Sept. 11, 2001 at Noon Gov. Jesse Ventura holds a news conference in front of the Capitol along with Public Safety Commissioner Charlie Weaver, right, and Chief of the State Patrol Anne Beers, left, to read a statement about the tragic events of the day and to assure Minnesotans that measures were taken to make the state safe and to ask that people remain calm but alert. Gov. Ventura’s statement: Sept. 16, 2001 Several thousand people gathered on the front lawn of the Capitol