At the time of the accident, we were living in Chicago.

I'm a little hoarse tonight. I've been living in Chicago for the past two months, and you know how it is, yelling for help on the way home every night. Things are so tough in Chicago that at Easter time, for bunnies the little kids use porcupines.

Our soldiers have paid a tragic price to free over 50 million people. In the long term, their sacrifice is going to change the world.

We did a lot of research. We looked at Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois and Ohio, and we finally decided on Akron.... My family was rebuilt here; our lives were rebuilt here.

History will look back and say it was very worthwhile.

I didn't have any ties to Akron before moving here with my family and opening a business in 1995. I just fell in love with this place.