9/11 Stories: David Paterson
Apr 5, 2021 On September 11th, “...being in public office, I never felt so powerless because what was there to actually do? And what was there to do without getting in the way of those who were trying to rescue those who might still be in the building and those trying to provide assistance”. David Paterson became Governor of New York State in 2008, succeeding Governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned in disgrace in a prostitution scandal known as “Hookergate”. In 2001, David Paterson was a state senator, representing the Upper West Side of Manhattan and the neighborhood of Washington Hei...
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