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From: maura conry <>
Subject: Re: [SO.PHILLY] Fw: [allaboutphilly] Fw: please pass this on
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 07:18:20 -0500
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Please do not send me any more messages not related to Philidelphia genealogy. Thank you.

lorri wrote:

> LORRI
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> Date: Saturday, June 09, 2001 6:41 AM
> Subject: [allaboutphilly] Fw: please pass this on
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> LORRI
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> Date: Friday, June 08, 2001 7:32 PM
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> 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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