middle class, of all classes that we love so deeply. this is a great land and we owe our people a bright and prosperous future and that s what paul ryan and i will do with every ounce of our energy. that s what we ll bring to the american people. [cheers and applause] now i ve seen something about what it takes. and one of the fun things of this campaign over the last year and some odd months has been to get to know the people of america and see just how we tick and how, actually how new hampshire ticks as well. i was at the madison lumberyard. i don t know whether you know, madison, new hampshire. a couple of guys there, jim smith, ken moore. international paper owned the lumber mill there. and they decided lumber was the. they were going to close it down. these two guys went to the bank and got investors and loans and bought the lumber yard, lumber mill rather, from international paper and they keep it in business and they employ a lot of people there.
make a difference for the people of america of the middle class accident after all classes that we love so deeply. this is a great land, and we owe our people a brighter prosperous future, and that s what paul ryan and i will do with every ounce of our energy. that s what we ll bring the american people. now, i ve seen something about what it takes, and one of the fun things of this campaign over the last year and some odd months has been to get to know the people of america and see just how we tick and how actually, how new hampshire ticks as well. i was at the madison lumberyard. i don t know if you know madison, new hampshire, and there are a couple of guys there. jim smith, ken moore. international paper owned the lumber mill there, and they decide thad lumber was not part of their future, so they were going to close it down, and these two guys went to the bank and got some investors and loans and they bought the lumberyard from lumber mill, rather,
going to take a direct aim right at them. and people said they just couldn t believe what they saw when they looked out the windows. they ran for cover. just over my shoulder here is a steak house. i talked to the owner who said he saw the tornado coming, ran back into the restaurant, got his employees and some of the customers there into the cooler of his restaurant. the restaurant was obliterated, the back half of it is gone, but everyone in that cooler survived. take a look at this ravine here. the trailers and other debris that were up on the hill here are blown into the ravine. up on the bridge, it looks like a lumber mill. those are houses over there. the roofs have been blown off, the timers shattered and blown into the wind. they re still looking for survivors today but they really believe they ve found everyone they re going to find. there are some unaccounted for but of course they could be out running errands, they could be on vacation. other folks just don t know where they