9-11...Sinai Students
answering the call
September 11, 2001
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9-11...Sinai Students
answering the call
September 11, 2001
| 9-11-01
The Day the World Changed A state of emergency has been declared in New York City. The Hospital is on full alert and prepared to accept patients. There are currently two entrances to the building open: Madison Avenue entrance to Guggenheim and the 5th Avenue entrance to the Klingenstein Pavilion. A Command Center has been established in Guggenheim Conference Room 2C for essential personnel. Psychiatrists and chaplains are available for all personnel in KCC 1N. Due to the unavailability of antennas, cell phones and pagers may not be functioning. Disruptions in landline communications are also anticipated. If any visitor unknown to you enters your area, please advice security immediately at 46068. Blood donations are urgently needed. Donations can be made at the Blood Donor Center in the basement of KCC. As subways and major arteries
into and out of the City have been closed, the best course of action is
to remain at your desks. If you need to move around the Hospital, please
be certain to wear your ID badge. Your cooperation at this critical time
is greatly appreciated.
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Visiting ground zero. |
Tina, Bin Bin, and Jessica answer phone calls from friends and families of those involved in the WTC tragedy at the Mount Sinai Psych Department.
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9-12-01
Helping where we can... To all medical students who can help out:The Social work department of the Psych ward in KCC 1-132 still needs volunteers all weekend, 24 hours a day, to answer phone calls, record missing persons info., and compile a database. This is the job decription in short, but the social workers there will direct you as needed to help out. Students are being asked to fill 2 hour shifts in pairs of two.Most of today (Friday) is covered, except for late in the evening, but we still need many Saturday and Sunday volunteers.To sign up, go to the Klingenstein Center, Ground Floor, Room 1-132. (Go into the tunnels and follow the blue strip on the wall or signs saying Klingenstein) There will be a master list of volunteers and designated times posted there after 1PM today, and you can add your name to the volunteer list to sign up. Thanks so much for everybody's help. It's great to see how much compassion we have among the students in this community. |
| 9-13-01
Light a Candle for Unity! Though terrorists may have struck
out at us as Americans, let us come together and show our unity. Let us
show that though our arm may have been hurt, they cannot dim the heart
of America which rages bright. On Thursday September 13, 2001 at 10:30
pm EST, walk out your door and light a candle or lantern to show the world
that our spirit burns bright. Gather with loved ones or gather with neighbors
but let our light burn in the night to show that we are united and that
we remain strong. Please pass this on to anyone you know..print it up and
pass it to neighbors who may not have internet access, post it to message
boards, clubs, news stations, anywhere and everywhere there is a PROUD
American!
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Sinai students gather for a vigil outside of Aron Hall Thursday night. |
Sarah Apgar, Sarah Depew, and Benji Dillon host a table to collect money for WTC relief in the Guggenheim Pavillion. Sinai students collected $20,000 in donations. |
9-15-01
An e-mail to my family and friends: Hi everyone.
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The streets are dead like a ghost town and the
windows of buildings and awnings in front of buildings are littered
with soot. It is almost like a layer of soft snow blanketing the streets,
but grayer.
The few people on the streets there are either
the curious, like me and Mauli, or they are the police officers who are
meant to keep us away. It was pretty surreal. We wanted to find the place
where bystanders were applauding rescue workers getting off their shifts,
but we couldn't find it.
Instead we got back on the subway and headed
to Union Square, where there is sort of a constant candlelight vigil/missing
persons poster gallery/celebration of life. There are huge circles of candles,
and 8x11 posters of the missing everywhere. There are American flags
rooted in the soil and giant cards to sign for Mayor Guiliani. There are
letters to missing family members; one in a little girls handwriting: "I
miss you Daddy."
But the spirit at Union Square is really uplifting.
There was a barbershop quartet singing "America the Beautiful" and "the
Star-Spangled Banner" and other patriotic songs. There are people having
drum circles and others dancing. At one patch of lawn we found a circle
of guitarists playing American folk rock, stuff like "Lean on Me" and old
Beatles songs. (Shant, it's funny, I think we are the only two people in
the world who know the second verse to Lean on Me...everyone here just
kept repeating the first). The guitarists were my favorite thing.
There were so many people gathered around, everyone just singing their
hearts out, blending verses of the Beatles' "With a Little Help from my
Friends" with the less offensive one used as the theme for the "Wonder
Years", and then everyone just laughing about it. It was honestly one of
the most beautiful things I've ever experienced.
So, that's all. Tomorrow, school as usual. Remember
everybody to help out by continuing to do what you do...buy stocks and
fast food and new suits if you need them. Show your reverence for the lost
by living your life. Good night and I'll talk to you all soon,
Brian
