i guess i ve been hopeful that people fundamentally are good at heart and that we want to be kind to one another. we want to care about each other, and i think maybe 9/11 day gives people an opportunity to shine a light on that best part of themselves. did you ever think that this was actually going to come to fruition, that it was actually going to become this day of service? well, you know, we had big dreams, but it started as a small grassroots initiative. i mean, who could know that we would grow it into the largest day of service in the country? but that was really the dream, and so much of it, jake, was about establishing a ritual that could be passed on from generation to generation, to people who didn t live through 9/11 and didn t get to personally experience that focus on our common humanity that was so evident after the attacks. one of the things we wanted to do when we created 9/11 day was to make it possible for everyone to participate, kids could make their beds, do
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