<HTML>Katherine,
We have declared Friday as a day of mourning to mark this day of tragedy.
I am sure that the coming days will show many of my own countrymen, and their descendants, amongst the growing list of the murdered. The fire service and police forces were well known for their high Irish membership.
America will rise above this Kat. It will have huge effects, no doubt, but I am certain sure that America will rise above this tragedy, just as it did after that fateful day in December 1941.
My thoughts are with you and your nation in this dark hour.
Mark</HTML>