we will go to that conference once the mayor begins his remarks. we ll hear from a number of ceos about how sandy has impacted their businesses. the heads of hartford financial and landry is among the top executives who will be joining us over the last few hours. how equity index futures are trading. will cease trading in 15 minutes time. the dow and nasdaq pointing d n down. as for europe, the action dominated by deutsche bank and bp. we do see green arrows across the board with a 1% gain in germany. at least 16 deaths blamed on sandy as the storm continues to wreak havoc on the northeast with new york and new jersey dechaired major disasters. overnight more than 200 patients have been evacuated from two nyu langone hospitals after backup power failed. millions on the east coast awoke without power or mass transit. an estimated 7.8 million are believed to be without power and experts say it could be several days before it is restored. mass transit at a stand still after an
today, a somber day here in new york and across the country. we are marking 13 years since the attacks of september 11. the names of nearly 3000 people areed on that horrible day being read at what was known for years ago as ground zero. four years ago as ground zero. the relief fund ended up donating more than 180 $180 million to families of victims. howard, welcome. when we think about people who have made such a commitment to the cause, your name is at the top. 13 years later, how do you keep this going? the key is to drive close to those families. i was walking around the firm this morning and i walked into a young man. george was his dad. a great guy. i see his son how old is he? in his young 20 s. i was taking my son for his hest day of kindergarten and has changed. we keep the family s clothes and turn the state into something positive and something beautiful. families close. how many of the families are still there? just under 100 left. we had 960 in n
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