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Learning to love our neighbor

Former U.S. Marine and author, Eric Rittmeyer joined us to recap the lessons we learned in the days and weeks following the tragedy of 9/11.

SAINT PETERSBURG, Fla. — Former U.S. Marine and author, Eric Rittmeyer joined us to recap the lessons we learned in the days and weeks following the tragedy of 9/11. Eric says we can re-implement many of the lessons we learned to bring kindness back to our nation. Eric is the author of "The Emotional Marine: 68 Mental Toughness and Emotional Intelligence Secrets To Make Anyone Instantly Like You," for more on Eric's book, you can visit mentaltoughnessspeaker.com.

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