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Posted By	Discussion Topic: IMPORTANT: Pagers/Cells of MISSING
Spork	posted on 09-15-2001 @ 5:08 PM
Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01	Folks, if you have the pager number or cellphone number or anything of that sort (Blackberries, Palms, etc.) of anyone who is STILL missing and buried under the rubble, PLEASE call this number that was set up by FEMA today. Officials from Lucent and other groups are trying to use technology to locate wireless devices and presumably the trapped people that they are attached to. Hopefully this will aid the recovery by better targeting the digging. The following information from the Wireless Emergency Response Team is provided as a public service: Public urged to call 1 877 348-8579 and report cell phones of missing World Trade Center (WTC) subscribers. Hundreds of calls have been received within the first few hours of the announcement of a call center established yesterday to help identify survivors that may be using cell phones to send distress messages from WTC Ground Zero. The Wireless Emergency Response Team (WERT) has established a call center with the support of BellSouth. The number for the 24 hour/day call center is 1 877-348-8579. The call center will record information from members of the public who have either received contact via an electronic device (cell phone, 2 way pager, etc.) by a potential trapped survivor, or are aware of any electronic devices associated with a missing person at WTC. The public is urged to call this number with such information immediately. WERT continues to identify call details that leave open the possibility that there may be survivors with cell phones. Based on sophisticated monitoring of cellular network activity, the team has been able to determine that numerous reports could not possibly be from the Ground Zero site, and have thus helped avoiding putting rescue workers at risk. WERT, which continues to operate has been established to coordinate rapid mutual aid from the major communications service providers and suppliers of wireless handsets and equipment. This is a world class team of experts that is deploying every possible means of state-of-the-art technologies to support the search and rescue and recovery mission. This includes advanced network monitoring techniques and cutting edge radio frequency sniffers. The WERT team is led by Karl Rauscher, Director - Network Reliability, Lucent Technologies. The team consists of cellular and pager experts from AT&T, Lucent, Verizon, Sprint, Nextel, Voicestream, Motorola, Telcordia Technologies, Ericsson, Nortel, CTIA, PCIA, SkyTEL and others. The team has been established under the authority of the NCS / NCC and is cooperating with U.S. Marshals Electronic Surveillance Unit, Secret Service, NYPD, NYC 911 Command Center, FEMA and other federal, state and city authorities. The team has been working 24 hours/day since Tuesday, Sept. 11. The public is urged to respect this solemn effort, and not provide misinformation. The data will be passed on to law enforcement authorities. All media outlets are also asked to provide related information that they have been receiving to the 1 877 348-8579 call center. Thank you to all the brave volunteers who brought us all together as a country, and thank you to those of you brave soldiers who will fight and have fought for our country. We are a free people because of your efforts.
red rocket Secret Sex Chat	posted on 09-15-2001 @ 5:49 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Aug. 01	Cool Spork. Thanks allot. I am passing on the info to some people that might be able to use it. Thanks again. God Bless The USA.
BanannaJuice	posted on 09-15-2001 @ 7:35 PM
Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00	Its good to see all the money we spend on communications helping
Spork	posted on 09-16-2001 @ 10:48 AM
Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01	TOP! Just think it's important. ANYONE who has missing friends or relatives - if you have a pager, or cell phone, or blackberry or Palm number or frequency ID or anything like that, PLEASE call the following FEMA number: 1 877-348-8579 This could really help the effort in finding these people alive. Thanks Thank you to all the brave volunteers who brought us all together as a country, and thank you to those of you brave soldiers who will fight and have fought for our country. We are a free people because of your efforts.

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