Andrea ...

aged 14, in hospital with due to a broken neck.

A beautiful young lady and a talented athlete.

I ask for your prayers as the surgeons have done a graft hoping to restore some movement to her arms and fingers.

Please, in which ever way you pray, pray for my friend.

by the grace of the God and Goddess i will Lacie. :)

I send out all my prayers for her....may she recover and be well~ *hugs*

May God protect you in the valleys
May Christ hold your hand on the path
May the Holy Spirit strengthen you on the way

In the sun, in the dark
When you are happy
When you are sad.

May you know that God is always
Circling you around with love
Protecting you
Loving you.

May you be blessed in knowing this
Now, today, tonight, tomorrow,
All your days.

God bless you.

Our kindest healing thoughts go out to Lacies friend and her family and friends.

Andrea-
God Bless you.
God grant you the stength you will need and the
knowing you are not alone.
ivy

Cao, that was beautiful.

We place our trust in God
and send the love in our hearts to Andrea.

UPDATE - Andrea is out of intensive care and has been transfered to Shenton Park Rehabilitation Hospital - it is one of the best. The initial operation was on C4 ... in medical terms I think her condition is C5-6. At this stage she is Quad, with hope of some improvement. We will continue to pray for and encourage the minimal movement she has shown in her arms. It seems she can, at times, lift her arms but does not have the movement to lower them.

She is a beautiful young lady!! I continue to ask for your prayers, thoughts, positive energy.

We would also like to know of any radical treatments / therapy that is available thoughout the world.

I thank you all .. those who have posted here; those who have emailed me and those who have talked with me in chat. Please!! continue your prayers/thoughts/energy for Andrea.

try homeopathy. i'm not sure if that will work, but give it a shot.

Contact the:
Christopher Reeve Foundation
1-888-711-HOPE (4673)
PO Box 277
FDR Station
NY,NY 10150-0277

It serves a source of info about things like this.

*H* Good luck!!!!

I pray God will bring you in His arms and carry
you through this way.
Hugs.

Lacie, my best-friend Morrighan sends her prayers to Andrea. so do i with my own power and with the power the the God and Goddess. Bless it be.

...just an informative aside for Gypsy...
It's actually Blessed be..with the accent on the second e (my 'puter won't do that character),

May the spirit find young Andrea and heal her body, give strength to her soul, and hope to her spirit.

thanks lost,i didn't know that.

lacie - sorry to hear when something so bad happens to someone so young with their life ahead of them - she will have a long hard road ahead of her but we will all wish her strength to heal. If there is anymore we can do we are just a holler away. Hugs and healing wishes.

Thanks, Vic. Yeah, she is so young, but, I gotta tell ya all. This young lady is a 'hero'. She is just amazing!

Andrea is talking about 'when I can continue at school' .. 'when I get home' .. Her spirit is impressive!!!!!

There is still no improvement in her movements. She is able to lift her arms, but not lower them down again .. the various muscle groups are controlled at differing levels of vertebrae. We are still holding out hope that some finger movement will return when the initial swelling from the accident dissipates.

The family are VERY interested in any programs or alternative therapy anyone might know of.

Thank you all for you prayers and good wishes .. keep them coming!!!!!

andrea....may you and you family draw strength and courage from the abounding love and support that surrounds you....may you always know that you are never alone and never will be. keep fighting babe, keep smiling and know we are with you all the way. xxx

Lace, up on the 5th I posted an addy to get in touch with.

Thanks Soul, I got it! *hug*

Andrea's spirit is so strong!

I have a friend who recommends isometrics --abdominal and/or muscle tightening (visualization for extremeties) and water therapy.

Lacie .. check out the following "Cure not Care" site and pass the information on to Andrea. My friend, Former Canadian Olympic & Commonwealth Games Cyclist, Joyclin Lovell, who received spinal cord injuries( quadriplegic)after a cycling accident back in the 1980's is a prime mover for this program here in Canada. He is convinced that someday he will be riding his bike again..
the site is http://carecure.rutgers.edu/

*lights a candle for those who were wounded and/or died/will die as a result of this tragedy today, (yesterday in other time zones)~

*adds her candle* ..for those left behind

I pray for each victim's soul
Prayers for the survivors
Compassion for those left behind.

Between us, let's repair the rent in the fabric of world society.

God be with you, Americans. We share your shock and offer comfort in your pain.

I watched the news in horror yesterday from my office, needless to say I wasn't a very productive employee. Right before noon, I said "That's it, I'm taking this nausea and knotted stomach and leaving to go check on my kiddo at school." I did so and we had lunch. I stayed a little longer and was a "guest reader" to his class and then we headed for home a little later. The children were full of questions.

It's amazing how this calm anger I feel can be redirected so positively. My son and I had a very poignant discussion about what was happening to Americans. I agree with what I'm reading/hearing that this will unite us stronger than ever in the United States. They want to take away our strongest emotion... "love." We will outsmart, outmaneuver and outlast all of this and more because.. "We get it."

Wishing there was more I could do just as one individual. Please, please lift up in prayer those service men (and all the branches) that are being called in to help.

Keep Looking Up,

Wun

P.S. Emmmm, a little freaky when 2 F-16's flew directly over my house yesterday. Seems they were escorts for the only 2 flights allowed to leave the national airport nearby.

i found out in school yesterday. the following is a prayer to honor all the people that were hurt or killed.
"You have gone and now I wonder
Why it is you must depart.
And even though you're just a memory
Your spark of life is in our hearts.
No tears or wishing bring you back,
No hope can change this plan of time.
Into the Heavens divine.
The Sun in this world, where you left us,
Rises, shining, then descends,
Setting in the western quarter
Yet soon to come back again.
Within your land there is no shadow
And love eternal never dies.
I know you're with us every moment
Even through this brief goodbye."
~~David O. Norris

Afganis-scum

guest: please no bashing. i have friends that are from the middle east. they are crying with me. not all of them are scom

If you want scum - I've got real scum for you!

American-based as it happens, but they could be from anywhere.
I get a lot of spam. It goes with the territory - having email addresses on websites and usenet/maillist postings.

There's a bunch of scumbags that plague me daily with offers of things that I've never wanted. They hide behind 'bullet-proof' offshore hosts, but they are 'American'.

This mornning they're spamvertising a page that purports to collect money for victim relief.
Though they say they take only 10% of donations for 'admin costs', the true figure is almost certainly 100%.

If anyone wnats to contribute, do so directly to the proper organisations, and not through intermediaries.
I'll continue to give as much hell as I can to scumbags.


Remember that evil is closer to home than you would like to think.
Don't demonise a people or a race or a religion. That way of thinking is what caused the attacks to happen.

Look for demons closer to home.
You'll find them.

Purely Proper Pontifications, Pontiff.

Anyone who judges an entire country on the actions of its government or a handful of its citizens/residents, are guilty of the same form of bigotry that those who carried out this attack.

I think Accasbel will forgive me this time for the length of this post. But the mind reels at this unspeakable horror; we cannot wrap our minds around the sheer magnitude. Perhaps this post will help put a human face on the numbers we are hearing on the news.

It is inconceivable what men will do to their fellow humans in the name of God...madness, madness...

Five thousand candles sputter in the cold night wind. Each a loved one, each with loved ones...

from The Associated Press, 09-13-01

Partial list of those killed in Tuesday's terrorist attacks, according to family members, friends, co-workers and law enforcement. American Airlines Flight 11, Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into World Trade Center

CREW:

- John Ogonowski, 52, Dracut, Mass., captain

- Thomas McGuinness, 42, Portsmouth, N.H., first officer

- Barbara Arestegui, 38, Marstons Mills, Mass., flight attendant

- Jeffrey Collman, flight attendant

- Sara Low, 28, Batesville, Ark., flight attendant

- Karen Martin, flight attendant

- Kathleen Nicosia, flight attendant

- Betty Ong, 45, Andover, Mass., flight attendant

- Jean Roger, 24, Longmeadow, Mass., flight attendant

- Dianne Snyder, 42, Westport, Mass., flight attendant

- Madeline Sweeney, 35, Acton, Mass., flight attendant

PASSENGERS:

- Anna Williams Allison, 48, Stoneham, Mass., founder A2 Software Solutions

- David Angell, 54, Pasadena, Calif., executive producer, NBC's ``Frasier''

- Lynn Angell, Pasadena, Calif.

- Seima Aoyama

- Myra Aronson, 52, Charlestown, Mass., press and analyst relations manager

- Christine Barbuto, 32, Brookline, Mass., TJX Co.

- Berry Berenson, 53, Los Angeles, actress and photographer

- Carolyn Beug, 48, Los Angeles

- Carol Bouchard, 43, Warwick, R.I., Kent County Hospital emergency room secretary

- Robin Caplin, Natick, Mass.

- Neilie Casey, 32, Wellesley, Mass., TJX Co.

- Jeffrey Coombs, 42, Abington, Mass., security analyst for Compaq

- Tara Creamer, 30, Worcester, Mass.

- Thelma Cuccinello, 71, Wilmot, N.H.

- Patrick Currivan

- Andrew Curry Green, Chelmsford, Mass.

- Brian Dale, 43, Warren, N.J.

- David DiMeglio, Wakefield, Mass.

- Donald Ditullio, 49, Peabody, Mass., Smith and Nephew

- Albert Dominguez

- Alex Filipov, 70, Concord, Mass.

- Carol Flyzik, 40, Plaistow, N.H.

- Paul Friedman

- Karleton D.B. Fyfe, 31, Brookline, Mass., John Hancock

- Peter Gay, 54, Tewksbury, Mass., Raytheon Co. plant manager

- Linda George, 27, Westboro, Mass., TJX Co.

- Edmund Glazer, 41, Los Angeles, chief financial officer, MRV Communications

- Lisa Fenn Gordenstein, 41, Needham, Mass., TJX Co.

- Paige Farley Hackel, 46, Newton, Mass., spiritual counselor

- Peter Hashem, 40, Tewksbury, Mass., salesman

- Robert Hayes

- Ted Hennessey, 35, Belmont, Mass., consultant

- John Hofer

- Cora Holland, 52, Sudbury, Mass., Sudbury Food Pantry at Our Lady of Fatima Church

- Nicholas Humber, 60, Newton, Mass., owner of Brae Burn Management

- John Jenkins

- Charles Jones, 48, Bedford, Mass., computer programmer

- Robin Kaplan, 33, Westboro, Mass., TJX Co.

- Barbara Keating, 72, Palm Springs, Calif.

- David Kovalcin, 42, Hudson, N.H.

- Judy Larocque, 50, Framingham, Mass., founder and CEO of research firm Market Perspectives

- Jude Larson, 31, Los Angeles

- Natalie Larson, Los Angeles

- N. Janis Lasden, 46, Peabody, Mass., General Electric

- Daniel John Lee, 34, Los Angeles

- Daniel C. Lewin, 31, co-founder of Akamai Technologies

- Susan MacKay, 44, Westford, Mass., TJX Co.

- Chris Mello, 25, Boston, analyst

- Jeff Mladenik, 43, Hinsdale, Ill., interim president at E-Logic

- Antonio Montoya

- Carlos Montoya

- Laura Lee Morabito, 34, Framingham, Mass., national sales manager for Qantas Airways

- Mildred Naiman, Andover, Mass.

- Laurie Neira

- Renee Newell, 37, Cranston, R.I., American Airlines customer service agent

- Jacqueline Norton, 60, Lubec, Maine, retiree

- Robert Norton, 82, Lubec, Maine, retiree

- Jane Orth, 49, Haverhill, Mass., retired from Lucent Technology

- Thomas Pecorelli, 31, Los Angeles, cameraman for Fox Sports and E! Entertainment Television

- Bernthia Perkins, 53, Wellfleet, Mass., actress and photographer

- Sonia Morales Puopolo, 58, Dover, Mass., former ballet dancer

- David Retik, Needham, Mass.

- Philip Rosenzweig, Acton, Mass., executive with Sun Microsystems

- Richard Ross, 58, Newton, Mass. the Ross Group

- Jessica Sachs, 22, Billerica, Mass., accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers

- Rahma Salie, 28, Boston

- Heather Smith, 30, Boston, Beacon Capital Partners

- Douglas Stone, 54, Dover, N.H.

- Xavier Suarez

- Michael Theodoridis, 32, Boston, consultant

- James Trentini, 65, Everett, Mass., retired teacher and assistant principal

- Mary Trentini, 67, Everett, Mass., retired secretary

- Mary Wahlstrom, 75, Kaysville, Utah

- Kenneth Waldie, 46, Methuen, Mass., Raytheon Co.

- John Wenckus, 46, Torrance, Calif., tax consultant

- Candace Lee Williams, 20, Danbury, Conn., student

- Christopher Zarba, 47, Hopkinton, Mass., software engineer at Concord Communications


United Airlines Flight 175, Boston to Los Angeles, crashed into World Trade Center

CREW:

- Victor J. Saracini, 51, Lower Makefield Township, Pa., captain

- Michael Horrocks, first officer

- Robert Fangman, flight attendant

- Amy Jarret, 28, North Smithfield, R.I., flight attendant

- Amy King, flight attendant

- Kathryn Laborie, flight attendant

- Alfred Marchand, 44, Alamogordo, N.M., flight attendant

- Michael Tarrou, flight attendant

- Alicia N. Titus, 28, San Francisco, flight attendant

PASSENGERS:

- Alona Avraham, 30, Ashdod, Israel

- Garnet ``Ace'' Bailey, 53, Lynnfield, Mass., director of pro scouting, Los Angeles Kings

- Mark Bavis, 31, West Newton, Mass., Los Angeles Kings scout

- Graham Berkeley, 37, Wellesley, Mass.

- Touri Bolourchi, 69, Beverly Hills, Calif.

- Klaus Bothe, 31, chief of development, BCT Technology AG, Germany

- Daniel Brandhorst, 42, Los Angeles, PriceWaterhouse lawyer

- David Brandhorst, 3, Los Angeles

- John Cahill, Wellesley, Mass.

- Christoffer Carstanjen, 33, Turner Falls, Mass., computer research specialist at University of Massachusetts

- John ``Jay'' Corcoran, 44, Norwell, Mass., merchant marine

- Dorothy Dearaujo, 82, Long Beach, Calif.

- Gloria de Barrera

- Lisa Frost, 22, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., sales and marketing associate

- Ronald Gamboa, 33, Los Angeles, Gap store manager

- Lynn Goodchild, 25, Attleboro, Mass., Putnam Investments

- Francis Grogan, 76, Easton, Mass., priest at Holy Cross Church

- Carl Hammond, 37, Boston

- Peter Hanson, 32, Groton, Mass., software salesman

- Susan Hanson, 35, Groton, Mass., student

- Christine Hanson, 3, Groton, Mass.

- Gerald F. Hardacre, 62, of Carlsbad, Calif.

- Eric Hartono

- James E. Hayden, 47, Westford, Mass., chief financial officer of Netegrity Inc.

- Robert Jalbert, 61, Swampscott, Mass., salesman

- Ralph Kershaw, 52, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., marine surveyor

- Heinrich Kimmig, 43, chairman of BCT Technology AG, Germany

- Brian Kinney, 29, Lowell, Mass., PriceWaterhouse Cooper auditor

- Robert LeBlanc, 70, Lee, N.H., professor emeritus of geography, University of New Hampshire

- Maclovio ``Joe'' Lopez Jr., 41, Norwalk, Calif.

- Marianne MacFarlane

- Louis Neil Mariani, 59, Derry, N.H.

- Juliana Valentine McCourt, 4, New London, Conn.

- Ruth McCourt, 45, New London, Conn.

- Wolfgang Menzel, 60, personnel manager, BCT Technology AG, Germany

- Shawn Nassaney, 25, Pawtucket, R.I., American Power Conversion

- Patrick Quigley, 40, Wellesley, Mass., partner at PriceWaterhouse Cooper

- Frederick Rimmele, Marblehead, Mass., physician

- James M. Roux, 42, Portland, Maine

- Jesus Sanchez, 45, Hudson, Mass., off-duty flight attendant

- Kathleen Shearer, Dover, N.H.

- Robert Shearer, Dover, N.H.

- Jane Simpkin, 35, Wayland, Mass.

- Brian D. Sweeney, 38, Barnstable, Mass., business consultant

- Timothy Ward, 38, San Diego, information technology project manager, Rubio's Restaurants

- William Weems, 46, Marblehead, Mass., commercial producer

American Airlines Flight 77, Washington to Los Angeles, crashed into Pentagon

CREW:

- Charles Burlingame, 51, Virginia, captain

- David Charlebois, Washington, first officer

- Michele Heidenberger, 57, Chevy Chase, Md., flight attendant

- Jennifer Lewis, 38, Culpeper, Va., flight attendant

- Kenneth Lewis, 49, Culpeper, Va., flight attendant

- Renee May, 39, Baltimore, flight attendant

PASSENGERS:

- Dr. Paul Ambrose, 32, physician

- Yeneneh Betru, 35, Burbank, Calif., director of medical affairs for hospital services company IPC

- MJ Booth

- Bernard Brown, 11, student, Leckie Elementary School in Washington

- Suzanne Calley, 42, San Martin, Calif., employee of Cisco Systems Inc.

- William E. Caswell, 54, Silver Spring, Md., physicist, Navy

- Sarah Clark, 65, Columbia, Md., sixth-grade teacher, Backus Middle School in Washington

- Asia Cottom, 11, student, Backus Middle School in Washington

- James Debeuneure, 58, Upper Marlboro, Md., fifth-grade teacher, Ketcham Elementary School in Washington

- Rodney Dickens, 11, student, Ketcham Elementary School in Washington

- Eddie Dillard

- Charles Droz, 52, Springfield, Va., vice president for software development, EM Solutions Inc.

- Barbara G. Edwards, 58, Las Vegas, teacher, Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas

- Charles S. Falkenberg, 45, University Park, Md., director of research at ECOlogic Corp.

- Zoe Falkenberg, 8, University Park, Md.

- Dana Falkenberg, 3, University Park, Md.

- James Joe Ferguson, 39, District of Columbia, education outreach director of National Geographic (news - web sites) Society

- Wilson ``Bud'' Flagg, 63, Millwood, Va., retired Navy admiral and retired American Airlines pilot

- Darlene ``Dee'' Flagg, 63, Millwood, Va.

- Richard Gabriel

- Ian Gray, 55, Washington, president of healthcare consulting firm

- Stanley Hall, 68, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

- Bryan Jack, 48, Alexandria, Va., senior executive at Defense Department

- Steven D. ``Jake'' Jacoby, 43, Alexandria, Va., chief operating officer, Metrocall Inc.

- Ann Judge, 49, Virginia, National Geographic Society travel office manager

- Chandler Keller, 29, Boeing propulsion engineer in El Segundo, Calif.

- Yvonne Kennedy

- Norma Khan, 45, Reston, Va., manager of a nonprofit organization

- Karen A. Kincaid, 40, lawyer with Wiley Rein & Fielding in Washington

- Norma Langsteuerle

- Dong Lee, 48, Leesburg, Va., engineer, Boeing Inc.

- Dora Menchaca, 45, Santa Monica, Calif., associate director of clinical research for biotech firm

- Christopher Newton, 38, Ashburn, Va., executive, WorkLife Benefits

- Barbara Olson, 45, TV commentator and lawyer

- Ruben Ornedo, 39, Los Angeles, Boeing propulsion engineer

- Robert Penniger, 63, Poway, Calif., electrical engineer, BAE Systems

- Lisa Raines, 42, senior vice president of biotechnology firm

- Todd Reuben, 40, Potomac, Md., tax and business lawyer

- John Sammartino, 37, Annandale, Va., technical manager, XonTech Inc.

- Yang Shuyin, Beijing, China

- Diane Simmons

- George Simmons

- Mari-Rae Sopper, 35, Santa Barbara, Calif., women's gymnastics coach, UC Santa Barbara

- Robert Speisman, 47, Irvington, N.Y.

- Hilda Taylor, sixth grade teacher at Leckie Elementary School in Washington

- Leonard Taylor, 44, Reston, Va., technical group manager, XonTech Inc.

- Sandra Teague, 31, a physical therapist at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington

- Leslie A. Whittington, 45, University Park, Md., Georgetown University professor

- John Yamnicky, 71, Waldorf, Md.

- Vicki Yancey, 44, Springfield, Va., employee of defense contractor Vredenburg

- Zheng Yuguang, Beijing, China


United Airlines Flight 93, Newark, N.J., to San Francisco, crashed in rural southwest Pennsylvania

CREW:

- Jason Dahl, 43, Denver, captain

- Leroy Homer, Marlton, N.J., first officer

- Lorraine Bay, flight attendant

- Sandra Bradshaw, 38, Greensboro, N.C., flight attendant

- Wanda Green, flight attendant

- CeeCee Lyles, Fort Myers, Fla., flight attendant

- Deborah Welsh, flight attendant

PASSENGERS:

- Christian Adams

- Todd Beamer, 32, of Cranbury, N.J., account manager, Oracle Corp.

- Alan Beaven, 48, Oakland, Calif., environmental lawyer

- Mark Bingham, 31, San Francisco, public relations firm owner

- Deora Bodley, 20, Santa Clara, Calif., university student

- Marion Britton

- Thomas E. Burnett Jr., 38, San Ramon, Calif., senior executive of medical research company

- William Cashman

- Georgine Corrigan

- Joseph Deluca

- Patrick Driscoll

- Edward Felt, 41, Matawan, N.J.

- Colleen Fraser

- Andrew Garcia

- Jeremy Glick, 31, West Milford, N.J.

- Lauren Grandcolas, 36, San Rafael, Calif., sales worker at Good Housekeeping magazine

- Donald F. Greene, 52, Greenwich, Conn.

- Linda Gronlund

- Richard Guadagno, 38, Eureka, Calif., Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge manager, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

- Toshiya Kuge

- Waleska Martinez

- Nicole Miller, 21, San Jose, student, West Valley College

- Mark Rothenberg

- Christine Snyder, 32, Kailua, Hawaii

- John Talignani

- Honor Wainio World Trade Center:

- Ray Downey, New York firefighter, chief of special operations command

- William Feehan, First Deputy Commissioner of Fire Department

- Peter Ganci, Fire Department chief

- The Rev. Mychal Judge, 68, Fire Department chaplain

- Yamel Merino, 24, Yonkers, N.Y., emergency medical technician Pentagon:

- Terry Lynch, consultant for New York's Booz-Allen & Hamilton and former Congressional staffer

In addition to confirmed deaths(190 as of this date), the Defense Department has issued this list of people unaccounted for following the attack at the Pentagon

NAVY:

-Yeoman Second Class Melissa Rose Barnes, 27, Redlands, Calif.

-Information Systems Technician Second Class Kris Romeo Bishundat, 23, Waldorf, Md.

-Electronics Technician Third Class Christopher Lee Burford, 23, Hubert, N.C.

-Electronics Technician Third Class Daniel Martin Caballero, 21, Houston.

-Lt. Eric Allen Cranford, 32, Drexel, N.C.

-Capt. Gerald Francis Deconto, 44, Sandwich, Mass.

-Information Systems Technician First Class Johnnie Doctor Jr., 32, Jacksonville, Fla.

-Cmdr. Robert Edward Dolan, 43, Florham Park, N.J.

-Cmdr. William Howard Donovan Jr., 37, Nunda, N.Y.

-Cmdr. Patrick Dunn, 39, Fords, N.J.

-Aerographer's Mate First Class Edward Thomas Earhart, 26, Salt Lick, Ky.

-Lt. Cmdr. Robert Randolph Elseth, 37, of Vestal, N.Y.

-Storekeeper Third Class Jamie Lynn Fallon, 23, Woodbridge, Va.

-Aerographer's Mate Second Class Matthew Michael Flocco, 21, of Newark, Del.

-Capt. Lawrence Daniel Getzfred, 57, of Elgin, Neb.

-Electronics Technician First Class Ronald John Hemenway, 37, of Kansas City, Kan.

-Lt. Michael Scott Lamana, 31, of Baton Rouge, La.

-Operations Specialist Second Class Nehamon Lyons IV, 30, of Mobile, Ala.

-Electronics Technician Second Class Brian Anthony Moss, 34, of Sperry, Okla.

-Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Jude Murphy, 38, of Flossmoor, Ill.

-Illustrator/Draftsman Second Class Michael Allen Noeth, 30, of Jackson Heights, N.Y.

-Lt. Jonas Martin Panik, 26, of Mingoville, Pa.

-Lt. j.g. Darin Howard Pontell, 26, of Columbia, Md.

-Aviation Warfare Systems Operator First Class Joseph John Pycior Jr., 39, of Carlstadt, N.J. -

-Information Systems Technician First Class Marsha Dianah Ratchford, 34, of Prichard, Ala.

-Cmdr. Robert Allan Schlegel, 38, of Gray, Maine.

-Cmdr. Dan Frederic Shanower, 40, of Naperville, Ill.

-Chief Information Systems Technician Gregg Harold Smallwood, 44, of Overland Park, Kan.

-Lt. Cmdr. Otis Vincent Tolbert, 38, of Lemoore, Calif.

-Lt. Cmdr. Ronald James Vauk, 37, of Nampa, Idaho.

-Lt. Cmdr. David Lucian Williams, 32, of Newport, Ore.

-Information Systems Technician Second Class Kevin Wayne Yokum, 27, of Lake Charles, La.

-Chief Information Systems Technician Donald McArthur Young, 41, of Roanoke, Va.

NAVY CIVILIANS:

-Angela Houtz, 27, of La Plata, Md.

-Brady Howell, 26, of Arlington, Va.

-Judith Jones, 53, of Woodbridge, Va.

-James Lynch, no age given, of Manassas, Va.

-Capt. (Retired) Jack Punches, 51, of Clifton, Va.

NAVY CONTRACTORS:

-Julian Cooper, 39, of Springdale, Md.

-Jerry Moran, 39, Upper Marlboro, Md.

-Khang Nguyen, no age given, Fairfax, Va.

-Marvin Woods, 58, of Great Mills, Md

END PRESS RELEASE

To this partial list must be added the 4,700 persons listed as missing in the World Trade Center destruction...God help us all.

*lights three candles...one for those lost, one for Hope, and one for Peace.*

Amen

adds three candles to those here, one for wisdom, one for reflection, and one for humanity

*lights two candles*

The first is for all we have lost in the last few days.

The second is for a new little life which came into the world last night. Samantha was born at 5:08 MST yesterday to my very best friends. She arrived over a month early and weighs only 3lbs 1 ounce... but she is breathing on her own, and is a perfectly healthy little baby.

I just wanted to share this with all of you because it gave me hope. Even after this terrible tragedy, life goes on its lifey course. Wonderful things happen quietly all over the world. Beautiful children are born to parents who will teach them to love and respect others, to value life, and to work to make the world a better place.

And because of that, my heart is lighter.

*welcomes Samantha* ... God bless you.

*adds two candles*
the first is for the hurt and killed of the attacks. the second is because the woman that my mom rents office space from died last night. at the end of Oct. she's out an office. Gods help us all. things here seem to be going from terable to horrible.

"There is not enough darkness in the world to put out the light of one candle." Please, don't let the candles burn out. One candle loses nothing by lighting another.

GRIEF broke borders and natural barriers today as Northern Ireland and The Republic joined international expressions of sympathy with America - and faced the growing prospect that Irish people lost relatives in Tuesday's terrorist attacks.
Tyone gaelic football stars Peter and Pascal Canavan were today hoping for news on their New York cousin who has been missing since Tuesday's attack.
Sheila Quinn (79), from north Belfast, was preparing to hear the worst about the fate of her brother's grandson, Brian Monaghan.
Family members were in New York just a few weeks ago to celebrate the 21st birthday of Brian, a relative of former champion boxer Rinty Monaghan.

And there were also fears for Sheffield man Nigel Thompson, whose father Norman is from Northern Ireland.
Dubliner Patrick Currivan and Co Cork woman Ruth McCourt and her four-year-old daughter Juliana were among those on board the hijacked jets which smashed into the World Trade Centre.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
...where there is injury, pardon;
...where there is doubt, faith;
...where there is despair, hope;
...where there is darkness, light;
...where there is sadness, joy;

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
...to be consoled as to console;
...to be understood as to understand;
...to be loved as to love with all my heart.

hi everyone. i need the help of prayer right now. mom has found a new office but now it's the house. we're being kicked out by the man we rent from. we have less than a month to find a house and move. please remember us in your prayers.

Lights a candle for GW, and another for her Mother.