He helped them get IDs and connect with the rest of the families. They wouldn't have known what to do without him.

He was in the military and so was his son. He has seen it from both sides, as a soldier and as a family member of a soldier.

I would call him so many times. He would talk me out of the tree, so to speak.

I'm starting to get calls already. I was shocked when I found out. He has been the go-to man for families who had problems.

If, all of a sudden, the Florida delegation drops out of the equation, it makes the rest of the country much more vulnerable. The coastal states that don't want to see [outer continental shelf] development really need to hang together, or they're going to hang separately.

The US has set an important example for the rest of the world to follow.