I too would be curious to read that original piece of email.
There may be some incorrect information, if only because I had just
found out about it, and some facts were still sketchy. I sent out the
email shortly after I had called New York to speak with the policeman.
I was still in some shock about it.
Interestingly, I got several immediate responses. They were mostly
"Wow" and "Oh my God", peppered with "Well, another silly prank..."
John
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Joy McCann
<jmmccann_at_s...> wrote:
> For the record, I now have John's original e-mail. (Keith and Dean were
> the excellent record-keepers who still had it.)
>
> I did remember that we had the article on the site, but I wanted to
> refer to the first version of the story. Sure enough, I had gotten a
> few details wrong in my initial draft of the essay. Fortunately, DJQ
> tells me I'm not in any particular danger of Alzheimer's . . . but
> rather, in my 40s. So I got that going for me.
>
> --J
>
> On Jan 19, 2005, at 10:43 PM, Georgie Hinklemyer wrote:
>
> >
> > There's a copy of the British article about it in the "Links" section
> > here.
> > I also happen to have it at home.
> > John, would you object to my posting it here?
> > --G.H.
> >
> > --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Joy McCann
> > <jmmccann_at_s...> wrote:
> > > I'm writing an piece of "creative nonfiction" based on the
story of
> > how
> > > John's passport was found in the rubble of the WTC towers.
> > > Unfortunately, when he sent that e-mail out it was from Syvox, so
> > he no
> > > longer has a copy. And I'm unable to access the e-mail program
I was
> > > using at that time. Does anyone have a copy of his e-mail that
they
> > can
> > > either send me or post here, so I can use it to fact-check what I'm
> > > writing?
> > >
> > > (Yes, I'm supposed to read this piece tomorrow in writer's group.
> > No, I
> > > didn't put it off to the last moment. What do you mean, some people
> > > never change?)
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --J
> >
> >
> >
> >
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