President Chen became choked with emotion several times during the press conference that day as he looked back on the events of the past 16 years, noting that even though the vehicle that ran his wife over during his 1985 campaign for county magistrate had left her unable to walk, she nevertheless stands tall in her love for Taiwan.
他說，一場縣長選舉車禍，使吳淑珍不良於行，從此必須坐在輪椅上，失去行動的自由；十六年後，一樣特別的日子，吳淑珍卻坐著輪椅從歐洲將此獎項抱回來。吳淑珍雖然無法以雙腳站起來，但她愛台灣的心、支持先生的心卻早已站起來。