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From: B. Sillah <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: Appreciate all concerns for our safety


> Hamadi:
>
> This is terrible news. I know Karamo Treara (Baba Karamo) very well, he'd
> been living in New York for years now. He is from Dippa Kunda, a younger
> brother of Almamy Treara. My condolences to his family.
>
> A friend told me that it was announced back home that he was indeed a
> casualty but I was waiting for confirmation and I haven't seen any of
> reports others mentioned.
>
> Regards
> Baboucarr Sillah
>
>
> >From: Hamadi Banna <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Appreciate all concerns for our safety
> >Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:40:01 -0500
> >
> >Sidi,
> >
> >Actually, I've read a flyer on Karamo Terera, which says that he's a
> >Gambian, who once worked for the Cooperative Department and later beacame
a
> >teacher before coming to the US.
> >
> >He was, according to the same flyer, working at Fiduciary Trust as a
> >computer technician.  The information provided concluded that Mr. Terera
> >called his friends in NYC just after the first plane hit the WTC, and
that
> >was the last time they heard from him.
> >
> >I'm also aware that there is a Terera family residing in the Greater
Banjul
> >Area.  I'm sure there're some list members who can ascertain this.
> >
> >As for the other person allegedly involved in the casualties, unconfirmed
> >reports say that he is a native of Gambissara village in the URD and that
> >he
> >was a security guard in one of the businesses that occupied the WTC.
> >
> >It's however disappointing that I don't find Gambia on the list of
> >countries
> >that have lost their nationals in the tragic incidents of September 11.
> >
> >I hope this would help to clarify the issue.
> >
> >Hamadi.
> >
> >
> >>From: Sidi Sanneh <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> >><[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>Subject: Re: Appreciate all concerns for our safety
> >>Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:45:21 -0500
> >>
> >>Isatou: Thanks for your concern.  I was able to get in touch with my
> >>daughter after some anxious moments. Mini Loum volunteered to call her
> >>when
> >>communication proved difficult from this end. Thanks, Mini. May Allah
> >>protect us all and give strength to those whose loved ones have been the
> >>victims of this heinous and cowardly acts of terror.
> >>
> >>Saul: It is indeed important to check if there were any missing
Gambians.
> >>I
> >>was informed by a neighbour that she saw family members of one Mr.
Jawara
> >>on CNN who might be Gambian, but this has not been independently
> >>confirmed.
> >>I know that the Senegalese Government has been frantically checking with
> >>families who have relatives in the NYC area to confirm any missing
> >>Senegalese nationals. I hope that the G
> >>ambian Embassy in the US is doing
> >>likewise.  Regarding Karamo Trerra, his picture was displayed last week
on
> >>CNN by his sister-in-law. His name suggests that he is one of us; either
> >>Gambian, Senegalese, Cape Verdian or Guinea-Bissau national.
> >>
> >>Jabou: Our prayers also go to all muslims in the US who are being
targeted
> >>by hate mongers, who are no different from those responsible for the
> >>terrorist attacks on innocent people in the WTC and Pentagon.
> >>Sidi Sanneh
> >>
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