In a message dated 11/09/2001 12:11:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, Anna.Cotter@ca.com writes: > ! I also noticed that the Salvation Army was there. They were giving out > coffee and other drinks to the approximately 100 people there to help. It > was the Salvation Army that called the Red Cross for me. > . But unfortunately it's going to take time and the families just can't sit back and "wait" to be contacted. Since it is close to Veterans Day, I would like to make a plug for the Salvation Army. They don't wait for the family to contact them, they go where they are needed. My father was a W.W.II veteran. He was a very frugal man, cheap. But he gave to the Salvation Army, because they were there at every battle and any where the soldiers needed them. He 3 1/2 years in Europe he never saw the Red Cross. The Red Cross didn't hand out coffee and doughnuts to the troops, the Salvation Army did. I took the two above quotes from the 911 letters of today. I'm glad the lady got help from the Red Cross, but they wouldn't have come if the Salvation Army didn't call them. The Red Cross is waiting to be contacted. People in trouble don't always know who to contact. I sent my money to the Salvation Army, and will continue to put money in the kettles and back it up with a check. They contact the needy. Rosanne