Oliver Thomas: “Why would our U.S. Congress not give us the resources we need to protect us?”

They keep trying to come up with excuses to let this city die.

I guess we had no value during life when we waited on the roof and we waited for food and water. And I guess there's just no closure in death for many of our family members and for many of our families.

There ought to be a plan. Look, the best thing we can come up with now, you're right, is a public plan.

We owe it to them and other families to make sure they are safe, that their streets are clean and that their tax dollars mean something.