Chuck Schumer: “I was at the Ground Zero site early this morning and before the ceremony of commemoration began mingled with some of the…”

“I was at the Ground Zero site early this morning and before the ceremony of commemoration began mingled with some of the families of the victims. There is nothing more heartfelt than seeing these fine people, average folks from every different background, profession, ethnic, religious, economic level, holding pictures in their laps, often young men, young women in their prime, in the beginning and beauty of their lives. Their parents are holding the pictures. Husbands are holding pictures of wives; wives holding pictures of husbands; children holding pictures of their dads. There is nothing more touching and more meaningful than going over and looking at the faces of these fine people. All they have to hold are the pictures and the memories of the people whose lives were snuffed out. This happened in so many instances, close to 3,000 instances, each one a family member, a friend, a business associate--gone, and gone for the most irrational and hateful reasons.”