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From: "lorri" <>
Subject: [SO.PHILLY] Fw: [allaboutphilly] Fw: please pass this on
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 09:11:22 -0600



LORRI


Date: Saturday, June 09, 2001 6:41 AM
Subject: [allaboutphilly] Fw: please pass this on









LORRI



Date: Friday, June 08, 2001 7:32 PM


Donna Prather worked the bombing site. She recently
> > received an excerpt
> > Timothy McVeigh's book, and this is her response:
> >
> >
>*************************************************************************
> >
> >
> > Dear Friends,
> >
> > I will not forward the excerpt from the book that
> > has been written by two
> > reporters and a couple of shrinks about Tim McVeigh.
> >
> >
> > I fully expected to read this book. I wanted to know
> > a lot of things. And,
> > I
> > believe that the book is an accurate account of what
> > Tim McVeigh has said. I
> >
> > wanted to know why he picked Oklahoma City. I wanted
> > to know if he
> > implicated
> > anyone else. I wanted to know if he took
> > responsibility.
> >
> > But, I won't read the book. After reading the
> > excerpt, I know that it
> > doesn't
> > matter. It won't change a thing.
> > I have to address this. So, buckle up, because here
> > goes. And, before I
> > start
> > this tirade, I want to say that what follows I know
> > to be fact, because I
> > saw
> > it...
> >
> > My husband set up a tent across the street from the
> > building, right next to
> > Little Caesar's pizza, who also set up a tent and
> > made pizzas on the spot.
> > Jim's company donated all the coffee and tea and
> > equipment, and we funneled
> > the water and cokes and other supplies that were
> > donated through that little
> >
> > blue tent and to the rescuers, and the workers. So,
> > we saw what happened,
> > and
> > we know.
> >
> > Tim McVeigh says, and this is the only quote from
> > the man you'll get from
> > me;"It was my choice and my control to hit that
> > building when it was
> > full.... I understand what they felt in Oklahoma
> > City. I have no sympathy
> > for
> > them."
> >
> > First of all, I don't think Tim McVeigh feels at
> > all, and second, no one in
> > Oklahoma City asked for any sympathy of any kind.
> > Least of all Tim
> > McVeigh's.
> >
> > While he was cowering away from the scene, with ear
> > plugs in his ears, the
> > people of my town were running toward the mess he
> > had created. There were
> > not
> > just 168 bodies to be recovered. There were almost
> > 1000 injured people to be
> >
> > triaged and helped. That was done. And, it was done
> > with a speed and an
> > accuracy that stunned the people who came later to
> > help us.
> >
> > Our construction companies had cranes in place
> > within the first hour. Our
> > hardware companies turned their shelves over to the
> > effort. Vets came to
> > help
> > with the rescue animals.
> >
> > Doctors came and worked along side construction
> > workers and lay people.
> > Engineers kept that wreck standing until all but
> > three bodies were
> > recovered.
> > When the wind blew, even a little, that building
> > swayed and groaned so loud,
> >
> > it was audible for blocks.
> >
> > When other States sent rescue units to help us, my
> > town fed them, clothed
> > them, held their heads when they vomited at the
> > carnage and comforted them
> > when they cried.
> >
> > Being close to that building wasn't easy during
> > those 19 days. It was
> > bloody,
> > it stank, and it was dangerous. And, in spite of
> > this, we had trouble
> > getting
> > people to stand down and take a rest.
> >
> > Thank you, New York, and Phoenix, and Fairfax, and
> > Dade County, and Denver,
> > and Everyone else who came. You showed up on our
> > door step like a good
> > neighbor, with your equipment, and tears in your
> > eyes, and we will forever
> > be
> > in your debt. You are heroes to the person, and
> > always in my prayers.
> > Saint
> > Michael's heart beats in you all.
> >
> > Buildings around the site stood wide open. Their
> > foundations sprung to the
> >
> > extent that their doors wouldn't lock. But,
> > locking the doors wouldn't
> > have
> > mattered anyway,
> > since the windows were all gone...There was not one
> > incident of looting.
> > Not
> > one.
> >
> > And, Joe Q. American did everything else. By
> > midnight, that first day, we
> > had
> > an ample supply of blood for all. I saw people lined
> > up around the Oklahoma
> > Blood Institute. Hundreds of people lined up,
> > waiting for hours, to donate
> > their blood. Businessmen in suits talked casually to
> > homeless people who
> > felt
> > the blast and came.
> >
> > And, the rescuers didn't just exist on dry
> > sandwiches. Oh no. Little
> > Caesar's, the Outback, Subway, the local Barbecue
> > and Steak houses,
> > Hooter's,
> > Taco Bell, Sonic, and others too numerous to
> > mention, some from Texas and
> > Kansas fed everyone well. And for free.
> >
> > This wasn't easy. Food had to be labeled as to date,
> > origin & time of
> > arrival, and kept clean and cold in a very
> > inhospitable environment. And,
> > this was done. Everyone at the site was sick, but it
> > was never because of
> > the
> > food.
> >
> > While we tended to the needs of the rescuers, the
> > FBI, the ATF, FEMA, and
> > the
> > Oklahoma City Police Department worked around us,
> > and under our feet,
> > sometimes with tweezers, and plastic bags, picking
> > up minute pieces of the
> > barrels that held the explosives, and pieces a big
> > as the axle of the Ryder
> > Rental truck. They were professionals all, and
> > sensitive to our feelings.
> >
> > PLEASE, DON'T BUY THE BOOK... Send the $20 to the
> > Memorial, or to the Red
> > Cross, or to the Education fund for the children of
> > the victims, or to the
> > Oklahoma City Fire Department, or the Phoenix Fire
> > Department, or Dade
> > County, or to Feed the Children.
> >
> > When the authors wanted to donate a portion of the
> > proceeds from the book to
> >
> > our Memorial, the Memorial committee quietly said
> > "no thank you." I am so
> > glad, and so proud of them.
> > No sympathy, or no money needed here. We'll handle
> > it, thank you.
> >
> > This is not about Tim McVeigh. It's about the human
> > spirit. And, it's
> > here,
> > and it thrives, and it asks no sympathy.
> >
> > Love to All,
> > Donna Prather
> >
>****************************************************************
> >
> >
> > From An OKC Fireman:
> >
> > I hope that Tuesday when Tim McVeigh's book hits the
> > newsstands, that NO ONE
> >
> > WILL BUY THIS BOOK...
> >
> > This man is being given to much publicity and shows
> > NO REMORSE for the
> > HORRIBLE CRIME that he committed!
> >
> > He has admitted he is guilty. He refers to the 19
> > precious children he
> > murdered as "collateral Damage" and his only regret
> > is that "their deaths
> > proved to be a public
> > relations nightmare that undercut my cause."
> >
> > - OF ALL THE GALL!!!!
> >
> >
> > The pictures of these children and the adults will
> > always be in our minds!
> > 168 innocent people died that day.
> >
> > This man murdered them ... please do not make him
> > some sort of hero..
> > He wants part of the proceeds to go to the Oklahoma
> > City Memorial ..
> >
> > The O/C. MEMORIAL Declined the money...... Send the
> > Money to the Memorial
> > ...... but PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK....!!!!!!
> >
> > Thank you.... And remember the precious children ...
> > so innocent....
> >
> > Please pass this on to everyone you know, so this
> > monster does not get any
> > more publicity... That's all he wants, is the
> > publicity.
> >
> > Paul Hinchey,Captain
> >
> > I do not ordinarily do this, but I felt if this
> > could help keep any monies
> > that he (or who ever) might make from this book for
> > their so called causes,
> > I
> > jumped on the band wagon.


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