I moved to new york city three weeks before 9 11, and from that day forward i have lived in awe of the spirit of new yorkers. And last night i was so happy that new yorkers went on, and had their halloween parade, which is an incredibly wonderful celebration of that spirit. And there was a guardian reporter who tweeted something last night that i think was a perfect illustration of that spirit. Lets show that tweet real quick. Hours after a terror attack i keep interviewing new yorkers dressed as chickens who say they are not afraid. [ light laughter ] thats pretty great. [ applause ] there are on any year, they have parades like that, and any of the number of parades you have over the course of a year in new york city, there are so Many Police Officers out, and there were so many out last night making sure everyone was safe, and you could tell that some Police Officers really enjoyed being on the side of this crazy revelry that is the halloween parade. And you can tell other new york
Manhattan yesterday afternoon. There is nothing i can say to the families of the victims of that awful tragedy, but i can say this. I moved to new york city three weeks before 9 11, and from that day forward i have lived in awe of the spirit of new yorkers. And last night i was so happy that new yorkers went on, and had their halloween parade, which is an incredibly wonderful celebration of that spirit. And there was a guardian reporter who tweeted something last night that i think was a perfect illustration of that spirit. Lets show that tweet real quick. Hours after a terror attack i keep interviewing new yorkers dressed as chickens who say they are not afraid. [ light laughter ] thats pretty great. [ applause ] there are on any year, they have parades like that, and any of the number of parades you have over the course of a year in new york city, there are so Many Police Officers out, and there were so many out last night making sure everyone was safe, and you could tell that some P