FW: a pledge letter to send to your American friends

An alumni forwarded this letter written by a local American friend, Steve McIntosh, a residence of Westford.

 

 

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We still feel deep pain for the children, spouses and friends of the 3,000 people who died in the World Trade Center disaster.

This week, the children, wives, husbands, parents and friends of nearly 50,000 killed, buried or missing victims of the Sechuan, China, earthquake were thrust deeply into the same world of pain. Children went to school like every other day and in seconds lost their home and their parents. Parents went to work and in seconds lost their beloved children under the tons of concrete of collapsed schools.

As NPR reports, one mother will have to find a way to live on with the last words of her son ringing in her ears: "Mommy, please don't leave me." Rescuers uncovered him from the rubble of his home. He was found curled up, dead, in the frozen embrace of his deceased grandfather's arms.

Like the horror of the World Trade Center on 9/11, this unimaginable tragedy, the death and the pain cannot be reversed.  But you can help. You can give the survivors a helping hand with a donation, a gift that provides food, clothing, bedding, medicine and sanctuary to those suffering the horrendous physical and emotional wounds this earthquake has inflicted. The children, suddenly homeless and alone in a terrifying world, especially need your help. Please give.