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Subject: From Las Vegas to the heroes

Author:
Jim

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Date Posted: 18:13:09 11/03/01 Sat

I'm not good with words and someone sent me this through e-mail and I took a verse from it because it pretty much said what I couldn't:

My firefighters died trying to save New Yorkers and non-New Yorkers. They died trying to save Americans and non-Americans because they were New Yorkers.

I am a New Yorker

I feel the pain of my fellow New Yorkers. I mourn the loss of my beautiful city. I feel and dread that New York will never be the same but then I remember:

I am a New Yorker

And New Yorkers have:

Tenacity, strength and courage way above the norm.

Compassion and caring for our fellow citizens.

Love and pride in our city, in our state, in our country.

Intelligence, experience and education par excellence.

Ability, dedication and energy above and beyond.

Faith--no matter what religion we practice.

Terrorists hit America in its heart.

But America's heart still beats strong.

Demolished the steel in our buildings, but it doesn't touch the steel in our souls.

Wherever we live, whatever we do, whoever we are

There are New Yorkers in every state and every city of this nation.

We will not abandon our city.

We will not abandon our brothers and sisters.

We will not abandon the beauty, creativity and diversity that New York represents.

Because we are all New Yorkers.

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