Bill Clinton: “As a result, because of the estimates of $100 billion of damage, so clearly shown here in the difference of what this…”

“As a result, because of the estimates of $100 billion of damage, so clearly shown here in the difference of what this part of our country looked like on the morning of September 11 before the terrorists wreaked their evil on our country and what it looked like afterwards, we know very well it is going to be a long struggle for us to recover. The fires are still burning. We need to get contracts let. We need to repair the destruction that has been done to our streets, our highways, our infrastructure. We need to help our hospitals that were so prepared; they literally did all they could in spite of the damage they suffered. They lost their generators. They lost their billing systems. Their computers went out. But they stayed on duty. They didn't ask anyone who was brought in injured, a rescue worker who was injured on the job: Where is your insurance? You can't come in this door today because we don't know if you can pay. Everyone was brought in and given care. What I have learned from that and what I commend the Senator for understanding is that New York City was probably better prepared than any other city in the country because of the work that had been done. Of course, the heroic efforts of our police and especially our firefighters and our emergency workers showed that preparation.”