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... And there are also times when it's okay to cry. When real tragedy strikes, when heroes need to be remembered, or when someone does something a little special to let us know that there is still beauty and kindness in the world, then it belongs here. And there's no shame in that.
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** ''"I look out my windows, and the Twin Towers are gone. Instead, I can now see the Statue of Liberty. '''And you can't beat that."'''''
{{quote| Jon Stewart, ''The Daily Show,'' [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-20-2001/september-11--2001 September 20, 2001]}}
** David Letterman's similar reaction the first night the ''[[Late Show With David Letterman]]'' after the attacks, with him trying to rationalize the way the terrorists were thinking:
{{quote| "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}xut56q77GK0 We're told that they were zealots fueled by religious fervour...and if you live to be a thousand years old will that make any sense to you?] '''Will that make any goddamn sense?'''"}}
** Conan O'Brien's post 9/11 monologue. He never cried or even got choked up, but there were several moments when he paused to take a deep breath and it was obvious that he was trying not to lose it. He bluntly stated that he had no idea how they were going to go back to doing shows the way they used and then got very personal and discussed his Catholic upbringing and mentioned that he so desperately needed help to deal with the horror of what had happened that he did something he hadn't done in 8 years--went to church and prayed. He described sitting in St. Patrick's Cathedral and suddenly realizing that although the towers had been knocked down, that ''this'' beautiful building was still standing and there was still a lot of beauty in the world. It was during this speech that he first urged his young viewers to shun cynicism. Seven years later, on June 13, 2008, he simply walked onto the stage without any music or intro and informed his audience that he had just learned of the death of his friend Tim Russert. After talking about him for several minutes, he played several clips from Russert's appearances on the show.
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