Remarks by President Obama at ‘Pride of Midtown’ Firehouse, Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2011 – 11:29 A.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT:  Well, listen, the main reason I came here is because I heard the food is pretty good.  (Laughter.)

But to the Commissioner, to Mayor Giuliani — who obviously performed heroic acts almost 10 years ago — but most of all, to all of you, I wanted to just come up here to thank you.

This is a symbolic site of the extraordinary sacrifice that was…