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National Day of Remembrance: How You Can Help


posted: 30 June 2005
05:44 am

in_memorial

The employees of SPACE.com and the entire SPACE.com family extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those who died or were injured during the tragic events that began September 11, 2001.

We also offer our heartfelt thanks to the thousands of police, firefighters, emergency rescue teams, volunteers and service members who continue to risk their live on behalf of us all.


HOW YOU CAN HELP:

In New York City:

Police/Fire/Shelter Information

City Emergency Hotline call 212-560-2730

Information on police officers, call 718-677-8238

Information on firefighters, call 718-999-2541

Concerned about missing family or friends, call 866-856-4167 or 212-741-4626

For info on a loved one in a hospital, call 212-560-2730

For info about missing loved ones, call 212-447-2998

For Families of Passengers Aboard The Two United Airlines Hijacked Planes:

Flight 93 From Newark To San Francisco, And Flight 175 From Boston To Los Angeles : Call 1-800-932-8555.

For Families Of Those Onboard The Two American Airlines Flights: Flight 11

From Boston To Los Angeles And Flight 77 From Washington Dulles To Los Angeles Call: 1-800-245-0999.

FBI Tipline: 1-866-483-5139

NYPD Tipline: 718-765-4300

Pentagon Information: 1-877-663-6772

Army Personnel assigned to the Pentagon: 1-800-984-8523

Salvation Army

http://www.redshield.org/crisis/

1-800-SAL-ARMY

GIVING BLOOD

Blood and platelet donors will be needed over the next several weeks to help replenish the nation's supply. Call the Red Cross at 1-800-GIVE-LIFE or

America's Blood Centers at 1-888-BLOOD-88 to schedule an appointment.

MONEY DONATIONS

To donate money to the Red Cross for assisting victims of the attacks, call 1-800-HELP-NOW.

The United Way of New York and The New York Community Trust have established a fund to help the victims of Tuesday's attacks and their families. Anyone wishing to contribute to the September 11th Fund may call (212) 251-4035.

To make donations to the Salvation Army for helping the victims, call 1-800-SAL-ARMY.

For more information on helping victims of the U.S. attacks, visit Helping.org.

To donate to World Vision's American Families Assistance Fund, click here.

Or call 1-888-511-6593.

CRIME TIPS

The FBI has set up a Web site and hotline where people can report tips or other information about the attacks: www.ifccfbi.gov and 1-866-483-5137.

Intelligence officials told NBC News they were especially eager to recover any video that tourists may have been shooting before and during the attacks.

LOCATING SURVIVORS

If you need assistance:

If you are in one of the attack areas and in need of assistance, contact FEMA at 1-800-426-9029.

Families seeking information:

The Justice Departments Office of Victims of Crime has established a hotline for families seeking information about victims and survivors:

1-800-331-0075.

FirstGov has a comprehensive list of U.S. government resources and information at http://www.firstgov.gov/featured/usgresponse.html

Information for military personnel and their families:

Officials at the Pentagon are asking Army personnel assigned to the Pentagon

on Sept. 11 (or families trying to locate their loved ones) to call 1-800-984-8523 or 703-428-0002. Navy and Marine personnel assigned to the Pentagon should call 1-877-663-6772.

Family members of military personnel seeking information should call 1-800-984-8523 (Army), 1-877-663-6772 (Navy and Marine Corps.), 1-800-253-9276 (Air Force).

Information for employees and their families from corporations formerly housed in the World Trade Center buildings:

Morgan Stanley has an emergency contact phone number. Employees and their families can call 1-888-883-4391.

Cantor Fitzgerald Inc. has an emergency contact phone number. Employees and their families can call 1-203-662-3600.

Aon asks families of its 1,100 employees who worked in World Trade Center Tower 2 to call 1-866-256-4154.

Windows on the World restaurant is trying to locate its employees and give information to families; the number for Windows on the World is

1-877-226-5170.

Web sites for people who need to contact their familes:

PictureTel and its partners are offering free videoconferencing for communication with distant family members, or to aid in the business crisis planning process. A database of available facilities is available at

http://www.picturetel.com/aboutus.asp?name=abthh.xml.

Web sites are available for people who still haven't been able to contact their family members:

http://okay.prodigy.net/

http://www.viexpo.com/dmstest/america.html

http://safe.millennium.berkeley.edu/find.php

http://www.bostoncoop.net:8080/SeptEleven?PersonalStatus

 

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