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CORRESPONDENCE OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS AS HE TOURED
GROUND ZERO, THE SITE OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS
SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN SPOKE FOR MANY WHEN HE SAID THIS IS NOT JUST
AN ATTACK ON NEW YORK OR THE UNITED STATES BUT ON THE WHOLE WORLD THOSE
SENTIMENTS ARE UNDERSCORED BY THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT WE AT ARRL
HEADQUARTERS RECEIVED IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11.
REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THE MESSAGES RECEIVED FROM ABROAD FOLLOWS.  OUR
HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF THE VICTIMS.  SHOZO
HARA, JA1AN, JAPAN AMATEUR RADIO LEAGUE ON BEHALF OF THE RADIO AMATEURS OF
THE UK AND THE RADIO SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN, I AM WRITING TO YOU AT THE
ARRL TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP SHOCK AND SADNESS AT THE TERRIBLE EVENTS OF TODAY.
IN COMMON WITH THE REST OF THE CIVILISED WORLD, WE SEND YOU OUR DEEPEST
SYMPATHIES AT WHAT APPEARS TO BE A HUGE LOSS OF LIFE.  THE ARRL AND ALL THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE IN OUR THOUGHTS AT THIS TRAGIC TIME.  DON BEATTIE,
G3BJ, PRESIDENT, RSGB MY FAMILY AND I AS WELL AS ALL THE HAMS IN GERMANY
WILL STAND BY YOUR SIDE IN SOLIDARITY IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM.  I
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35,175 175 67 B 40 N4BP 505,116 1559 108 C 10 KE4JZT 68,145 295 77 B 10
KG4MBZ 40,365 195 69 B 10 Tennessee K4BEV 598,752 756 264 B NA4K 589,968
816 241 B WD4OHD 94,464 256 123 B W4GMM 87,690 370 79 B N4JN 64,890 206 105
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THINK IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT NUMEROUS HAMS ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE IN
THOUGHTS WITH YOU IN THIS DARKEST HOUR OF AMERICA.  TODAY, I AM 60 YEARS
OLD AND I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR GIS WHO GAVE ME AT THE END OF WORLD WAR
2 IN 1945 THE FIRST CHOCOLATE IN MY LIFE AS A PRESENT.  STILL TODAY I WANT
TO EXPRESS MY THANKS FOR THIS.  MY WIFE AND I WILL ALSO ALWAYS REMEMBER
THAT IS WAS YOUR PEOPLE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE MARSHALL PLAN AND CARE PACKAGE
THAT WE AS SCHOOLCHILDREN GOT A WARM LUNCH EVERY DAY FROM 1945 ONWARDS.  I
VISIT YOUR COUNTRY VERY OFTEN AND I KNOW ABOUT THE GREAT FREEDOM AND HOW
BEAUTIFUL YOUR COUNTRY IS.  MAY THE LORD PROTECT YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY.
MANFRED, DL4DKM  I, ON BEHALF OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE EGYPT AMATEUR RADIO
ASSEMBLY EARA AND ALL EGYPTIAN FAMILIES, DEEPLY EXPRESS OUR CONDOLENCES FOR
THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILY AND ALL THE US PEOPLE.  THIS EVENT IS NOT ONLY
THE DISASTER OF THE US, BUT OF MANKIND IN THE 21ST CENTURY.  WE STRONGLY
CONDEMN THIS TERRORISM.  MOHAMED EL KAFRAWI, SU1KM, GENERAL SECRETARY OF
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B W4JH 55,212 214 86 B WB9BSH 38,130 155 82 B N7DLS 36,582 134 91 B W4NI
36,450 150 81 B KA4OTB 35,856 144 83 B W4AUI 29,766 121 82 B W4MEA 18,444
PUBLIC SERVICE A THANKSGIVING TO REMEMBER IT HAD BEEN OVER TWO HOURS SINCE
MY 12 YEAR OLD SON BOBBY AND I HAD BECOME STUCK IN A DEEP RUT ON A SNOW
COVERED FOREST ROAD.  IT WAS EARLY THANKSGIVING AFTERNOON 2001, AND WE HAD
GONE ON WHAT WE EXPECTED TO BE A SHORT DRIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON
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225 A SP9XCN 795,400 1267 205 A SP3HUU 491
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