Spreuken over Familie

King Abdullah has done a lot for me and my family.

I was always a big Falcons fan but my family situation, we didn't have the money to come to the games. The only game I came to was on Monday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers [a 45-17 loss Sept. 27, 1993]. The game was over by the second quarter, and we were in the nose-bleed section and we were the only ones there. We could pretty much do what we wanted to.

They want to make sure the family knows there are people who care and show support to our fallen hero.

Waiting. Waiting. What would you do if your family was starving and you saw people dying in the streets? 'Love thy neighbor.' Didn't I read that somewhere? The real war is not in Iraq, but right here in America. It's the War on Poverty, and it's a war that's been ignored and lost. An estimated 37 million Americans are living in poverty. New Orleans is one of the poorest cities in the country, with 40 percent of its children living in poverty. Mississippi has the highest poverty rate of any state. We've repeatedly given tax cuts to the wealthiest and left our most vulnerable American citizens to basically fend for themselves.

It is obviously very upsetting to the family and to all three of the defendants. But a lawsuit is about whether there is any legal responsibility, and Congregation Beth Israel did not do anything wrong.