- Alexander Ljung, founder and CEO of SoundCloud.
Thanks to SoundCloud’s platform, we invite you to listen to letters addressed to Robin Hood 10 years ago, but meant for all of Robin Hood’s supporters. It’s an honor to share them with you now.
“Baba O’Riley” by The Who, performed at the Concert for New York City. The event was organized by Robin Hood and attended by the men and women who responded first to the attacks of 9/11 as well as victims’ families. Listen and watch other clips from the concert here and see the whole concert on VH1 today at 4pm or on our Facebook page.
Rudy Giuliani, The Concert for New York City
Listen and watch other clips from the concert. In a special six-hour telecast, The Concert for New York will air in its entirety on VH1 today from 4pm-10pm.
I have just listened to all the letters that are now up. These are letters that I pretty much know by heart and yet, hearing them read in such a stirring manner, has made my eyes well with tears. One of the themes that runs through the letters is that each person wanted to tell us a little bit about the person who had been lost. They wanted us to remember the individual. One letter quotes President Bush as saying: everyone who died was the most important person in the world to somebody.
That sentiment, that these were individuals with dreams and loves and hopes rather than some undefined collective, is a sentiment that is core to Robin Hood. There are 1.8 million people living in poverty but we know that what that really means is that there are 1.8 million individuals each with his or her own hopes and dreams and loves.
So even while we are known for our metrics, we remember that those living in poverty are individuals. And we all participate in telling their stories. That is one of the things that makes us Robin Hood.
- Emary Aronson, Robin Hood Relief Fund Managing Director
Bill Clinton, The Concert for New York City.
Watch President Clinton and others at The Concert for New York City, rebroadcast in full, tomorrow on VH1 at 4pm or streaming on our Facebook Page.
Every family that lost someone on 9/11 received a $5,000 check from Robin Hood. In return, we received heartwarming letters of thanks. Through these letters, we learned about the people we helped and the loved ones they had lost. Mary-Louise Parker reads a letter from a woman honoring the life of her husband.
It is hard to believe that 10 years have passed since 9/11. Five weeks after the tragedy, Robin Hood organized The Concert for New York City as a way to raise money for the relief effort and bring some cheer to a dark time. Ed Burns hosts as VH1 rebroadcasts the entire concert tomorrow at 4pm.
We received many heartfelt letters sent by the wives, husbands and mothers of 9/11 victims. Here, Harvey Weinstein reads a letter from an employer who provided information on a victim’s wife so that she could receive a check from Robin Hood.
Jim Carrey, Concert for New York City
Listen and watch other clips from the concert. In a special six-hour telecast, The Concert for New York City will air in its entirety, Sunday on VH1 from 4pm-10pm.
