Eleven years ago, I witnessed the strength, courage, and selflessness my fellow New Yorkers do in fact have.  I learned there is a song in every silence, a dawn after every darkness, and a future in every past.  Today, let’s not forget the past.  Today, let’s not allow those lives to have been lost in vain.  I am proud to be American today, but especially proud of my fellow New Yorkers.

2,793 chairs to represent the lives lost, Bryant Park