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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

daily news. MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2001 ^-^7 - /u- ..

News’ WTG fund nears Charity begins at hometown paperfor many readers By EUZABETH HAYS HELP HOTLINES J-If? tw.y NEWS STur writer

75 wiv. -r *-ercv if --- -W Some send brief, handwritten IF YOU NEEP HELP: notes, scribbled in haste to get ' b cOUNSEUMQ; Grief counsel- -.iii-i for victims families Is ' 1 available at Pier 94, W. 54lh _____________________________ — • *■— '.z: 5 v-rv W--, t„ If their checks in the mail. . Others attach poems, drawings and heartfelt tributes to the hundreds of mer (St, and 12th Ave, : t* BUSINESS; Prhiste busi- a and women who lost their lives helping otbeR on Sept. II. r-vic Vnesses forced out of lower Mij thirdly in iiifuiiy( Sep 11 u ibothe C*U for Help 91l'?l) In the nearly three weeks since the - Manhattan by the terrorist never rtpev itself tnd make ns anxjt,' to achieve pare aiaangit World Trade Center disaster, deditated

i. ’** W-e... ■«xX - attack will be eligible for low- ill Muiocafilia.rwea ud wi^ira. News readers continue to shower the ,\ost electricity — at a 2534 dis- Daily News Fund with donations large rcount — through s state pro ^BS^^EMiaAMUfcdibffiiHfaiiiaEiUw and small to help the families of perished jgram. The electricity had been :::: Oe, £-0, /V ywk /uPn'Ti rescue workers. provided by the New Yoik pi- A-L, ynfiT Ut4 Hi>^ lii»(

1£ - Power Authority to the Port “My contribution is small bui it may .“'Authority offices in the World help in a huge way, by saying that we '.Trade Center. Gov. Pataki said rthe 80 megawatts of discount- I TSicrUtfij Stand united as a country," wrote the Di­ Carlo family of Mahopac, Putnam Coun­ in kc £>ctaue. Aed energy should save compa­ ty. “Our spirit may be dampened but nies more than $6 million, Lt" pek. pi/H'j never diminished.” Business operators can "I wish I could do and give more, but 1 determine whether they are eligi­ e T-J iHiw Tl/r 111'“ >«''i.' ble for the power by calling the am a retired widow on limited income," "ILA -v- -I- 0„r 'tdisr Frtfit pi? 'UA's, a-vf j wrote Mrs. Fred Cornish, in a handwrit­ PA toll-free at (800) 622-NYPA. Awpirf^ w-it ic-V -iJi'C kwf.j The Wharton Club of New --lU. 1. Uf -U-. - -—1 ten note on flower siotionery attached to York has set up s hotiine iuc-, uu. H-t T-.!—- til hfc her donation. “I pray every night for udUh r ;~1' U -1—, those lost and their families. designed to assist companies W ■ uy S .-T-ivui fere. that are unable to return to —Cl - ------ Like Cornish and the DiCarlos, many their downtown offices. It will r —.WpwJ -w_| I. ,k-J Wlr contributors say they wish they could provide information on services give more. including office space, furni­ "• 41 tc-Y- But together. News readers already ture, communicatitins net­ works, computers, accounting services and business equip­ aafeLiOp-., •“il,Q,C,j,-aUl, -1 J have raised more than $2.9 million to help lamilies of the firefighters, police of­ ficers and emergency medical techni­

a« ment. You can call (8001 327- 8065. Of E-mail: help@beci<Df- ficefurnitLre.com. 7^ I cians who lost their lives in the disaster. “rm overwhelmed by.the generosity of FINANdUL ASSISTANCE: our readers, but not surprised by their de-' The state Crime Victims Board sire to de something,” said News Senior r is offering emergency financial Vice President Marie DeParis, adding , assistance to survivors who that News readers continue to mail in r worked at the World Trade whatever they can afford — from J1 to Center or people who lost a family member who worked there. For information, call (SOO) 621-HOPE, You also can Ia? * r>- — .?_____ e •“ $100,000. “This fund has been raised from the ground up," she added “It was raised by the heart and soul of this ciiy.” visit Pier 94 at 54th St. and -. 121h .Ave., or call (846) 710- Along with their checks, News readers Dattv News readers' letters and derations areheartfell (2 also offer words of support, unity and 63Q1/G236 Information also is available at the board's pride. tributes to World Trade Center victims and rescue crews. ..office in Brooklyn at 55 Hanson "May this day in infamy never repeat it­ 1 >Pla'ce, (718) 9234325; at self and make us stronger to achieve I yQueens Borough Hall, 1718; peace amongst ail nationalities, races 1012863121, and at Staten Island Borough Hall. (718) 816-2144. S OTHER HEIR: The American Ped Cross has set up a new Okla, sends 10,000 bear hugs and origins,” wrote Gertrude. Hemy and Ronald Wegner of Bayside, Queens. And longtime News readers Sylvia and Milty MarianofI included a hill-page client help line for anyone with By EMO BEST who helped drive the bears to New York. poem called "Our U.S.A." disaster-related needs: in OUiJ NEWSSnFFKSITEI! "Those [twin towers) were my landmarks. I al­ From nearly 1,500 miles away came 15,000 ways knew I was close to New York when I “Let our flags proudly fly, lo show the Manhattan, (2121 219-62C0; outside rvanhottan, (8771 746- pounds of love. saw them from the highway." enemy we will not die," reads the poem. 4987. Volunteers who speak It came in the form of 10,000 teddy bears Dial said he "got chills' as he drove the written by Sylvia. "But arise trorn the several languages are available, collected in a Beaf-a-than organized by an 65-ioot-long truck and trailer to NYU Down­ ashes, and claim once more, givng, help­ Oklatioma City TV station. town Hospital, the hospital closest to Ground ing, bonding, will win this war’" IF YOU WANT TO HELP: The beers are to be distributed to patients, Zero. Wncn he arrived, he found more than To conlribule to the Daily News Fund. rescue workers and residents affected by the 100 nurses and doctors outside the hospital's readers may send checks or money or­ a BLOOD DONATIONS; The destruction of the World Trade Center. emergency room singing "God Bless Ameri­ ders to: Daily News Charities, RO. Box New York Blood Center has coi- ca” and chanting “U.S.A." lecled more Mood then it can "If a teddy bear takes a moment away from 3307, New York, N.Y. 10001. To contrib­ use at this time, hut the center the sorrow and pain, then that’s what it's ail “H's so sad we have to share tragedy," said ute by credit card, call (212) 210-2244 about," said Frank Valencia, 50, the trucking Rebecca Canalija, 37, an emergency room urges potenlial donors to nurse who was at Ground Zero. from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, make an appointment for later manager of BKJ Trucking of Perkins, Okla., which donated its services to deliver the “Every time I get out of the subway, I have a and from 8 a m lo noon on weekends. this month or next monln. Call A link has been added to The News' (800) 933-2566. , bears. lump in my throat." she said. “It's a tragic mo­ “I wanted to do something," said David ment in our lives, but we have to move on — Web site for donors who wish to contrib- Dial, 54, e BKJ truck driver from Tulsa, Okla,, we will rise again." ufe online. Go to www.nydailynews com.

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