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A volunteer giw~: ax~av so nmch of his bed linen to stranded air passengers that he has
nothing left ，;t h， ，me..IX grateful I~landoad of passengers funds a scholarship fbr the smaU
Nc~ oundla，，d < .inrnunil ， . that carrie to their aid. Schoolchildren scrape together all of
the pennies If i，， lind to support grieving families. High-rigging Mohawks travel to
NewYork t，，， i i ~l，. theWorldTrade Center that they had helped buiN. A little ~rl holds
on tight t- h， ， i. !. i ， a~ he gets ready to head off to sea with the Canadian Armed Forces.
One hund，~ ! /， . ，，.，，，d Canadians gather on a brilliant autumn day on Parliament Hill
in Ottax~a 1，，， ，.. : ， mpathy ，and soMarity ，x4th the people of the United States.
Such imac， ， :，，，des - and many， many more - have been engraved on our
collective ，，，， ，，，c l]~e awtul ew nts of September 11， 2001.
A Diar)Bct，~ ; ，，l~ is a visual and written expression of a fi iendship of protbund
depth; a hi< L，: !，I， b，.lween two nations - Canada and the United States - which
has been rt n.. ，. ，i ，，ml reaffirmed， in words and deeds， in the crucible of the worst
terrorist attm 1， ~i~ histoOt
Canadians Iesl:>~*，ded because the attack was an ott;ence against the values of freedom，
tolerance and r~sp~ t tor cultural diversity that arc the cornerstones of our nation.We
responded hecaus~ we intuitively understood that this was an assault not just on the
United States， hul against all civilived peoples and nations. But， above all， we responded
out of common human decency; out of the belief ， put with simple eloquence by a
Canadian steamfitter on the way to Ground Zero to help with the recovery\" effort， that
\"A |riend in need， is a friend indeed.\"
Of coul， se A Diary Between Friends could never hope to be an eMlaustive account. Many
stories will live on quietly in the hearts of those who gave anti received kindness and
Compassion. It stands as a diary of the extraordinary response of a nation to an
unprecedented event. It is a meditatkm on what it truly means to be neighbours， to be
fi iends and， indeed， to be family.
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