At 2:03 AM -0400 10/3/01, Automatic digest processor wrote: >But this post is just wrong. Almost 6,400 people lost their lives in >the WTC towers and another almost 200 in the Pentagon. Some families >lost their only means of support - husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, >daughters, sons - gone forever. You are still here and your sole means >of support is intact. You should feel lucky that you and your family >were not personally touched by a loss. So many more were. ----------------------- Yes, and there are animal needs. Margie just wrote this to me last night and it is being repeated all over the country: >Please cross post >The National Guard has been called to active duty to augment Scott AFB, >and the Metro East Humane Society is getting in animals. >If you are in the area of Edwardsville, IL. And can foster, any >animals, please call the Metro East Humane Society and let them know >618 632-5064 They already have some and are making a list. >Margie Obviously, a lot of general humane groups can't handle ferrets but they are getting them so folks who can adopt need to be calling the ones near them and giving their contact info. The ferrets are coming from those families with deaths, those with severe injuries, those with changed financial situations, those who are in the services (which may increase), etc. There also are needs in some areas for folks to serve as living volunteers to help search dogs overcome depression. Steve has been doing this; they've been hiding him and others in construction sites for the dogs to find. (BTW, they seem to love the ferret smell on him.) Your local Red Cross chapter can direct you if ones near you need this help. Yes, people DO still need help, and either now or soon blood platelets will be needed again since those don't keep as long as some other components and the burn victims and those with major injuries and multiple follow-up surgeries are in need, plus much of the national banked blood was used. The Red Cross or your local hospitals/health departments will be able to tell you more about when. [Posted in FML issue 3560]