[Ansteorra] Message from Ostgardr, East Kingdom

[Jean Elizabeth Krevor]

Greetings, old friends:

Some of you know me; many of you do not. I am Elizabeth Camerona nicIan
and it was my privilege many years ago to serve as Ambassador to your
fair Kingdom from my beloved Kingdom of the East. I am located in
Ostgardr, which as many of you know, was ground zero for one of the
cowardly attacks on our fair nation yesterday morning.

My father, Ian Mitchell of Clan Mitchell, is Viceroy of the Crown
Province of Ostgardr, mundanely located in NYC. We were very touched to
read the messages from our friends and brethren coming from the Knowne
Worlde and I wanted to pass this message on to my friends in Ansteorra
from him. Please feel free to forward it on to any SCA-related lists
where they're asking how  we are. We're shellshocked, we're damaged, but
dammit, we're still standing even though our beloved Twin Towers are
not.

Below, please find the message from my father. And thank you for your
kind messages of concern and offers of help. I'm sure we'll need it in
the days to come.

With love and affection,

Elizabeth/Jean
-----------forwarded message from the Rialto----------

Greetings, y'all--

We here in Ostgardr have received many messages of concern and of
support,and we thank you.  My father, Baron Master Ian Mitchell of Clan
Mitchell, Viceroy of Ostgardr, sent out the following message and asks
that it be forwarded whereever people are asking about us:

A Sad Day in Ostgardr (Please forward to other SCA lists who might be
interested)

Greetings to all the friends of Ostgardr across the Known World on the
morning after from Baron Ian of Clan Mitchell the Viceroy of the Crown
Province of Ostgardr.(The Baron of New York)

First let me say that we think we have accounted for all the members of
the SCA who worked in the World Trade Center. All survived. Some of the
stories of escape are hair raising.

Thank you all for your concern.

Even though the Scadian family seem to have all escaped, none of us are
untouched. The Deputy Chief who coordinated the Police Department's
United
Way Campaign for three years (that's what I do) is listed among the
dead.
I have not yet dealt with the loss of my friend.

My son, Mitch Jr. (Lord Michael MacIan), is a paramedic. Please keep him
in your thoughts -- he works for a private ambulance company that took
heavy casualties at the base of the WTC yesterday morning. Thank GOD he
wasn't there when it collapsed, but was held at the mouth of the
Brooklyn
Battery Tunnel by dispatch. He was on the phone complaining loudly to
his
mother that he couldn't get in there to help...when the buildings
collapsed. And he fell silent as he stared at the cloud rising where the
buildings had been.  The picture that the networks keep showing of
ambulances crushed and ash covered is of the staging area for his
company.
He knows of one friend killed, one in very critical condition, twenty
injured and a dozen among the missing. He is scheduled to be there at
7AM
today, Wednesday.

People have asked, "What can we do?" My response is pray and give blood
and money to the Red Cross.  New York only had a two day supply before
this happened. I helped with crowd control at one of the blood centers
yesterday. People were wonderful. The need was so great that the
motorcycle cops were making pickups every half hour.  This blood need is
not going away soon.

Please keep us all in your thoughts as we come to grips with what has
happened to our City and our friends.

You can reach me at ianmitchell at yahoo.com