From: Bob Davis (earthjuice@PRODIGY.NET)
Date: Wed Sep 11 2002 - 14:58:26 CEST
I realize that some of you out there don't really give a sh*t about this...
But Mike and I do...
Last year at around this time as I was driving to work I got a telephone call on my cell phone from a fellow Soul-Patroller who said...
"I'm not sure what you are doing right at this moment, but whatever you are doing GET THE HELL OUTTA THERE..."
and so it began...
The reason for the call was because since for many years I had worked right across the street from the World Trade Center and quite a few folks here on the internet knew that.
What this person didn't know was that I has transferred about a year prior to 9/11/2001 to a different location.
He told me what was happening.
Then I called Mike who also worked in the area to make sure he was ok.
He had taken the day off.
At that point I started getting telephone calls from people all over the world, checking up on me.
The events of that date affected everyone in different ways.
Thank goodness none of my family members were killed that day, I had several who worked in the building, but they got out.
One of my running buddies from High School was killed.
On Soul-Patrol, Mike and I decided to open up our chat room for the following week for people to discuss the event and to let each other know that they were ok.
The events of that day led many different Soul-Patrollers to take some form of action over the course of the past year.
We have discussed for example the efforts of our own MIGHTY, MIGHTY DELLS in creating the "OPEN UP YOUR HEART FOUNDATION", which provides resources for the "FORGOTTEN VICTIMS" of the TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES.
In fact today, my brother Mike will be joining OPEN UP YOUR HEART FOUNDATION Executive Director NIA-DAWN WILLIAMS at the ceremonies at "GROUND ZERO".
However their effort wasn't the only one.
As you all know, the money that YOUR tickets to this summer's Soul-Patrol East Coast Convention was designated to the "OPEN UP YOUR HEART FOUNDATION" and a few weeks ago in Philadelphia we made the formal presentation of that money to the MIGHTY, MIGHTY DELLS onstage during their concert performance.
Today we want to honor someone who wasn't able to attend the Soul-Patrol Convention although he lived just a short distance away from where the event was held at in Burlington, NJ.
He wasn't able to attend because some BASTARDS decided to ATTACK THE UNITED STATES ON 9/11/2001 and forced LT. LEROY HOMER to CRASH AN AIRPLANE INTO THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN IN PENNSYLVANIA.
He is one of the "FORGOTTEN VICTIMS" and we paid honor to LT. LEROY HOMER at the Soul-Patrol East Coast Convention.
Today we would like to pay honor to him again by sharing with ALL of you the letter written to all of YOU who participated in some way, shape form or fashion in the Soul-Patrol East Coast Convention, from the family of LT. LEROY HOMER.
You may view this letter on our main page at the following link:
http://www.soul-patrol.com/
<a href="http://www.soul-patrol.com/">LT. LEROY HOMER</a>
If you click thru you will be taken to a web site which helps to raise money for the education of Black Pilots, started by the family of LT. LEROY HOMER
Once again Mike and I FULLY REALIZE that there are indeed some of you out there who DO NOT GIVE A SH*T about any of this and consider it to be an intrusion upon you.
You have proven that many times over the past year, with both your words and your deeds.
And no doubt you will CONTINUE to prove that.
I guess the good thing for Mike, myself and the other people who do think that this kind of stuff is important, is that it doesn't make one bit of difference to us what you think about it!
For those of you who do care, we cordially invite you to take a look at the letter and see what the family of LT. Leroy Homer has to say...
You may view this letter on our main page at the following link:
http://www.soul-patrol.com/
<a href="http://www.soul-patrol.com/">LT. LEROY HOMER</a>
Feel free to share this link with your own network of family and friends around the internet...
"Peace Be With You Brotha..."
--Gil Scott Heron
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Bob Davis
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