[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 23, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S3076]
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                           Manchester Attack

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, first, the Senate's thoughts and prayers 
go out to everyone in Manchester, England. Such violence is 
particularly heartbreaking when it happens, as it did in Manchester, at 
a concert with so many young people there to enjoy.
  We mourn the families of the victims of last night's terrorist 
attack. We hope the perpetrators are quickly found and brought to 
justice. I saw on TV a mother waiting, trying to email and text her 
daughter. She got no answer. She was wondering where her daughter was. 
It brought back the horrible memories for me after 9/11, the day after, 
when I went up there and saw hundreds of people holding up signs: 
``Have you seen my wife Evelyn?'' ``Have you seen my son John,'' not 
knowing if they were alive or dead. Most of them ended up being dead.
  We hope and pray that mother, and all the other mothers, fathers, 
brothers, and sisters who are waiting for news that maybe their child, 
their relative, is alive, will find them alive. Our prayers go out to 
them.