When victims under the rubble called out on cell phones, some were connected with operators in Glens Fall, NY who comforted them and made vital connections to rescue efforts. The operators are CWA members. Victims, workers and their families need help dealing with overwhelming emotional needs during this time. The New York State Psychology Association, an AFT affiliate, has dispatched disaster response teams. The NYC fireboats were the only source of water for 36 hours after the event.
Workers have the grim task of carrying bodies from the scene on ferries.
One option is contributing to a local fund, set up by the Metropolitan Washington Labor Council, to help working people and their families touched by the Pentagon and World Trade Center attacks. Assisting Red Cross Blood drives by the hundreds have taken place in union halls across the nation. When the Red Cross needed space for a Compassion Care Center, the AFL-CIO staff helped find it. When the Red Cross needed communications equipment delivered from Memphis, Tennessee, the Teamsters delivered it. The Union Community Fund, labor s charity, is one national fund.