The Republican was inspired to join the Navy after witnessing the attacks.
Republican congressional candidate Dan Green evokes memories of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in his latest television ad.
In a 30-second spot titled “Courage,” the Vero Beach Republican noted he was working at the Pentagon when American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and struck the building.
“On Sept. 11, 2001, when I walked into the Pentagon, I saw real courage that day,” Green says in the ad. “It’s what drove me to serve our country. And it’s what our nation needs in Washington, now more than ever.”
The attack killed 184 victims: 59 passengers and crew aboard Flight 77 and 125 people inside the Pentagon. It was one of four coordinated airline hijackings that day. Two planes struck the World Trade Center in New York, while passengers and crew aboard a fourth plane fought back against the hijackers before it crashed in Pennsylvania. The nation recently marked the 25th anniversary of the al-Qaeda-orchestrated attacks.
Green was working as a civilian policy staffer at the time of the attacks but was inspired to join the U.S. Navy afterward, as noted in his official biography. In 2019, President Donald Trump appointed Green Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development.
Now he’s looking at another chapter of public service, challenging U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, a Kissimmee Democrat, in a recently redrawn version of Florida’s 9th Congressional District that contains all of Indian River County. He won a Republican Primary from a crowded field in August and has since been enlisted in the MAGA Majority program by the National Republican Congressional Committee.
In his ad, Green shifts from his service to zeroing in on economic issues affecting Central Florida and the Florida Heartland.
“Getting prices down, protecting our communities from overdevelopment, and defending our nation,” he says. “It’s all possible if we have the courage to do the right thing.”
The television ad is currently airing across CD 9, according to the campaign.