Rich Stern
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I was watching the CBS news coverage this evening, and witnessed some uplifting quotes and heart rending stories:
- Ed Koch (former Mayor of NYC): "We're going to rebuild those towers."
- Interviewer: "Don't you think we'll just be rebuilding a target?"
- Ed Koch: "There are already lots of targets. What are we going to do? Hide the Statue of Liberty in a closet? We're a first class nation. We don't not do things because of the threats of others."
An on the street interview with a woman in NYC who just recently became a U.S. citizen:
- Interviewer: "Have your feelings changed about this country, about being here?"
- Woman: "Absolutely not. I love this country. I'm going to visit the Empire State Building today."
And a heartbreaking interview with the CEO of a bond trading company who has 700 of his 1000 employees missing, including his brother:
- CEO (breaking down in tears): "We're missing 700 people, and I have to tell them [the families] they're gone."
- Interviewer: "The bond markets were open today. Your firm is critical to the bond market."
- CEO: "Yes, we handle about $50 trillion a year in transactions."
- Interviewer: "How could your remaining people possibly do that?"
- CEO (again breaking down): "The market board asked us to be open for business. That it was important. All 300 surviving employees stayed up all night, working every second of every hour to make sure we could be ready in the morning, without worrying about who was to their left or to their right, they just worked all night."
I'm sure you've all been seeing and hearing similar scenes.
Americans are a pretty tough bunch. Look out world, we're gonna come out swinging.
- Ed Koch (former Mayor of NYC): "We're going to rebuild those towers."
- Interviewer: "Don't you think we'll just be rebuilding a target?"
- Ed Koch: "There are already lots of targets. What are we going to do? Hide the Statue of Liberty in a closet? We're a first class nation. We don't not do things because of the threats of others."
An on the street interview with a woman in NYC who just recently became a U.S. citizen:
- Interviewer: "Have your feelings changed about this country, about being here?"
- Woman: "Absolutely not. I love this country. I'm going to visit the Empire State Building today."
And a heartbreaking interview with the CEO of a bond trading company who has 700 of his 1000 employees missing, including his brother:
- CEO (breaking down in tears): "We're missing 700 people, and I have to tell them [the families] they're gone."
- Interviewer: "The bond markets were open today. Your firm is critical to the bond market."
- CEO: "Yes, we handle about $50 trillion a year in transactions."
- Interviewer: "How could your remaining people possibly do that?"
- CEO (again breaking down): "The market board asked us to be open for business. That it was important. All 300 surviving employees stayed up all night, working every second of every hour to make sure we could be ready in the morning, without worrying about who was to their left or to their right, they just worked all night."
I'm sure you've all been seeing and hearing similar scenes.
Americans are a pretty tough bunch. Look out world, we're gonna come out swinging.