On the record

"The children learned that there are people who care about them that they don't even know. We hope that it lit a spark. For us, we learned that where there's a lot of despair, there are still a lot of beautiful people with an extraordinary message and an amazing amount of hope."

John Goodell

Student, who participated in an alternative spring break project in the Detroit area

"Nurses may well be a new kind of first responders. We have nurses in the schools. We have nurses in clinics. We have public health nurses that are functioning independently from physicians in terms of the community. We really can be the eyes and ears of the community."

Terry Urbano

Professor of the practice of nursing, on the heightened importance of the nursing profession post-Sept. 11

Compiled by Kara Furlong

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