Burgess Owens: “I lost large numbers of firemen from companies in my district. I lost policeman. I lost a lot of individual young people…”

“I lost large numbers of firemen from companies in my district. I lost policeman. I lost a lot of individual young people who worked in the World Trade financial system. I have gone to too many memorial services, and they are all heroes. And the sooner we embrace them all as heroes, the better for the future, and to educate our own constituency and the American people in general. If someone gets a check from the Red Cross and a check from the United Way, and later on it is going to become a part of the victims' assistance fund, if we add it all up, it will not add up to the homicide of the loved one that was lost. Let us be as generous as possible in our spirit for heroes and send that spirit out to America.”