Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 03:18:43 -0700
To: balloon@balloonhq.com
From: CJB <myname@wcoil.com>
Subject: Family and friends

Hello Friends,
  I am relatively new to this list and i joined to learned a bit more about 
balloon twisting and items related to it. After reading several of the 
posts from people from all over the world i realized this group of twisters 
are much more to each other. They are friends and family even if they have 
never met each other.
   I live in a small town in Ohio. I am not sure i even know anyone from 
New York. Still it did not stop me from having tears watching the events 
unfold, after all i am an American and a proud one at that. I want to thank 
you for all your kind words. They mean a lot to me as i am sure to anyone 
else who  has been touched by this senseless act of violence. Thank you,
Chris