"I feel so proud," she said. "I am from Brooklyn originally, and I am proud to be an American and a New Yorker. It makes me feel great to be an American."
Leave it to a Texan (naturalized :) to show New Yorkers that the rest of the country is proud of their rebound from the 9/11/01 attack.
Not a surprise at all that her son is a marine either. :)