would have been so proud of your grandchildren, evan, lauren, brooke, cameron and lindsay. they would make you so proud. we know you are watching from up above, mom. give us the strength and please continue to give us signs. we love you, and god bless you and god bless >> and my nephew, christopher amoroso. chris, you brought emotions to the surface every year when we meet here. the memory of what happened that day will never be forgotten and will never leave us. just know while we continue to mourn your loss, we continue to celebrate your life and your smile. on behalf of your sister, your mom

benjamin suarez david scott suarez ramon suarez dino xavier suarez ramirez yoichi sumiyama sugiyama williamc sullins christopher p. sullivan patrick sullivan thomas g. sullivan hilario soriano sumaya, jr. james joseph suozzo >> and my beautiful mother, barbara. mom, we miss you so much. our holidays and vacations will never be the same. but as you would want, we carried on. daddy, jennifer, jenny jeffery, miss you terribly. and you would have been so proud of all of your grandchildren, alexandria, jillian, kiera, evan lauren, brook, cameron and lindsey. we would make you so proud. we know that you're watching from up above, mom. give us the strength, and please continue to give us a sign. we love you god bless you and god bless america. [applause] >> and my nephew port authority police officer christopher. chris, raw emotions rise to the surface every year when we meet here. for the memory of what happened that day will never, ever be forgotten and will never leave us. just know that while we continue to mourn your loss, we also make sure to celebrate your life and your smile. on behalf of