He said he was amazed at the level of heroism and the gallant efforts of the rescue workers he was witnessing at the site. The sadness and revulsion was evident, but the shock had apparently passed to rage, with the forces working around the clock to dig victims, the living and the dead, from the rubble. The initial influx of injured had died down enough for doctors to be dispatched to the Trade Center, where amputations were to be conducted on site to free survivors from the wreckage.

I think I’ll stop here. After another hour of watching the news, I put in a tape. It was an old Dean Martin Roast. I needed that.

I believe than Mayor Rudolph Giulianiis reaches his term limit this year, but that city really needs him right now.

Dan