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CNN Saturday Morning News

America's New War: Looking for Loved Ones

Aired September 15, 2001 - 14:06   ET

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AARON BROWN, CNN ANCHOR: Elizabeth Cohen is at the Armory, where the missing have gathered, as many of you know. And she joins us again -- Elizabeth.

ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Aaron, here at the Armory, some 3,000 families have come to register information about the people who they're missing and also to look at two lists -- one list is a list of people who have been found in the hospital, another is a list of people who have been found deceased.

I am here with someone who is looking for his brother. Anthony Gardener (ph) is looking for his brother Harvey, and also for Harvey's friend Joyce. And Anthony, tell me when was the last time anybody has heard from your brother.

ANTHONY GARDENER, BROTHER MISSING IN WTC: My brother Harvey worked for a company called General Telecom on the 83rd floor of building One. My brother Mark miraculously managed to get in touch with him after the initial crash, and Harvey said that they were being told conflicting things, they weren't sure what to do, and that was the last we've heard.

We know that he's with his great friend and coworker. We know they're together, and there were 13 people in that company at that point, and we haven't heard anything from any of them as of yet, but we've remained hopeful that they will come home to us, that they are out there. And I'll come down here every day and check the list until we find their names on there.

COHEN: You told me that someone gave you -- from a church, gave you this flower, and it has a psalm on it that you said expressed how you feel. Could you read that for us.

GARDENER: Of course. "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear." And I think that sentiment is felt all over New York, all over our country. We will only become stronger from this, and we will move -- we will just persevere from here, and my hope is that, you know, they find our loved ones, and they bring them home to us. And we will rebuild those towers and we will show terrorism and terrorists that they will never succeed and they can never beat us.

COHEN: Tell me about the necklace you're wearing. GARDENER: I'm wearing my brother's necklace. He is going to kill me when he comes home. Wednesday, I went to his apartment, and I took this. It's his favorite necklace and I'm wearing it until he comes home, and I'm going to give it back to him when he walks back in the door. I believe that he will come home. We have tremendous amount of home.

COHEN: Thank you.

GARDENER: And that's what we want all other families to have right now, just keep the faith that they will come home to us.

COHEN: Thank you. Thank you.

GARDENER: Thank you.

COHEN: Aaron, hope is the word that you hear over and over again. It's Saturday, the explosion was Tuesday. The hope is still there -- Aaron.

BROWN: I would call it more than hope. He seemed certain. Thank you Elizabeth very much.

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