| Ronin | Wednesday, September 12, 2001 - 08:20 pm
Please distribute this information as widely as possible:
SUPPLIES NEEDED URGENTLY
We have just received a call asking for donations to help with the WTC
relief effort.
If you are able to donate any of the items below, please deliver them to
Chelsea Piers on Manhattan's West Side at 23rd Street and the West Side
Highway (Eleventh Ave.) There are people ready to accept these donations --
near the Riding Stables.
Bayer Aspirin/Tylenol
Gauze, Bandages (any size)
Non-latex gloves
Saline solution
Surgical masks
Neosporin
Towels, blankets, t-shirts
Dust masks
Pens, masking tape, paper (we assume 8.5" x 11" white paper)
Magic markers
Bottled water
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SHELTER, FOOD (west side)
Metro Baptist Church at 410 w. 40th St. is also open for shelter, food and
prayer to those persons stranded by the recent horror. Phone 594-4464.
Your fellow pilgrim along the journey,
David
David Waugh, pastor & Director
Metro Baptist Church and Rauschenbusch Metro Ministries
410 W. 40th St.
New York, NY 10018
(212) 594-4464
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NEW YORK HOTLINES, HELPFUL SITES
Information from http://www.atnewyork.com
The following is a round-up of some local hotlines and sites with
information about the response to New York's rescue and clean up after the
terrorist attack on the World Trade Centers.
For information about how and where to donate blood in the city, call
1-800-933-2566 The New York Blood Center has declared a blood emergency for
the greater New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. Check
http://www.nyblookcenter.org for more information on how to help.
Web site for FBI tips on the attacks: http://www.ifccfbi.gov. A toll-free
tip line for the FBI: 1-866-483-5137
Cable channel NY1 also carried on its Web site an extensive list of hotlines
and information about how to volunteer to help the response to the
destruction in lower Manhattan.
http://www.ny1.com/ny/TopStories/SubTopic/index.html?topicintid=1&subtopicintid=1&contentintid=16017.
Or go to: http://www.ny1.com
Some hotlines include:
* NYC hotline for family and friends of victims: 212-560-2730 (instead of 911)
* New York Police Department: 718-677-8328
* New York Fire Department rescue efforts: 718-999-2541
* Port Authority employee information: 973-565-5505/5506/5507
* St. Vincent's Hospital asks that doctors or nurses who could help to call:
212-604-7285
* U.S. Government family hotline: 1-800-331-0075
* Also, atNewYork's sister site, http://www.channelseven.com, has compiled
the following list:
For more information on helping victims, visit http://www.helping.org.
* The United Way of New York and the New York Community Trust have
established a fund to help the victims of the attacks and their families.
The September 11th Fund has been set up to provide immediate support to
emergency assistance agencies. Contributions will be used to respond to the
urgent needs of victims and their families. Donations should be sent in care
of United Way, 2 Park Ave, New York, New York, 10016, or call 212-251-4035.
Donations are also being accepted on United Way of New York City's Web site:
http://www.uwnyc.org.
American Red Cross, cash donations: 1-800-HELP-NOW
The Red Cross has also set up 12 shelters around the city where crisis
counseling and meals are available. Ten are in Manhattan schools:
Chelsea High School
Norman Thomas High School
School of the Future
Bayard Rustin High School
Seward Park High
Washington Irving High School
Fashion Industry
The City As School
J.H.S. 22
I.S. 131
In Staten Island at Curtis High School and at Westinghouse in Brooklyn.
A site looking to help collect names of survivors:
http://www.ny.com/wtclist.html.
More sites and helpful numbers here:
http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article/0,1471,8471_883031,00.html
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SURVIVOR DATABASE OFFERED BY NEW YORK CITY GUIDE
By Gus Venditto
Ny.com (http://www.ny.com), a Web site that calls itself the "paperless
guide to New York City" is offering an interactive database listing
survivors of Tuesday's World Trade Center collapse. As of Wednesday morning,
with rescue workers still sifting through piles of debris at the building
site, there was little official information about fatalities.
The database is compiling its information with submissions from the public.
The NY.com staff says it is attempting to confirm the accuracy of all
submissions, however a review of the database showed a number of entries
were not thoroughly checked; many of the entries were incomplete and others
were obviously fictitious.
* FULL STORY:
http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article/0,1471,8471_882651,00.html
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VERIZON OFFERS FREE LOCAL CALLS IN MANHATTAN
In the wake of the terrorist attacks that hit lower Manhattan Tuesday
morning, phone provider Verizon Communications said it is making local calls
from 4,000 Manhattan curbside payphones free for the duration of the
emergency.
Although street side payphones normally do not accept incoming calls, the
company made sure they could as New York copes with the aftermath of the
collapse of the World Trade Center towers after two hijacked jetliners
smashed into the buildings yesterday in a coordinated terrorist attack.
FULL STORY: http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article/0,1471,8471_882701,00.html
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TEMPORARY OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE
Silicon Alley Reporter has office space, desks, and a wi-fi/802.11 network
if any company out there needs a place to set up camp over the next couple
of days or weeks (we have two 7,000-square-foot spaces). We are on 36th
Street and Eighth Avenue. E-mail me at
jason.calacanis@siliconalleyreporter.com or call me at 646-473-2201 if you
need a desk to work at.
Jason McCabe
editor & CEO, Silicon Alley Reporter & VentureReporter.net
ALSO
From: "Ken Seiff"
Subject: Office Space
We currently have about 9,000 s.f of temporarily vacant space which we are
donating to Companies who have been displaced. If anyone needs space they
should call Sharon at 212-944-8000 ext 311 and leave a message or email her
at sharon@bluefly.com.
Our office has spent the morning trying to think of ways we can provide some
relief. I know they will be greatful for your willingness to broadcast this
message. We hope this is helpful in some small way.
Ken Seiff
Chief Executive Officer
42 West 39th Street
New York, NY 10018
tel: 212-944-8000 ext 225
fax: 212-869-6923
email: ken@bluefly.com |