Larry
We are all thinking of you. I know the blood centers here are jammed. Help
IS coming.
David Blocker
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Lustig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 10:04 AM
Subject: From New York
> Just want to let everyone know that my family and I (including our new
> daughter Eleanor, born 8/29/2001) are alive and well. We don't yet know
of
> anyone we know having been killed, but we do know people who live and work
> in the World Trade Center area and it's likely that will change.
>
> At the time of the first crash I was still uptown in Harlem (where we
live).
> At the time of the second crash I was on the subway heading downtown and
> when I emerged I heard that the Pentagon had been hit as well. I spent
> several hours in an office in midtown which had a clear view of the north
> tower, and a number of people saw it fall. The office I was in belongs to
a
> large accounting firm (they are an R:Base customer) and they had clients
of
> their own in the World Trade Center.
>
> Our neighborhood is relatively unaffected, being upwind of the scene, but
> our old neighborhood in Brooklyn is covered in ash from the burning
> buildings. It's difficult to consider the constituent elements of that
ash.
> In addition to what is said to be thousands of civilians (and it's hard to
> imagine how it can be fewer than ten thousand) we have lost several
hundred
> firefighters and many policemen. We lost many of the top commanders of
the
> fire department, apparently 10 minutes after the Mayor and Police and Fire
> Commisioners had left their location.
>
> Thank you to all the folks from overseas who have expressed their support.
> The radio is reporting a severe shortage of blood in the city, and anyone
> who is in the US and can give blood that will reach the city could help by
> doing so.
>
> --
> Larry Lustig
> New York City
>
>
>
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