[Herbalist] Fw: ] A Sad Day in Ostgardr

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Heather McCafferty" <HeaterMcCa at hotmail.com>


> In what I term an Act of the Grace of God, EVERY SCADIAN IN OSTGARDR
> IS ACCOUNTED FOR, and is safe.
>
> There were days that I sometimes cursed being on so many listservs,
> but these past hours seem to refute that.
>
> Margaret of Norwood
>
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "Ian Mitchell" <ostgardr at hotmail.com>
> |
> | > A Sad Day in Ostgardr (Please forward to othe 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