"Notes Of Hope"

by Rachelle Hruska · September 12, 2008

    Mayor Michael R Bloomberg [Mayor Michael R Bloomberg at "Notes of Hope". Photos by JOE SCHILDHORN for PMc]

    The National September 11th Memorial & Museum held the first annual "Notes of Hope" Benefit Dinner at Cipriani's Wall Street. Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke, along with Robert De Niro and Dennis Leary. John Mellencamp was there to perform his hit "Just Another Day" and Lola Astanova performed as well. Other attendees included Jane Rosenthal, Billy Crystal, Craig Hatkoff, Governer David Paterson, John Whitehead, John Sykes, Nicholas and Susan Scoppetta, Jonathan and Lizzie Tisch, Diana Taylor, Mayor Ed Koch, and Senator Chuck Schumer among others.

    [Just Another Day by John Mellencamp]

    Billy Crystal, Lola Astanova, Robert De NiroJohn MellencampThe Christian Cultural Center Choir

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    Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Robert De Niro

    Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Robert De Niro

    Governor David Paterson, Isabella Hatkoff, Jane Rosenthal

    Governor David Paterson, Isabella Hatkoff, Jane Rosenthal

    John Tisch, Lizzie Tisch

    John Tisch, Lizzie Tisch

    Lindsay Crystal Miller, Billy Crystal

    Lindsay Crystal Miller, Billy Crystal

    Robert De Niro

    Robert De Niro

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