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(Applause)
>> GOOD EVENING!
HELLO, NEW YORK!
WHOO!
I'M MIKE MEYERS.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO
EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER TO JUST
GIVE, GIVE, GIVE AND GIVE.
PLEASE DIG VERY DEEP AND GIVE.
NOW, I WAS BORN IN CAN.
WHOO!
AND I NT YOU TO KNOW THAT
ALL OF CANADA, MY CANADIAN
FRIENDS, MY FAMILY, WE LOVE
YOU; WE SUPPORT YOU; WE'RE
WITH YOU.
(Applause and cheering)
BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I
AM NOW A PROUD NEW YORKER; I
LIVE HERE, AND JOHN LENNON,
WHO WAS ALSO BORN IN MY
PARENTS' HOMETOWN OF LIVERPOOL,
ENGLAND, ALSO CHOSE TO LIVE IN
NEW YORK CITY, AND SO DID THIS
MAN NEXT TO ME.
I WANT YOU TO MEET ERIC
RODRIGUEZ, ONE OF NEW YORK
CITY'S ADVANCED PARAMEDICS.
(Applause and cheering)
ERIC FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER CATASTROPHE
WHEN HE GOT A CALL TO GO
CITYWIDE.
THAT CODE MEANS SOMETHING HUGE
IS HAPPENING.
HE WAS IN BROOKLYN EATING
BREAKFAST WITH HIS PARTNER,
JOEL PIERCE, AND ON THE WAY TO
THE SITE, THEY PROMISED EACH
OTHER THAT NO MATTER WHAT
HAPPENED THEY WOULD MAKE IT
HOME ALIVE.
THAT PROMISE WAS TESTED AGAIN
AND AGAIN THAT WHOLE DAY, BUT
IN THE SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD,
IT WAS NOT BROKEN.
ERIC, WE ALL THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SERVICE TO NEW YORK AND
HOW ABOUT INTRODUCING OUR NEXT
GUEST?
I JUST WANT TO SAY REALLY
QUICKLY... I AM NOT WORTHY.