Rep. Fossella Sponsors Bill to Make September 11 a Day of Remeberance
WAP2001101032 - 10 OCTOBER 2001 - WASHINGTON, D.C., USA: (L to R) Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Felix Grucci (R-NY) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) announce at a press conference a bill to establish September 11 as a National Day of Rememberance October 10, 2001, on Capitol Hill in Washington. They are holding a recent copy of the Staten Island Advance which has pictures of many of the missing and dead from the World Trade Center terrorist attatcks. rlw/Roger L. Wollenberg UPI
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