George W. Bush: “I have the top people here with me, the Coast Guard admiral, who is in charge of the Federal response.”

We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will.

Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.

Those who have lost their precious children are facing a grief no parents should ever know.

You've showed the great strength of America through your work—and that is your good heart.