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September 13, 2001 Dear OYCF members and friends: During the last three very difficult days, our members and friends quickly exchanged words by emails or phones, and so far, we are aware of no friends within or affiliated with OYCF who have suffered physical loss or injury. We will update you with additional information when available. We also urge you to send us information regarding any affected person and let us know how we can help. For New York, please contact Li Qi at 646-207-2774 or liq2000@yahoo.com; for Washington DC, please contact Zhuang Zili at 202-752-3819 or zili_zhuang@fanniemae.com; and for Boston, please contact Zeng Min at 617-937-1412 or mz_oycf@hotmail.com. This tragedy is not only about New York, Pentagon or the U.S., it is also about humanity. Our deepest sympathies are with all those who have lost their loved ones or friends. We appreciate more than ever the utmost importance of building bridges among different cultures and beliefs of this world. We stay committed to helping build these bridges. At this difficult time, many members are hoping to post messages of sympathy or reflection. We encourage our members to use OYCF's BBS on our newly constructed web site (http://www.oycf.org/BBS/bbsFrameset.htm) for this purpose. You might experience some difficulty in accessing our web site this week, and we appreciate your patience and understanding. We also urge our members to show restraint, tolerance and good judgment when posting messages. Malicious postings and personal attack messages will not be tolerated and will be removed from the BBS. It is our spirits of independence, freedom, tolerance, good judgment, mutual respect and mutual support that hold us together. Best wishes. The
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