New York City Mayor Eric Adams, after visiting the site of a deadly roof collapse at a Dominican Republic nightclub, told Newsmax in an exclusive interview that it was important to pay his respects to 231 people who lost their lives there, just as people visited New York City out of the respect for the lives lost in the 9/11 attacks.
“They were just really appreciative that [we] would come here and mourn with people who mourn,” Adams told Newsmax’s Jason Mattera in an interview on “Wake Up America.” “The thing about [after] 9-11, people came from all over the globe. They came to show their support for our country during that difficult time.
“Those people had no direct connection to the New York City tragedy, but they offered help. I remember the various fire trucks, the various police vehicles, people coming on that ground, helping dig out hand-over-hand.”
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