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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

NEW York post, Thursday, October 4,2001

Fright’s away from Great White Way ^3 who was evacuated from land. Biit after President her TriBeCa apartment in Bush encouraged travel­ the hours after the attack.' ers to fly. Penna packed LEONARD "I believe that." ( his bags and headed for For days now, the the airport. GREENE mayor and every star Penna lived in the Bay , whose name has eve^ Area 12 years ago when it been in lights have been , was devastated by a mas­ FTER three endless begging New Yorkers and sive earthquake that AA weeks of being dis­ tourists to come to the killed 68 people. placed, disconnected and Great White Way and Penna recalled it took disgusted, Eloise Heppard throw some money seven years to rebuild the had had enough. . around. Terrorists had damaged And slowly but surely. double-decker freeway like a production coming that collapsed in Oakland I her way of life, not to mention her peace of together, the people are — a reminder, he said, of mind, Heppard decided to coming around, what New York has in fight back. “It feels great to be in. store, So, she got up yester­ New York any time," said "But there’s a big differ­ day, corralled two of her Frank Penna of Liver­ ence between a natural best friends, and marched more, Calif., who waited disaster and a manmade down to Times Square, with his wife, Brenda, at terrorist attack,” Brenda where she stood in line the TKTS booth for dis­ Penna said. “Still, there’s with hundreds of others count tickets. nothing like New York.” who had the same idea. “I took Giuliani’s mes­ Theater owners are re- And when her turn sage to spend a little ' porting Broadway is get- came, she proudly did her money here." ting its act together again part — she bought a The Brooklyn-born —■ box office receipts in­ ticket to a Broadway Penna was hesitant about creased 14 'percent over , show. flying cross-country for last week, cvrn- though “This is definitely a way the prearranged trip to four 'shows closed after to help/’ said Heppard, visit relatives on Long Is- the Sept. 11 attacks.

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