i want to thank him for his leadership, and i want to thank the commissioner dan nigro. ems drilled for quite a while knowing they may receive a patient who had ebola. the teams were drilled. they executed exactly correctly. and i want to say to the commissioner and his whole team, i commend them for their professionalism. i want to thanks our police leaders who are here for their leadership and the close coordination with the nypd throughout. and i want to talk about our healthcare leaders in a moment who have been extrordanaire. i want to thank our officials in new york city -- i want to thank them for their support -- hold on one second, could we get that settled over there? i want to thank them for their efforts to inform the public to help make sure people had information when they needed it. that has been extraordinarily important to get clear and consistent information out. new york city council speaker, public advocate, controller, brooklyn control president. i want to thank them all for their partnership. i want to emphasize what we have here. the finist public