america. in particular, our troops. we want to thank very much for what they did in the aftermath of that. reflection,eric? you had a personal experience there. >> eric: right. 1993, i was in the world trade center when the islamic terrorists tried to blow the building up. they exploded a van in a parking garage, felt the whole building shake. everything, the building held. i also watched on 9/11 the second plane fly in the tower. i was coming across the river. getting on the boat that takes you to the world trade center, where we had our office. i saw the plume of smoke. i got on the boat. got over there. i literally saw people jumping out of windows. i knew it was horrible, it would be bad. i lost 16 very, very close friends that day. in the aftermath, though, the worst part of this whole thing there were no bodies. i went to 16 memorial services because they couldn't be funerals because the bodies weren't recovered. you know, held kids of friends of mine, hugs wives of friends of mine. we need to, you know, we need