When I woke this morning as all of us did to the horrific news from Brussels, I had three thoughts.

The first was not again. The second was the families of those poor people.

And the third was, what a day to have Rabbi Sacks speaking.

Couldn't have been more timely and appropriate.

Our hearts are certainly with all of the people in Belgium today.

And I'm hopeful that some of the insights will receive this evening will help us gain strength in understanding

and figuring out how to respond when these events continue to happen.

I want to say good evening.

My name is Alice Greenwald.

I'm the director of the 9-11 Memorial Museum.

And it is my pleasure to welcome you to the museum

for what promises to be a very, very special program.

I want to welcome, in particular, our museum members.

We're always delighted to have you join us.

And those of you who have not yet explored the benefits of membership,

I encourage you to do so after the program.

You know, I'm frequently asked to introduce our program participants,

and it's always an honor to do so. But tonight is qualitatively different.

In introducing our esteemed speaker this evening, I feel a level of uncommon privilege,

in part because of who he is and what he has achieved, but perhaps more so because this

introduction comes from a deeply personal place.

In 2002, just months after 9-11,

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