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Among those leading the way in speed and creativity is the Red Cross. Besides providing food and shelter, the group has earmarked $100 million in cash grants for victims' families to cover living expenses for three months. The grants were suggested by bond-trading firm Cantor Fitzgerald, which lost some 730 employees when the Twin Towers collapsed. By Friday the Red Cross had given nearly $4 million to an initial group of 214 families, who got as much as $30,000 each. Families submit a one-page application, and the Red Cross checks employment and travel records to confirm that...
Luck, of course, played a massive role: 700 employees of Cantor Fitzgerald, which occupied floors above Morgan's, had no way of getting out. But many of Wall Street's brokerage houses and other firms were able to evacuate the bulk of their workers because of oft-repeated drills. Employees of the Japanese firm Mizuho had emergency kits with burn cream, "smoke hoods" and glow sticks strapped to the backs of their chairs...
...lesser problems create a mob scene among New Yorkers, but no more. We are still counting our blessings and, I think, we realize that public complaint about insignificant matters isn't just out of order, it's unacceptable. What if the woman across the aisle is a survivor from Cantor Fitzgerald...