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Posted by Elvin Ruler on 07-07-2005 at 21:33:
Yay for Askura catching Lola! ^_~ Glad to hear you're ok.
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Posted by Askura on 07-07-2005 at 22:28:
...Can I go put some clothes on now?
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Posted by imaqtz on 08-07-2005 at 00:56:
Not until I give ya a hug of relief that you are ok and around. 
My thoughts and prayers go out to all those innocent people and their families, of yet again such a cowardly and despicable act of terrorism.
Firebird, I thankyou for taking the time in all this chaos to let us know you are ok. Ive already emailed you and reiterate in here as well, we are all thinking of you and your family, ready to give you whateva support you need , to see you though the harrowing tasks you have to fulfil at work.
We are all here for you hon. 
To everyone who has family or friends in London, my thoughts and prayers are with you all.
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Posted by Tajiri on 08-07-2005 at 02:12:
This seems that this is all we talked about at work this morning. Every new person that came in we had asked if they heard what had happened. Even though I don't post on here as much as I would like nowadays my thoughts still came to everyone on here that might be over in England. I remember how concerned everyone here was for us in the United States when 9/11 happened and the concern is being shown again. I'm glad to here that everyone who has checked in so far is ok.
Posted by Firebird on 08-07-2005 at 03:38:
rest?
what is this alien concept you speak of?
and Imi if you remember i tend to post to try to vent so rest aint gonna happen.
I also posted a brief overview of my job and what it means I sometimes get involved with. I cant give details but at least I hope it will give an understanding.
Right now I am shattered after fitting in 18 hours work into 10 hours and am going to head off to try to sleep before I get calls to work all my days off.
Best wishes to you all
and for those that wish it a nice game?
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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 08-07-2005 at 14:34:
Firebird, Asakura, Ronin, Meridian -- all accounted for.
Cep probably okay.
Who's left on the board?
Still waiting to hear about my cousin, but she might be home in Canada for holidays; family reunion is coming up. Either way, I'm not calling her father; I'd probably catch him just as he's trying to not think about it. Meanwhile, I'll go enjoy time with Rocket.
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Posted by Firebird on 08-07-2005 at 14:37:
Has anyone seen or heard from Metaliant?
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Posted by Firebird on 08-07-2005 at 14:48:
oh!
Has anyone heard from Drive She lives North London?
I am trying so hard to remember all our UK friends so I am sorry If I missed anyone.
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Posted by Firebird on 08-07-2005 at 15:25:
I have just heard from drive via text she is fine and was not near where it happened. She thanks us for thiking of her.
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Posted by Ronin on 08-07-2005 at 15:29:
Metaliants not in London, they are in the Black country. (I think)
Posted by meridianday on 08-07-2005 at 22:08:
My daughter has told me tonight that the father of one of her classmates had been on one of the trains, and as of this morning was still unaccounted for. Got to hope for the best for her friend and her family. So, I had forgotten that people far from London still travel there.
The bus in particular sounded bad - considering there could not possibly have been more than 100 people on board, it took them a long time to come up with the numbers of dead and injured. That is something I'm trying very hard not to think about.
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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny." Posted by Firebird on 09-07-2005 at 10:05:
Meridian,
There are 49 dead at present with more to come out of one of the sites on a positive note (if you can call it that) There are people in hospital alive but still unidentified. I am sure they have logged his details with Casualty Bureau and if it helps this generally is what happens.
When an incident happens we take reports from hospitals and worried friends/family also from people who have treated others. These are all directly inputted onto the system and then a group of people painstakingly work there way through those records if the person has ID then they send an officer around to let them know they are ok. If they dont they try to start the process of identifying them so they can be reunited.
Alas this can take time as you heard first day alone 104,000 calls were taken and unfortunately we do get calls from people wanting travel information etc which prevents worried family members getting through.
The first part after giving your loved ones details is the hardest. The wait. All I can say is the detectives work as fast as they can to get news to family members and good or bad this news is always delivered in person.
I hope this helps in some way and we all wish the process was quicker. The difficult here has been people walked away from the scene and attended hospital so we had to spend time tracking them down also in order that they too can get after care.
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Posted by Berg Katse on 09-07-2005 at 12:07:
I thankful to the gods that you're all ok, and I pray for the families of the injured and deceased, as well as those working with the essential services, like you FB.
Quick question that is completely off-topic--it sounds as if you guys meet elsewhere aside from here and are all actively in touch with each other. Umm...can I come to??? I don't have any of your emails (especially you Imi, you're the closest I have to a best friend and I'm completely sucking at staying in touch) and it's been ages since I've caught any of you in chat--if you frequent elsewhere I'd love to join you, if I'm invited.
Namaste
Katse
Posted by Buffy on 10-07-2005 at 00:01:
I am so thankful everyone is alright!
Ste....I'm glad your little naked bum is safe!
Firebird, I can't help but add you to my new list of hero-people. Thank you for all you are doing, and thank you for keeping us updated!
I'll pray for your child's friend and their family Meridian. I don't know why I was thinking back to the school play you told me about attending...was it last Fall? Christmas? You know what I'm talking about. I'll be praying. I'll be praying.
It's times like these I'm actually thankful for the opportunities to touch that the Internet provides us. It's times like these I can't help but realize how many warm fuzzies I've developed for all of you guys. You all rock.
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Posted by Elvin Ruler on 10-07-2005 at 01:46:
Eeeeesh. I can't believe how hard ya'll have to work. And it's probably not the most wonderful work in the world. I can't imagine telling someone that their husband or father or wife or mother or friend...anyone...is dead. And yet, you have to. So many injured. So many affected for life. You truly are a hero, FB. That's some hard work.
I'll definitely be praying for the young girl's father and her family. And for all affected. Let us know, FB, if there's anything those of us overseas can do to help (reliable relief foundations working over there, be it international or British-based).
Off-Topic Reply: There are overlapping members at other Gatch boards (such as birdgo.com, Le Clubhouse Fanfic over at MSN groups, etc). I am a terrible chat-room person, because I don't go there. If I did, I wouldn't get any work done (Not that I do, mind). So I can't help there.
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Posted by Firebird on 10-07-2005 at 13:18:
Fortunately I dont give people the bad news. I really am bad at explaining things when tired.
I take calls, like many others who are trained on teh system, from distressed family members.
After this another group of people try to match all the missing persons with people reporting them as some times we can get 5 or 6 people reporting the same person missing and each of those creates a record.
While this group are trying to match reports we will then add on the lists we get through from various places (hospitals, reception centres etc) all of which had police fficers in taking their details so we can try to make an attempt at lowing the list of missing.
Next a specially trained police officer (known as a family liaison officer) is assigned to each next of kin who has reported someone missing.
These are the people that deliver the good or bad news to the families.
They are only assigned to close family because generally speaking friends tend not to be as anxious and to be honest with other crimes going on this people are inundated with work. Some are still working with families affected by the Tsunami. So as you see its not a short term process.
I am not a hero just a peson trained to take calls and try to help in some little way. The real heros are those police officers, fire fighters, ambulance crews and ordinary everyday people that risked their lives to pull these people out.
As far as helping we have the communities helping us find those who did it. Although we do have sick people still making hoax bomb threats and of course Birmingham was closed down due to a suspect package.
All any of us can do is keep our eyes and ears open and report anything suspicious then maybe we can stop these people hurting anyone else.
Thank you all and Meridian although the first few days are mad (and incredibly frustrating for the families) in collating all the information. Right about now things should be settling so they will be searching very carefully through the lists to try and give people some news.
Alas there are still a few bodies to get out from one of the sites but the are slowly getting at them. In respect of those at hospital unidentified they will use descriptions provided by the families or dentist records etc so they can be reunited.
It should also be noted this was not just londoners in the blasts we had a number of tourists hit too so we have to get details of missing from those other countries.
Hope all this helps and is a bit clearer.
Katse,
I tend not to go to chat rooms but I am sure I left my email around somewhere
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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 11-07-2005 at 14:47:
Firebird,
When you have a few free moments, I'd appreciate instructions for us civilians, that would make your job easier next time.
If we have loved ones we're worried about, how long should we wait before calling the authorities? What information should we have ready?
If we were close but are okay, is there anyone other than our family we should call?
Is there anything else we could do that would avoid duplicate work for you and your coworkers?
Thanks,
Cricket
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Posted by Firebird on 11-07-2005 at 16:30:
Cricket,
Generally speaking if you believe a loved one is involved call the number published right away. We will want to know the persons name date of birth address, whether you are next of kin (important as they are the ones contacted with information). We also need to know why you think they were involved ie the always get that train/bus etc. Also what they were wearing and any marks and scars they have.
If involved in the incident yourself, let your family member knew you are safe ask them to cascade that to others. Then either speak with a local member of emergency services to advise them so they can collate that information in case someone somewhere (we have had calls from people who went to school with ??? and have not spoken to them in 15 years!) reports you involved and we then know you are safe, more importantly so the person involved can get counselling and who knows provide evidence to catch the person concerned.
After reporting your loved one If you are next of kin I recommend contacting other family members and asking them to go through you for information. The reason for this is you will be assigned the Family liaison Officer so you will hear things before anyone else does. The only time this differs is if the next of kin is listed as an ex partner or elderly parent wih a medical condition in these cases another close relative will be informed.
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Posted by Ashke on 12-07-2005 at 02:18:
Lousy time for my friend Carol to have moved to london for 6 months. Still haven't heard anything.
Glad you're Okay FB!!! Hope somebody remembers to bring you LOTS of coffee.
Posted by Firebird on 12-07-2005 at 09:06:
Ashke,
Where was your friend going to in London?
Most of it was unaffected the only other thing is to check with her family to see if they have heard from her. If not the family or you may have to ring the number for casualty bureau which is published on the news. +44 (0)870 156 6344 although check locally in case a local number has been published.
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