Oliver Thomas: “We need to figure out how we sustain this. It's about time that we make our schools better, our criminal justice system…”

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

Our dead should not be behind rubble and underneath rubble.

If there are leaders who believe that certain communities are not viable, say that. Don't let these communities or these people waste their time talking about rebuilding or coming back home. That would be extremely unfair.

The one thing everybody around this nation knows is that people want some closure from this.