[Hammarlund] "Original" surviving WVa miner is KC8VKZ

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

While this may sound harsh, it is based on comments I heard others who were 
the victim mention when interviewed a week or two after being rescued.

While they appreciated the outpouring of generosity, they also were buried 
by curious people "just wanting to see", newspaper - radio - television - 
magazine journalists/reporters demanding stories, insisting on interviews at 
all hours of the day and night. Total deprivation of privacy, no respect for 
the victim or his/her family, anything for that story! As one victim worded 
it: "It was great to know people cared and we sure did appreciate the 
donations. But our family was so overwhelmed by the deluge of people that we 
damn near went nuts! My wife begged me to sneak out during the night and try 
to get a motel a hundred miles away so our ten month little girl could 
sleep. It was horrible! People pounding on our mobile home door all day and 
all night. They had flood lights set up on big trucks and the noise was 
horrible! Man can't these people just do a story and leave us alone?"

Let me suggest that you send a check, not cash. I am sure the volume of mail 
this family will be getting is going to bury them up to their ears! So 
volunteers will probbably be opening mail and removing your dollars. Not to 
say it won't go to the family, but let us not kid ourselves either!

You might be wise to send it to the American Red Cross in their area and 
request the money be put into a special account for the family's future or 
urgent needs.

Helping is great, God bless all who do and those who wish they had a dollar 
so they could. But somebody has to take charge in such situations.

Just my two cents worth, please keep the change, it like my thoughts 
probably are not worth much!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Phillips" <w4cp at yahoo.com>
To: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>; <hammarlund at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 2:06 PM
Subject: [Hammarlund] "Original" surviving WVa miner is KC8VKZ


>I saw a notice on the SignMan of Baton Rouge and did a
> little checking and it seems to be true. The callsign
> checks out in the FCC database.  The following message
> was sent out by AA6DX on a couple of other mailing
> lists, and I had just missed it. Perhaps you did too.
>
> 73, Curt W4CP
> ex-KD4YU; WB4LHI
> Raleigh, NC USA
> Hammarlund HQ-180C since 1975
>
> *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>
> I SUGGEST THAT ALL HAMS SENDING A QSL CARD TO OUR
> SURVIVING MINER HAM KC8VKZ.
>
> ENCLOSE A BUCK OR TWO OR WHATEVER ..   We do that for
> DX when we send a QSL . JUST LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF
> HITS NATIONAL MEDIA HAS GENERATED . ..
> and, drop a green stamp or two in that envelope . his
> family can sure use it, I bet!
>
> KC8VKZ
> Randal L McCloy, Jr
> PO BOX 223
> Philippi WV 26435
>
>
> Mark   AA6DX
> Eureka Downtown .. FAR Northern California
>
> *-*-*-*-*-*
>
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