Transcript: Mayor Mamdani Appears on CBS2’S the Point With Marcia Kramer
Zohran Mamdani on NYC Mayor's Office transcripts.
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It is the darkest day in our city's history. It has shaped the lives of anyone who has had the privilege to call this city home. And as the mayor, in the visits that I've made to firehouses across the five boroughs, I've also gotten to learn about how, for many, that day has never ended. What we've seen is these were New Yorkers who gave everything they had to this city, and they gave it in service to this city. And to grasp the enormity of it, it is something that I think it will take a lifetime to. But as we reach this 25th anniversary, it's an opportunity to really commemorate that service, that sacrifice and the families of those that were stolen from us.
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceIt's incredibly emotional because you are meeting firefighters who — some of them have memories of that day; others have joined this work because of that. You know, I met a man whose father was killed on September 11, and in honor of his father, he joined the Fire Department. I went to Rescue 3 in the Bronx, where I learned of a brother who spent days searching for his brother, refusing to leave until he found his brother and then eventually joining the same rescue company. This was Danny and Tommy Foley. And you go to these firehouses, you see that "Never Forget" is something that they have lived up to, not only in the fact that you can look around the firehouse and you can see, etched sometimes in chalk, the names of those who were reporting that day, but also in the testaments that they have built to those that we lost, and in the knowledge that what we lost were not just New Yorkers, but also people who were willing to give everything they had in service of a city they loved.
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceIt breaks your heart because it shows you that, as much as people try to measure the darkness of that day in statistics, we have to remember that we're talking about families whose lives were shattered. We're talking about people who are often described by their profession but remembered for the fullness of who they were to every person in their life.
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceI think that it shows the responsibility thatCity government has to continue to not only remember, but to be there to support these families. One of the decisions that I made this year was to allocate tens of millions of dollars so that we would create a portal where New Yorkers could search through City government documents to see what all the City government knew at the time. Because as you've said, now the number of New Yorkers who have lost their lives since 9/11 has surpassed that of those who were killed on 9/11. And so many of these New Yorkers are ones who made the decision to run towards Ground Zero. And for that, they have suffered medically, and the city should be there for them.
Zohran MamdaniCheck at the sourceThat it is still the city that he loved. It is still the city that was his home, and now that I have the privilege of being here for the 25th anniversary and ensuring that it's a day about those that were stolen from us and the legacy that they leave behind of what it means to love and lead a city. [Interview ends.]
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