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Tuesday, November 06, 2001 3:16 AM
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Greetings,
Like many of my fellow Americans my heart went out to the victims
of the 9/11 tragedy - my wife and I donated generously in an attempt
to assist the families affected by these horrible events. Suffice to
say that we certainly expected the overwhelming percentage of what
we gave to go *directly* to those personally impacted by the
disaster - when I hear reports that the American Red Cross will be
distributing less than 20% of the money it collected to the actual
victims I am sickened and angered. All the hand waving and bureaucratic
explanations in the world cannot shake my unswerving conviction that
this outcome is simply, unequivocally wrong.
You all are the "department of justice" well, where is the justice
here? My wife and I are kind hearted but we are not wealthy - had we
known what a fiasco this would all turn out to be we probably would have
explored other alternatives. I never expected things to go the way they
apparently have, it is a monumental injustice.
The sad thing is - none of this actually makes life better for those
families who have been ripped apart by this senseless violence ... if
nothing else can be done, please publish a validated list of names
and addresses and my wife and I will see what we can do to come up
with something additional to help. The aid situation is truly a
travesty but that should not deter our and steadfast determination to
truly bring whatever relief we can muster to the victims of the
Sep. 11 attacks.
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Kingwood, Texas