******** From: "Andrew Staples" <andrewsat_private> Subject: Off topic: check in for WTC, Pentagon survivors Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:18:47 -0700 A web site has been set up where survivors of today's terrorist activities can post word a brief word that they are okay: http://www.shunn.net/okay/ If you care to publicize this, it may save some people some heartache. ******** From: Andy Carvin <acarvinat_private> To: "'Declan McCullagh '" <declanat_private> Subject: listserv set up to discuss today's attack Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 13:43:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Hi Declan.. I just wanted to let you know I've set up a listserv for people who want to discuss today's tragic events... Hope you are well, Andy Carvin Benton Foundation acarvinat_private I just wanted to give a quick report from downtown DC. Most of us at the Benton Foundation evacuated our building, which is at 18th and K street, three or four blocks from the white house. We received word of the attacks on the World Trade center building around 9am, having to rely on portable radios since our Internet connection froze as people tried to find more information. The majority of Benton staff were out of the building by 10am. The streets are filled with people briskly walking away from downtown, trying to get their cell phones to work. It's not a panic situation by any means - just lots of people determined to get the hell out of there. Some people are clearly shaken, and are being comforted by friends and strangers alike. The streets are completely jammed with cars as people try to get out of the city. Since lots of us at our office usually take the metro to work (which has been shut down, along with all other commuter trains), those of us who lived within walking distance offered to bring home other people who would be stranded downtown. We're now back at my Dupont Circle apartment, two miles due north of the Pentagon. We can't see smoke from our balcony, which is surprising considering the extent of the damage we've seen on TV so far. I've set up a listserv, sept11info, for people wanting to talk about today's attack. You can join the list by going to this address: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sept11info or by sending an email to sept11info-subscribeat_private Please feel free to pass on this information. I will do my best to report on any news here in DC, but let us all hope and pray that the worst is over now. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone who's being affected by this insanity.... Andy Carvin Benton Foundation acarvinat_private ******** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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