out of the press conference. he said, i m going back today. it s the love of carla ruiz who that was thursday. that s already yesterday here in used to live in west but now dagestan. lives in austin. he said that he was going to try last weekend she drove all the and see his son dzhokhar in way back. i had to be here, she said. you have to be here for family. hospital but they said they had been told they wouldn t be able that love will keep west going. to see dzhokhar in hospital as you would expect. so it is very confusing. is he going to go friday? it s the face of someone like john crowder that will sustain there are several flights he could be on to moscow and connect home to the united the good people of west for as long as it takes. states. it just isn t clear. his church was damaged in the explosion. he has poor health at times. so on sunday the congregation we re told that he came out of assembled outside. that press conference and wasn t feeling well. what happened wednesday
could have happened. but, today i see in the people of west in your eyes that what makes west special isn t going to go away. and instead of changing how are, this tragedy has simply revealed who you have always been. it s the courage of debra sue lack who works as a gas station around the corner from the fire station. it s going to be tough from the families we re going to rebound because we are fighters. that courage will bring west back. [ applause ] it s the love of carla ruiz who used to live in west
0 flung places what makes west cu businesses more than two billion dollars to grow jobs, the new new york is working special, what puts it on the map creating tens of thousands of new businesses, is what makes it familiar the people who live there. and we re just getting started. neighbors you can count on. to grow or start your business visit thenewny.com places that haven t changed. things that are solid and true and lasting. most of the people in west know everybody in west. many of you are probably descended from some of those first settlers. hearty immigrants who crossed an ocean and kept on going. for you there is no such thing as a stranger. when someone is in need, you reach out to them and you support them. you do what it takes to help them carry on. that s what happened last wednesday when a fire alarm sounded across a quiet texas evening. as we ve heard the call went out to volunteers, not professionals, people who just love to serve, people who want to help their neighbor
0 courage and your love and your faith, america does, too. we need towns where if you don t know what your kids are up to, then chances are your neighbors do, too, and they ll tell on those kids in a second. america needs towns that holds fund-raisers to help folks pay the medical bills and then take the time to drop off a home-cooked meal because they know a family s under stress. america needs communities where there s always somebody to call if your car gets stuck or your house gets flooded. we need people who so love their neighbors as themselves that they re willing to lay down their lives for them. america needs towns like west. that s what makes this country great is towns like west. for you, oh god, have tested us. you have tried us. we went through fire and through water, yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance. you have been tested, west. you have been tried. you have gone through fire. but you are and always will be surrounded by an abundance of love. you saw it
volunteers, not professionals, people who just love to surf. people who want to help their neighbors. are call went out to car sales men and directors and funeral directors the city secretary and the mayor went out to folks who were tough enough and selfless enough to put in a full day s work and then be ready for more. together you answered the call, you dropped your schoolwork, left your e trucks and rushed to the flames and when you got to the scene fear and fought that blaze as hard as you could knowing the danger, buying time so others could escape and then about 20 minutes after the first alarm, the earth shook and the sky went dark and the west changed forever. today our families with the all lost. the memories will live on in our hearts. parents who love their kids and leaders who serve their communities. they were young and old. and from different background and different walks of life. a few were just going about their business. an awful lot ran towards the scene of