NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- New York's Gov. George Pataki spoke of past tragedies and future triumphs Thursday as he introduced George W. Bush to the delegates at the 2004 GOP convention.
Conducting his own roll call of the states, Pataki recounted the different contributions made by the people of the nation to the city in the dark days after Sept. 11, 2001.
"Where is Iowa?" Pataki asked.
"After September 11th, the people of Iowa heard that our guys at ground zero were cold, working through the night, so Iowa rushed 1,500 quilts to help keep them warm," he said. "Iowa delegation will you please stand? Thank you," he said.
"On that terrible day," Pataki said of Sept. 11, a nation became a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers."
"So, what I've wanted to do for a long time was say thank you -- in front of our country, and with our children watching," Pataki said. "Thank you America, from the very bottom of New York's heart."
