Chuck Schumer: “I very much appreciate, first, the hundreds of expressions of the Members of this body and the heartfelt expressions of…”

“I very much appreciate, first, the hundreds of expressions of the Members of this body and the heartfelt expressions of grief to New Yorkers during our time of grief and our sadness. We need to move forward. When something this cataclysmic occurs, one's mind works at many, many different levels. It is very difficult to come to grips with such an intense and terrible tragedy, but we must; we have to. We seek as guidance the generations before us who had their tragedies, they who rose to the occasion. We must, as well. There are many different levels of this tragedy. I will discuss four: the individual level, the level as a New Yorker, the level as an American, and the level of the world. As an individual, our first thought goes to all who grieve. Last night in my city and State, there were thousands of dinner tables with a missing person. There were thousands of families waiting for that phone call, dialing their phones endlessly to try to find a loved one. I know a little bit of the angst they went through.”