I am forwarding a message from Senator Frist to Dr. Mattox. The subject is
on ways we can assist with the Tsumani disaster relief. Please take a moment
from your busy schedules to read this profound message. Most importantly, I
do believe we all have a responsibility to participate in some way.
Personally, I made a donation to the Red Cross this morning. It took only a
few minutes to do this on line.
Best Regards,
Heidi
Heidi A. Hotz, RN
Trauma Program Manager
Department of Surgery
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles
Office: 310-423-8732
Pager: 310-960-6341
Fax: 310-423-0424
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This week I am going to India to try to help.
Once again this morning I'm stunned. I feel like I've been hit in the
stomach. It is like 9/11 but so different. There is no one to blame. No
one to be mad at. It's a totally different kind of terror. But the
emptiness is paralyzing -- until we realize there is something we CAN do.
Act! Time is of essence. There is a moral imperative for us to act quickly.
Like you, I've watched with profound sadness as the tragedy caused by
tsunamis in Southern Asia has unfolded over the past three days. More than
100,000 people have been killed -- over a third of them children. As many
as 3,000 Americans are unaccounted for. And countless others have lost
everything but their lives. My friend Ken Isaacs, with whom I've traveled to
Sudan so many times told me late last night (on his way to Thailand and
India and Indonesia to assess for our government) that as many as 5 million
people are today displaced from home and family. This ranks among the worst
disasters of our lifetimes and one of the worst humanitarian tragedies of
all time. And it is not over.
Now, the victims face "the disaster after the disaster" -- the risk of death
from cholera, malaria, typhoid, diarrhea, and dysentery on an epidemic
scale. The lack of potable water and water-borne illnesses will be the major
killer. The tragedy will grow daily.
My position in the Senate allows me to see the bold responses of so many.
Yesterday, I spent most of the day on the phone -- with my friend Carl
Lindner whose son is putting together medical and relief supplies on a 747
chartered to India early next week. With Franklin Graham and my friends
from Samaritan's Purse who are in the field right now with assessments and
who are investing heavily especially in rural areas that so frequently
escape the attention of government relief efforts. With Condi Rice and our
U.S. officials. With the ambassadors and leaders of the countries affected
whom I have called to express our sympathy and support. With Fred Smith,
whose Fed Ex is supplying transport.
Today, I ask for YOUR help.
Sadly, there is nothing we can do to bring back the lives who have been
lost. But we can pray that their souls find a peaceful place to rest. We can
also pray to ease the pain of family members who have lost loved ones. If
you are a person of faith -- regardless of which faith -- I ask you to do
this over the coming days.
In addition to your prayers, the people of Southern Asia need your immediate
assistance. They need relief and reconstruction. And they need it now. You
can make a difference. What you do in the next few minutes, the next hour,
the next day can help save the lives of thousands of people and ease the
suffering of thousands more. Right now, families are starving. They don't
have clean water. Their clinics and hospitals are overloaded. As we've seen
so graphically on TV, they can't even bury their dead. People simply don't
have what they need to survive. And without our help, hundreds of thousands
may not survive. America will respond. And we will lead the international
response. It is our moral purpose.
America must be the moral force. The United States is the most generous and
caring nation on earth. And President Bush yesterday pledged the steadfast
support of our government. As majority leader in the Senate, I pledge the
full support of the Senate. The magnitude of this human tragedy may well
define us in the years to come. The world has seen in recent years how
tough the U.S. can be -- now they must see how magnanimous and caring we are
as a nation. And we also must act as a people -- to show how much we
Americans care about the world and our fellow human beings who hurt and are
in need of hope. Now is the time for us to act. No one can sit on the
sidelines.
First, consider making a donation -- even if you can only afford a few
dollars. USAID has a very informative site up about the disaster and how you
can help. Here's the link --
http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/
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another link to the list of relief organizations working in the area --
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Cross. So far, as I write this, Amazon has collected more than $4 million
from nearly 70,000 people! My personal recommendations based on my
discussions with people on the ground there include World Vision,
Samaritan's Purse, Catholic Relief Services, and International Rescue
Committee. For more information about how to help those in need, visit the
State Department's website at www.State.Gov
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Many of you have helped me over the past year outside of politics with the
World of Hope, a charitable foundation I founded that has given 3 million
dollars to HIV and public health in the last few months -- our board is
today addressing the opportunity to focus current efforts on the disaster in
Asia. Every American charitable and religious organization should pitch in
and help. Encourage them to do so.
I also ask you to send directly to me your thoughts over the next 48 hours
about what our country can do to help the tsunami victims. As Senate
Majority Leader and as a doctor who has been actively involved in medical
mission and relief work outside of politics, I have many resources at my
disposal -- but I need your counsel and specific ideas. So please email me
at bill.frist@volpac.org <mailto:bill.frist@volpac.org> with any ideas that
you think may help.
I ask you to consider doing these things because lives are at stake and, if
we act immediately; we can help save those lives. I know sometimes it's hard
to see how a simple idea or a few dollars translate into making a difference
in the world. In this case, it's crystal clear. We Americans can make a
difference. Our moral purpose is to do so.
Thanks for your generosity, your ideas, and your prayers and support.
Bill Frist
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