i can do this. you will come with me wherever i go. this is a story about two brothers, their mom passes away and their dad is alcoholic and it s a story about redemption, most importantly it s a story about how god loves every single one of us. you made news recently with something you said at press conference. you always have critics and people are going to tell you that you won t, you can t and you shouldn t, most of those people are the people that didn t, that wouldn t, that couldn t. why do you think there s been ground-swell support for your words. hopefully it resinates with people, why am i going to let somebody else define me? even if you don t get back to big leagues to the show, it s still worth it for me, for so many reasons, one i get to do what i love and two i don t have to live with regret and 3 because i tried it and regardless of what happens i gave it all my all, not just about if you make it or not, that s proving people wrong that i get to go enjoy it
what are we looking at here? what are these cards from? all the guys who were killed i went to their services. so when you go to the service you would have a card of the guy that was killed. and these are all 12 guys from my firehouse were killed. and then the rest were in my battalion and guys i just i knew. i worked with. over the years. so these come with me wherever i go. those guys. you get stage 4 cancer, you don t complain. i got 14 more years than my friends. they re all here. i look at them to put realistic terms of what s going on in life. right.
i worked with. over the years. so these come with me wherever i go. those guys. you get stage 4 cancer, you don t complain. meanwhile, we re picking up business cards from these guys. meanwhile, we re picking up business cards. what you saw there were the prayer cards that fdny veteran ray pfeiffer has collected after attending the wakes of first responders who died, both on 9/11 and in the years since. at this point he says he has about 50 of them and the stack keeps growing. since this past 9/11 anniversary alone, 19 first responders have died from 9/11-related illnesses. 19 in the last three months. so the 9/11 health care and compensation act was first passed in 2010 thanks in large part to jon stewart s shaming members of congress into supporting it. but much of that law expired in october. and the rest is going to expire next year unless congress acts. so far congress has not acted. it was widely expected that the 9/11 bill would be included in this month s transportation bil
battalion and guys i just i knew. i worked with. over the years. so these come with me wherever i go. those guys. you get stage 4 cancer, you don t complain. i got 14 more years than my friends. they re all here. i look at them to put realistic terms of what s going on in life. right. perspective. perspective. meanwhile, we re picking up business cards from these guys. meanwhile, we re picking up business cards. what you saw there were the prayer cards that fdny veteran ray pfeiffer has collected after attending the wakes of first responders who died, both on 9/11 and in the years since. at this point he says he has about 50 of them and the stack keeps growing. since this past 9/11 anniversary alone, 19 first responders have died from 9/11-related illnesses. 19 in the last three months. so the 9/11 health care and compensation act was first