“It's going to be bad. I have to believe this one [recovery operation] will be larger than Andrew. We're talking about a very intense three- to five-year recovery operation.”
“What you're seeing is revealing weaknesses in the state, local and federal levels. All three levels have been weakened. They've been weakened by diversion into terrorism.”
“A lot of good was done, but it just wasn't finished. I don't know if it would have saved more lives. It would have made the response faster. You might say it would have saved lives.”