Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a statue Friday that honors the U.S. Special Forces' response to the attacks on 9/11.

Its title is “de Oppresso Liber,” which translates to “Free the Oppressed.” It features a soldier on a mountain horse riding into combat in Afghanistan.

“You will not find in all of history a group of men with more courage, with more conviction, with a greater sense of patriotism and more absolute outright damn skill than the men who are being honored by that statue,” said Biden.

Vice President Joe Biden joined other civilian and military leaders at the World Financial Center for the Veterans Day ceremony.

“You, our special forces, were our nation’s avenging angels,” said Biden.

Earlier in the evening, just blocks away, the vice president paid tribute to victims of the attacks of 9/11. He remembered what it looked like then.

“For the first time as a kid, honest to god, I remember thinking this must be what Dante was talking about with the gates of Hell, the way it looked,” said Biden.

Biden spoke with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and others at the 9/11 Memorial. He read the names of victims of the attacks, including those from his home state of Delaware, and reflected on the changes at the World Trade Center Site.

“This is magnificent. It’s magnificent. It’s not only sort of breathtaking, it gives it a depth, a depth that tells you that it just goes on and on,” said Biden. “It’s impressive.”

The statue will eventually be moved from its temporary home at the World Financial Center to the World Trade Center site.