Tommy Thompson: “It was set up for November 19 that year, about two months…”

“And we turn that to our assistant, Charlie, and says, you gotta set up a conference. He said, well, we probably could do one next year. And I said, no, it's gotta be this year. And It was set up for November 19 that year, about two months later. National Conference on Mental Health to help out New York and the citizens and the people, the volunteers that were involved were suffering. And then, remember, we had to get all the dogs up there, and we had to get veterinarians up there to take care of the dogs, to help sniff out anybody that might be alive or body pieces.” (06:35–06:49)

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