[HANASHIR:3657] Re: I'm OK

[Terry Shapiro <shapiro...>]

Rick:

I don't know if you remember me.  I have been to HN in 95, 96, 98.  I was
going to go this year when my elderly father became ill and passed away.

I think you are the person who taught Pharoh, Pharoh in 96 which continues
to be in the top 2 songs requested by the kids.

Anyway, thank G-d you are alive and thank G-d it wasn't worse than it was
but what a horrible thing.  And how scary for all of us, especially you.  I
was at my synagogue yesterday leading songs for day camp.  Will all
buildings soon have metal detectors and security?  And why are there
automatic weapons?  And what about these chickenbleep politicians.  

Take care of yourself and give all those kids a hug.  I do hope all the
injured will recover.

Terry Shapiro
5' 9'', 180 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes, glasses, good sense of humor.



At 10:00 PM 8/10/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Some of you now that I am the songleader at the day camp at the North 
>Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills where today's 
>shooting took place.
>
>As fate would have it I called in sick today and was on my way to the 
>doctor's office with a throat infection...so, outside of being on 
>anti-biotics at the moment, I'm completely ok and was not at the 
>center today at all.
>
>I learned about the event while I was in my the waiting room at my 
>doctor's office...at the end of one set of music on the light rock 
>station being piped into the lobby, the DJ mentioned something about 
>the center which perked my ears up...hmm...whats this...something 
>special happening at the JCC...then I heard the word 
>'shooting'...turned on the TV in the waiting room and the first thing 
>I see is the front of the center...pan to the right and there's the 
>window of the music room...live shorts of the orange punch coolers 
>all set to go on the bus with the kids...the place where I park.
>
>I don't have any new info or insights on the matter as all I know is 
>what I've seen on TV...I don't even know who the victims were as they 
>haven't released the names yet...though I'm sure they were camp 
>folk...and as it seems at this hour, they're all in at least stable 
>condition....a little bit earlier or later and a hundred kids could 
>have been walking through the hall on the way to music or Arts and 
>Crafts.
>
>As fate would also have it my Internet Service Provider seems to have 
>forgotten that I paid them for the year and I don't have access to my 
>incoming mail today...but will tomorrow...so if I don't respond to 
>people...you'll understand.
>
>Throat infection aside...I'm just fine.
>
>Rick
>
>Lupert: It's The Website - @ - Poetry Super Highway
>http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
>
>
>
Terry Shapiro, Ph.D.
Interim Dean of Student Affairs
122 Wishnick Hall
3255 S. Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60616

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