Vito Fossella: “I also commend him for his leadership on this initiative, and I think it is going, as he said, to serve well for those…”

“I also commend him for his leadership on this initiative, and I think it is going, as he said, to serve well for those thousands who lost their lives on September 11. In particular, I would like to commend my colleagues, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Israel), for their leadership in paying honor to so many who lost their lives. We are attempting to honor hundreds, if not thousands, of people who were either doing their job on September 11, who were on their way to rescue, which was and is the largest rescue effort in the history of the United States. We had firemen rushing to these burning buildings who never escaped. Some were on the job. Rescue 5 on Staten Island, all but one of their people who rushed into that fire died, people like Mike Esposito, whom I grew up with, and so many of his colleagues. Their families are still looking for closure, and we are trying to help.”