Date: 	Tue, 11 Sep 2001 13:05:51 -0500
From: radhika_gajjala <radhika-AT-cyberdiva.org>
Subject: Fwd: quick report from DC, new listserv for discussing attack


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>Approved-By:  Andy Carvin <acarvin-AT-BENTON.ORG>
>Date:         Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:52:58 -0400
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>From: Andy Carvin <acarvin-AT-benton.org>
>Subject:      quick report from DC, new listserv for discussing attack
>To: BENTON-COMPOLICY-AT-CDINET.COM
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>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-AT-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-AT-benton.org
>
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