Fw: [DIGITALDIVIDE] quick report from DC, new listserv for discussing attack

[Diane H <daichan@ISLANDNET.COM>]

This is a message from another listserve to which I belong.  Andy Carvin has
set up a listserve for anyone who wants to talk about today's tragedy.
Diane Hayashi

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Carvin" <acarvin@benton.org>
To: <DIGITALDIVIDE@CDINET.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:52 AM
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] quick report from DC, new listserv for discussing
attack


>
>
> I just wanted to give a quick report from downtown DC. Most of us at the
> Benton Foundation  evacuated our building, which is at 18th and K street,
> three or four blocks from the white house. We received word of the attacks
> on the World Trade center building around 9am, having to rely on portable
> radios since our Internet connection froze as people tried to find more
> information. The majority of Benton staff were out of the building by
10am.
>
> The streets are filled with people briskly walking away from downtown,
> trying to get their cell phones to work. It's not a panic situation by any
> means - just lots of people determined to get the hell out of there. Some
> people are clearly shaken, and are being comforted by friends and
strangers
> alike. The streets are completely jammed with cars as people try to get
out
> of the city. Since lots of us at our office usually take the metro to work
> (which has been shut down, along with all other commuter trains), those of
> us who lived within walking distance offered to bring home other people
who
> would be stranded downtown.
>
> We're now back at my Dupont Circle apartment, two miles due north of the
> Pentagon. We can't see smoke from our balcony, which is surprising
> considering the extent of the damage we've seen on TV so far.
>
> I've set up a listserv, sept11info, for people wanting to talk about
today's
> attack. You can join the list by going to this address:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sept11info
>
> or by sending an email to sept11info-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
>
> Please feel free to pass on this information.
>
> I will do my best to report on any news here in DC, but let us all hope
and
> pray that the worst is over now. Our thoughts and prayers are with
everyone
> who's being affected by this insanity....
>
> Andy Carvin
> Benton Foundation
> acarvin@benton.org
>

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