Comments Page one – Emily Lyons

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

12:38:42 PM

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My Dear Em, It’s been 4 days now since we last talked and I already miss your friendship, warmth, compassion, humor and ever-happy outlook. You have brightened my days. And helped me face my own life’s problems with your “never give up” attitude so many times. Now, sadly, it’s your turn, again, to show us all what it means to live life to it’s fullest, against all odds. I know, we will not be disappointed. I hold you so dear to my heart, my soul and my happiness. God’s speed in your recovery. This too, shall pass. [PS: And, yes, dear…I know you’d hate that I have made such a fuss over you with this journal]. All My Love, Michael

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

4:48:06 PM

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Emily,

Sam and I send our most heartfelt best wishes and love to you.

Our thoughts are with you on your road to recovery.

Sam Samsil and Mary Ambridge

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

5:25:07 PM

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The Lord is your strength and sheild a very present help in time of trouble. Praying that God will give you eyes to see and ears to hear, that you will rememebr the world is full of His love and not hate.

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

5:38:23 PM

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I am so glad your condition is improving. We all have been pulling for you. I don’t know how someone could do something like this, but I have to keep my faith that there are more good and caring people in the world than people like this.

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

5:44:21 PM

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Dear Emily, I was so sorry to hear about your injuries. You are a brave woman who should be commended for helping other women exercise their rights. I wish you well. Best Wishes, Kathy Egan, Weston, Fl.

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

5:48:19 PM

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To Emily and her family, I just wanted to let you know you and your family are in my prayers. God will watch over you and he is with you in this your time of need. Officer Sanderson was a dear friend and i am sorry we lost him but as usual he was helping others.

If there is anything at all you need, someone to help with you your mail or just someone to read to you,feel free to contact me. If your family needs anything they just have to yell. My husband works with the Hoover PD who was at the scene and we all feel the same in hoping you are better soon. I know the wounds will heal but the memories will stay just put your faith in God and he will get you through this in time.

All my love Keshia Lewis

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

5:56:34 PM

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Emily, God is with you and your family. And you have many unknown friends who are praying for your swift recovery. Footprints comes to mind…it has always helped me when I needed a little encouragment. Keep your faith in God, Family and Friends. I hope your road to recovery is a swift one.

Michelle Salerno

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

6:03:09 PM

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Emily, My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family in this difficult time. I pray that God will speed your way to recovery. I too, am a RN and work in a volitile and sometimes controversial workplace, a maximun security prison. Thank you for the courage you have shown in doing a job that you believe in. I’m glad there are caring nurses like you. I wish you peace, Gods love and a speedy recovery. Jane Lawrence

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

6:17:26 PM

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Dear Emily, Our hearts go out to you and we are offering our prayers for your continued recovery. We know that we have never met, but Jeff has told us a lot about you on the net and posted a picture of the two of you. Together you make a beautiful couple and from Jeff’s words, it is obvious what a deep feeling and caring man he is and we feel you are indeed lucky to be married to such a wonderful individual. We feel certain Jeff will be a great source of strength for you during your coming trials. We can only imagine how tramatic it must be to have sustained such terrible injuries and we know your life will never be the same. Don’t ever give up hope, there is a lot of love and caring surrounding you. With time, you will be able to put this all behind you and will again put that beautiful smile back on your face. We wish you the very best and hope someday you will see justice doled out to the person(s) responsible for this dispicable, and cowardly act which has caused so much pain to so many people. Good luck and pease accept our warmest and most heart felt feelings for a speedy recovery. Jeff, You hang in ther too!, We know that you are feeling every bit of Emily’s pain and our prayers are for you and your family also. Sincerely, Tom & Cleola Alfano & family

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

6:38:27 PM

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Emily and Jeff,

One of the people in my writing group, Carole Bell, gave me your address; I’m so sorry to hear of what happened, and wish the best for Emily. Perhaps someday we’ll live in a society that allows true freedom instead of just giving it lip service. We’ll be saying a prayer for you…

Mark Cantrell [email protected]

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

7:09:46 PM

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Emily, my thoughts and prayers are with you. I do recall your smile and sweet demeanor on those occasions when I saw you at Mensa events, especially the 50’s parties you and Jeff threw. Those are always fun and I look forward to more in the future–for you will be up and at it again. Hang on, Emily and Jeff.

Mary Kate Gach, CAM

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

7:11:15 PM

Emily I pray for your recovery and honor you for your strength and courage. Linda H. Standart CCRN

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

7:56:32 PM

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We will keep your family in our prayers daily. We hope for the best recovery for Emily. Will send her a get well e-mail when she is better.

The Bob Copus family Pelham, AL

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

8:01:30 PM

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Emily,

My prays go out to you and your family. Get well soon. and God bless.

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I wish you a speedy and full recovery from this terrible incident. I have followed your story/progress on the news and I am a systems analyst at a local hospital which makes me a computer “geek” of sorts. I send you this well wish because I have the utmost respect for clinical professionals and the job they do. I do not know you but wish you and Jeff my best wishes. When you are ready let me know how you are doing. Brian Bishop ([email protected])

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

9:44:17 PM

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Dear Emily, I just wanted to say that,”I hope everything will go well for you.” I don’t know you, but I admire you as a person, and for the job you do.(If only there were more people like you,)this world would be a better place. Just remember, That, you and your Family are in my thought’s and prayer’s. With Love, Donna

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

9:49:12 PM

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Emily and Jeff, I am praying for both of you, as well as others suffering during this time. I realize that your life will be changed forever. May God grant you his healing of the physical and emotional wounds. Never should anyone create such an act against anyone else, regardless of their convictions or beliefs. I hope the person(s) responsible for this will be brought to justice. Sincerely, Joe Campbell, Ph.D., Pastor First Baptist Church Wiggins, Mississippi Chaplain, Stone County Sheriff’s Department

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

9:50:50 PM

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Date:

1/31/98

Time:

9:58:44 PM

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Emily and family,

God is with you. You’re in my prayers. May you have a swift and speedy recovery.

Jana

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

10:08:38 PM

Emily, It is a great tragedy that something like this happens to good people, but with our prayers along with many others I know that you and Jeff will make it through this truely trying time. I know that the road will be tough but you can make it through with the love and support of family and friends. You will be in our thoughts during this time of healing. Sincerely, Kerry and Ashley Morgan Birmingham, AL

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

10:16:54 PM

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Emily… My niece is an Emily…full of joy and hope and life. I hope you will find something in the days to come that will re-fill your heart with hope as well.

I work for EMA in Talladega County. We always know that there is a possibilty of the unthinkable, as much as we hate it. I just pray for you and your family that you’ll find strength through this time.

A friend of yours from Texas, Heidi, told me she’d been talking to other friends of yours keeping up to date. We’re all rootin’ for ya. Amazing how small a planet we live in.

God bless you and your family

Bass

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

10:22:24 PM

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Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this time of healing.

Steve and Joyce Johnson Homewood

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

10:23:37 PM

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Best of luck for a full recovery!!!

It’s sad that things like this happen to good people.

Scott Abramson

[email protected]

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

10:23:47 PM

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To Emily and her family–

My prayers and thoughts are with you. Have faith, confidence, and optimism, and everything will work out wonderfully. You’re a beacon of hope for every one of us, because you’re proof that good always wins out over evil. Get well soon, Emily! 🙂 🙂

Charles Buchanan, Birmingham ([email protected])

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

10:26:17 PM

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God bless you and your family. My prayers and my friends prayers are with you. You are not alone.

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

10:29:59 PM

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To Emily, Jeff, Family and Friends I send my hopes and prayers that Emily’s recovery will be a blessing from God, and that she improves more each day. I am deeply outraged that someone has injured one innocent person, and took the life of another totally innocent person. I work in the police department of your home town, and my husband works for Birmingham. My heart is deeply saddened. I will continue to remember you in my prayers and pray for the Lord to give you all the strength you will need during Emily’s recovery. God Bless you for your compassion to the Sanderson family and the police family that loved him also. God be with you and your family. Pam Adkins

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

10:33:48 PM

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Dear Emily and Jeff, We want you to know that our thoughts and prayers are with you today as they will be tomorrow and each day there after. We pray for your full recovery Emily and that Jeff be comforted at this time as well as the rest of your family and friends. Myself, being a Registered Nurse, I know that we are expected to go over and beyond our call of duty. You have exceeded that expectation. As you know, as Nurses, we so often feel helpless and I do now, wishing there was something I could do in your loss and pain.

Jeff, I can do something to help if you would like. Being a “burned out Nurse”, I am in computer programming now, and build web sites. If you need help with this site, please contact me. It would be an honor for me to be able to help in this small way. You may e mail me at [email protected]. May God bless you, Emily, and your family, Cindy and Buddy Schmitz Hoover, Al

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

10:48:34 PM

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Emily, I just saw your husband on the news and was so moved that I felt compelled to write you. I am a nurse in Surgical Intensive Care at Brookwood Medical Center here in Birmingham. You are one of “our own”. As you well know, nurses take care of our own. I applaud your courage to do a job that is so important to women. I know that it cannot be easy to do day after day, but nurses are committed to care and you obviously care very much for the women you help. My hopes and prayers are with you and your family. Continue the good fight and never forget that the nursing community is there for you. I want to share this thought with you because it sums up my philosophy of nursing, “I touch lives. I am a nurse.” Your life has been devestated by the act of a coward. Do not let that coward take control of the rest of your life and the lives of those who love you. I wish you all the best and know that you are being taken care of by the best nurses our community has to offer. Because you are “one of them”, they will fight for you as hard as possible. Draw strength from that and from the love of your family and friends. Please know that every nurse in the city and beyond is thinking of you and wishing you well. Be strong, have faith, and keep fighting. With continued prayers, Maureen Beadles, RN Email address: [email protected]

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

10:49:44 PM

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I work at UAB and want to send you our hope and concern for your speedy recovery. I will keep you in my prayers. As a mother of three, I can only surmise what your children and husband are going through. I will keep your husband and children in my prayers as well. You not only have the support and love of your family and friends, you also have this great community, as well as the entire nation. I know that you will beat this thing and return to your family soon. Remember that God is with you always. Love, Melinda Cotten, UAB Pulmonary.

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

11:06:40 PM

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God Bless you Emily and your family. Keep strong! David Wells

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

11:24:21 PM

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Emily,

As a fellow health-care professional, I would like to reach out to you with love and hope for a speedy recovery. We’re all looking forward to the time you can join us at another gathering.

This is for Jeff, too – be strong, and be proud of Emily for having the courage to work in a profession that relieves the pain and suffering of others. May she be able to bear the atrocity that has been committed against her and grow stronger from it.

–Dot Welch, Mississippi Mensa SysOp, CompuServe Mensa Forum

Date:

1/31/98

Time:

11:26:36 PM

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You are in our prayers and thoughts. May GOD be with you. Kevin Little, Lynn AL.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

12:37:40 AM

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Dear Emily and Jeff, My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I sincerely pray that you get well soon.

-Prakash

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

12:54:33 AM

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Dear Emily,

I am glad for the chance to let you know that people from my community are pulling for you on your road to recovery. It is never easy to face the changes that life throws one’s way. I hope it helps you to know that you are not facing those changes alone. Millions of people appreciate what you are going through. May you find the strength and courage that you need to rise above this horrible tragedy.

Paula J. Phillips Miami, Florida [email protected]

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:04:03 AM

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I was so very sorry to hear about your injuries and I wish you speedy recovery. It is unimaginable that anyone could and would do something so terrible. My prayers go out to you and your family as well as to Officer Sanderson’s family. Redonna Leckie – McCalla, Alabama

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:15:59 AM

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I am a fourth year medical student at UAB. I believe very strongly in the work that you did at the clinic, and I believe it is so important to have strong people to help these young girls throught such a difficult time. The injustice of what has happened to you sickens me and makes my heart ache. My husband and I have you in our hearts.

Sincerely, Kendall Olvey

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

2:45:26 AM

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Dear Emily,

I read about what happened to you in the Mensa-forum on Compuserve.

I am deeply shocked about what happened to you and send you all the possitive thoughts I can think of.

Kind regards,

Frits Spieker, the Netherlands.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

3:03:21 AM

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Ms. Emily, I was actually a witness to the terrible, sickening bombing. I was directly in front of the clinic in my car. Thankfully (and i thank God every few minutes) I’m fine. Just a bad headache. I just want you to know that i’m praying as hard as i can for you. Of course, there are no words i could use to take any pain away physically, but please know that we’re all rallying around you and wondering how you are and thinking the best thoughts. I’m glad you’re still with us. As a woman, as a dedicated person. Wishing you the speediest and most miraculous of recoveries, my thoughts and prayers are with you constantly. Love Isa

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

5:20:19 AM

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I’m a Mensan in England. I heard the atrocious news through Mary Ambridge, and I am just sickened that such a thing could be done. My prayers and hopes for a quick recovery are very much with you. You were doing a job that involves more caring than these perverts are capable of understanding. I feel intense anger on your behalf. We’ve probably never met – though I was at the AG last July – but this has affected me very strongly. The love and concern of your family and friends will be a bulwark for you, but I hope that a stranger, half-way across the world, can also add her little bit. God bless and protect you, Emily, and guard over you and Jeff. Gill Othen, Kenilworth, England.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

6:35:04 AM

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hope you get well soon i’m praying for you and your family, also sonny family. put GOD first in your life beleave for a compleat healing and you shall have it.In JESUS NAME. RICHARD HARRISON [email protected]

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

7:01:35 AM

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I am so sorry about what you are going through. I live in Boston now, but spent the first 45 yrs in B’ham. Just know that our prayers are with you and you family. God be with you.

Dear Jeff and Emily I know you are going through a really hard time and I pray to God that everything is going to be ok.God Bless You

In Christian Love,Billy Clements

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

8:21:28 AM

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Dear Mrs. Emily

My name is Davyd Houston(15years) and im from alabama. Mrs. Emily i would like u to know that the whole world is with you and you are gonna come through because the bible tells us that HEALING IS THE CHILDREN’S BREAD and you are one of God’s children. I would like to let you know that im praying for you and your family. I want to say to you and your family to hold fast to God’s unchanging name because he said, YOU will Come Through!

Love,

Davyd Houston

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

8:27:34 AM

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Hope everything turns out alright. Our hopes and prayers are with you and your family.

Morgan Garmon Sam Garmon

Cullman, Alabama

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

8:37:10 AM

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My prayers and that of my husbands are with you and your family during this terrible time. This is a cowardly act done by someone who professes to want to save lives while killing them. Although I do not know you, I know the work you were doing only benefit those women who came to you for help. It takes a lot of guts to do the work you do.

Keep positive thoughts and remember God is with you.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

8:46:28 AM

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My husband is a Birmingham Police Officer and when he called me that morning all I could do was thank God it wasn’t him. Then I learned of the death of the police officer and the terrible, terrible trauma you must have and still be going through. I felt guilty for feeling so relieved it wasn’t my husband or someone in my family and then I felt a different kind of closeness to you because my husband, like you, was in danger on a daily basis. I do pray to God for you and your family for the terrible things you will have to overcome but God always has a plan in mind. Although sometimes it doesn’t always seem really clear things will work out for all of you. Emily, through all of the emotions you will go through never forget the love you and your husband have for each other and NEVER let go of that and that will get you through this. My thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family. Please take care! I wish you both the best.

With Kindest Regards, Tammy Phillips

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

8:47:19 AM

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Emily, May the loving Heavenly Father be with you at this trying time and give you the faith, patience and love for your recovery. We are praying for your recovery and will be remembering you daily. In Christian love Margaret Posey

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

8:49:03 AM

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Emily, Our hopes and prayers are with you and your family. Get well soon. The Stephenson Family Sylacauga, Alabama

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

8:50:03 AM

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My thoughts are with you… a fellow Mensan who met you at last summer’s AG…

– John

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

8:52:07 AM

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Our prayers and concern are with you and your family at this time. Our prayer is that you will continue to get better. That God will surround you with his love and almightly power to heal your body and make you well again. We all have a angel looking out for us and your angel on Thursday was Officer Sanderson. May God Bless You and your family!! Sincerely, Janet and Dwaine Stanley Hueytown

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

8:53:49 AM

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Emily and family,

I just want to tell you that you are in my thoughts. What a tremendous ordeal you have already been through and I know that the road to recovery will be tough as well. Stay strong , Emily, so many people are pulling for you! Draw on their energy.

Thinking of you, SLL in Birmingham

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

8:56:27 AM

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Emily- Hi, it’s Elisa and Kay from Taco Night. Girl, we’ve been thinking about you non-stop since Thursday. You are in our thoughts and prayers.

You concentrate on getting better, and we promise to take you back to Cuco’s, and it doesn’t even have to be on “dollar” night!

Everybody from Taco Night is keeping close tabs on your progress. We’ll be in touch, and you just get better!

My prayers are with you , Emily . I pray for speedy recovery and restoration of your eyesight, and hope you are soon to return to your home and family. Plese GET WELL SOON!!!!!!!!

Love, From a single mom of 5 year-old twins in Birmingham ,AL

[email protected] Debbie

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

9:38:43 AM

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Emily: I wish you a speedy recovery. Pam Person, from Homewood, AL

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

9:56:21 AM

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The words cannot express the feelings of sadness I have regarding what you sacrificed for the healthcare industry. The guidance, love, and support you gave to the many women which you helped while working at the clinic,will never be forgotten.

I pray that nothing like this will ever happen again. My prayers also go out to you and your family. I know this is a difficult time for you all. Remember that we are all praying for you.

Hopefully, the world has learned from this devasting situation, and that less violence will result, from viewing what happened in our section of the country. There really is truth to the saying, “it can happen to you.” I regret that it had to happen to a fellow nurse, in my own area.

Please remember, we are all here for you, not matter what you need. We will always be supportive of your needs.

Sincerely, a fellow nurse, Paula R. Terry

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:03:01 AM

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Hello Emily: I am praying for you. You seem like such a vital and charming person and probably have a great deal of inner strength. You will rely on that inner strength in the weeks to come. But I know you will come through this. May God bless you and your family. Sincerely, Linda (also a nurse in B’ham)

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:04:50 AM

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We wish you a speedy recovery and you are in our thoughts and prayers constantly.

From unknown friends; Chuck and Leona Watson

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:05:54 AM

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Emily & Jeff

My thoughts & prayers are with you both. Keep your heads up & keep heading down that recovery path. Before you know it you will go from a crawl to a hop..skip..& a jump! :~) (((HUGS)))

Betsy(IL)

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:06:40 AM

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Best wishes to you and you family…Yvette

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:06:59 AM

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I really hope you get better soon.You don’t know me but I am still praying for you and your family! Love and Prayers, 13 Ashley Jolley and family

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:16:51 AM

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Dear Emily…

My name is Duane Demeritt and from Atlanta, Georgia. I am deelpy sorry to hear of what happened, and especially that you were a victim. Please know that our good Lord is watching and is with you day and night.

Please…get well soon. I am sure you are a very important person to you family as well as the community.

I will keep you in my prayers…

Emily, All my prayers are with you, Jeff, and the girls during this most dificult time in your lives. I know Jeff’s strength and sense of humor will help sustain you during this time. Just know that you have touched many many lives and there are many people who wish you well.

Now, the humor part:

A man was sitting in a bar and in walked the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. He could not help himself, he just stared. She noticed him and walked right over to him. She looked him in the eye and said “I just want you to know that I will do anything you want me to do, for $100, IF you can describe it in three words.” The man looked her up and down, thought for a minute, took 5 $20 bills out of his pocket, laid them on the bar, and said “Paint my house.”

Martha Hightower

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

11:00:13 AM

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Dear Emily and Family,

I hope that you have a speedy recovery and can come home to your family soon. I know that the whole nation is pulling for you. Keep the faith and try to be strong. We are here for you.

The Larsen Family in San Diego, CA

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

11:08:04 AM

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Best wishes to Emily and family for a full and speedy recovery Barry Bullock and family

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

11:08:23 AM

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No one should have to go to work and be afraid…I work at the public library in Fairfield, next to City Hall..and I remember when someone put a bomb in Bessemer. I hope you will continue working when you get better…because these women who have abortions need a friend. Good luck to you and your family.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

11:23:09 AM

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Emily, Here are many wishes and prayers for a complete recovery. I appreciate all that you and your fellow health professionals do for all of us. You are a dedicated professional and I pray for a complete recovery for you. My best wishes and prayers for strength, courage, and faith to perservere to you and the loving man to whom you are married. Jeff, you hang in there too. You guys look like a special pair to me! Mary Crawford ([email protected])

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

11:36:02 AM

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Emily, you seem to be a beautiful woman with an incredible, supportive husband. I have read that even though you worked at an abortion clinic, you were always instrumental in insuring that women were making the right and comfortable decisions. You have saved many children. It was only fitting that your life was spared as well.

May God bless you throughout the coming months. My family and I will be praying for your recovery.

Melissa Dixon

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

11:36:23 AM

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To Emily, to her family and friends: My heartfelt sympathy to all of you at this time in your lives. My fervent prayers for Emily’s recovery, and for the recovery of this world that seems to be going mad. May God shed his Light on us all!! Carol in Pasadena, Texas

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

11:45:21 AM

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My prayers are with you and your family Emily. Please know that we truly care, and wish you a very speedy recovery. Mardi

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

11:49:33 AM

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Hi Emily,

I’m so sorry about your misfortune from the blast. My thoughts and my prayers go out to you.

I am also blind in my left eye and I have 50% vision in my right. I have MS which also left me a quadriplegic. So I can understand somewhat of what you are going through.

All I can say that despite all the suffering that you are going through, a smile goes a long way. It not only helps you and gives you hope, but it also helps those around you.

You have my prayers, my blessings, and my hope. I know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I just hope that one day you’ll be able see it too. 🙂 Best wishes to you for a speedy recovery!!

Take care, Dawn

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

11:51:04 AM

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Hi Emily,

I’m so sorry about your misfortune from the blast. My thoughts and my prayers go out to you.

I am also blind in my left eye and I have 50% vision in my right. I have MS which also left me a quadriplegic. So I can understand somewhat of what you are going through.

All I can say that despite all the suffering that you are going through, a smile goes a long way. It not only helps you and gives you hope, but it also helps those around you.

Take care, Dawn

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

11:55:37 AM

Our thoughts and prayers are with you Emily.Get well soon. Chuck and Ann Alabaster

Date:

2/1/98

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Our thoughts and prayers are wirh you

Donna Cooper Bradshaw 1154 Founders Court Las Vegas, NV 89014 702-547-4710

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:03:46 PM

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To Emily and Family:

I just wanted to let you know that my prayers and thoughts are with you and Emily. Just trust in the LORD and he will get you through this. It might be long and hard but you WILL recover and get through this. GOD BLESS YOU!!

Christine Pate

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:04:07 PM

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My heart goes out to Emily and Jeff and your family during this most difficult time. I will continue to keep you all in my prayers that through God’s love and guidance you will come through this…..

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:07:47 PM

Comments

2/1/98 Emily; Please know that my hopes and prayers are with you, your husband and your two daughters. As a fellow RN, I understand your commitment to others and pray that you will one day be able to resume your compassionate career. I will never understand this senseless act of violence and hope with all my heart that whoever did this will be caught before they are able to hurt anyone else. While I don’t know you or your family personally, please know that I will do anything I can to help if contacted. Please get better soon.

Lynn Thorpe, RN [email protected]

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:09:51 PM

Comments

Emily,

My heart goes out to you and your family. Please get well, quickly, and know a family in Wisconsin is thinking of you and your family, hoping and praying for a speedy recovery!

The Michalsky’s…Wisconsin

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:11:00 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

I am a Special Education teacher in the city fo Birmingham. When my children and I heard of the horrible disaster, we immediately stopped to pray for you. Each day my students and I pray for you, your two children and your husband. From what we have heard, you are a real fighter. We are fighting with you.

Love,

Sandy Bean [email protected] 425-2890

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:13:54 PM

Comments

Dear Emily:

Though we haven’t met or ever even talked, I feel like I know you some because my brother, Mike, has talked about you and your husband Jeff so much. He thinks the world of you two and you have apparently been wonderful friends to him. I am so thankful for him to have good people in his life like y’all because I worry about him being alone so much. We had no idea that you were involved in the bombing until Mike wrote to us and informed us. We are like everyone else who just can’t imagine something so cruel and senseless happening. It’s hard no to be bitter when something like this happens to you and you know you are an innocent victim of someone else’s anger and hatred, but I pray that you will keep a positive attitude and look toward recovery and not focus on the horrible person who did this to you. We may not be able to bring justice to them ourselves, but I am very certain that there will be justice for this- maybe not today or even next week, but the good Lord knows who did this and He will deal with them in His own way. For you Emily, life will go on and , even with the suffering you are having ,you are still alive and with those who love and need you. That is something in itself to be thankful for. You will never know or probably have any way of knowing how many thousands and thousands of people are thinking about you and praying for you, but they are out there, Emily. Everyone who talks about this says how awful it is for “the lady in the clinic” and how they pray that you will be okay. Trust in God to take care of this situation and your needs as well. He will be there, Emily. A speedy recovery to you and we will continue to pray for your health and return to your family.

Terry and Steve Niederkorn

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:15:08 PM

Comments

May God bless and keep Emily and her entire family in his loving care. We pray for renewed strength and hope for Emily, and in time, restored health.

God’s Blessings, A Caring Resident of Hoover

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:16:14 PM

God Bless You

Debbie

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:21:40 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. The love pouring out from all over the world will help you get through your healing and recovery. Eileen /New York

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:26:36 PM

Comments

Emily, My prayers are with you and your family. Those of us at the United States Attorney’s Office who are working on solving the case think of you daily. Get well soon. Joe McLean, Chief of the Criminal Division.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:27:08 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, 2/1/98 I was in Birmingham this past weekend visiting my parents and heard the news of the bombing. I just wanted to say that you, your husband, and children are in my prayers. May God be with you and your family. God Bless, Jessica Reese Gainesville College Student Gainesville, Georgia

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:31:18 PM

Comments

Emily,

I am praying for you and your family daily. God’s grace is all-sufficient.

Susan Kirkpatrick

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:42:17 PM

Comments

Dear Emily and Jeff, Although I do not know you, my prayers are with you both.I do not understand how anyone who professes to love life could commit such a horror.May God heal and protect you and give you strength .Micki in New York

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:49:16 PM

Comments

I am hopeful that you will have a full recovery. Looking at that picture of you and your husband is heartwarming, as is his obvious love for you and compassion for others. I truly hope you get to take that trip to Cancun in the near future and to return to the San Francisco Bay Area (my home) and enjoy the view!

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:52:03 PM

Emily My prayers are with you and your family. Jrff I am inspired by this humanistic approach and utilization of the Internet. PAX MAryANN

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

1:59:53 PM

Comments

Emily, I heard about your tragic ordeal the other day on the news. Hopefully you’ll retain the usage of your right eye. They say that God works in mysterious ways. Please do not give up hope. In reading all of the comments to you from people around the world, I am struck by the outpouring of genuine love. It just goes to show that there are more caring people in the world than not. God bless you. :-} Think of your family to help you through. Regina C. Toy RN,C Newark,Delaware ([email protected])

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

2:09:33 PM

Comments

Best wishes from Denmark on your swift recovery. Sad that things like this can happen in the civilized world. All my best! Karen S.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

2:10:00 PM

Comments

My hope and prayers are with you and your family. Best wishes……Eileen

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

2:12:02 PM

Comments

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this very difficult time. May God give you strength to face the difficulties of adjusting to your life changes as a result of this terrible injury. As you have counseled others and offered hope and strength, may these be added to you. We do not know you, but we pray that you will return to the family who loves you. You are a lucky young woman to have a husband who is willing to share your sunshine days and your days in the shadows and to allow those of us who never knew you to feel a part of your lives. God bless and heal.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

2:17:34 PM

Emily, I feel connected to you in some remote strange way. I, too am a nurse, working in North Carolina. I know the issues you deal with in your job, working in a controversial environment. I was an emergency room nurse for 20 years before coming here to work in Poison Control. My husband grew up in Alabama – Tuscumbia – and his mother currently lives in Birmingham. She has had eye surgery at UAB so I know what wonderful care you are getting there. In fact, she was scheduled to have an appointment that day of the bombing at an office across the street.

I am praying for you, Emily. You have such a wonderful, loving supportive husband in Jeff. You are very lucky to have him. Keep the faith, girl.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

3:12:14 PM

Comments

I am praying for you, Emily. You have such a wonderful, loving supportive husband in Jeff. You are very lucky to have him. Keep the faith, girl. Merilyn Crittenden [email protected]

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

3:28:57 PM

Comments

Emily, I realize that you are just a woman who was doing her job, but you are in everyones’ hearts during your recovery. We’ve never met, as with so many people who have signed this hope book, But I just want to say something very simple. Keep your beautiful smile, it made me smile just seeing your picture. Keep your courage, you have courage enough to get through this. And keep the people who truly care and love you, close, they will be your strength when you think yours’ has failed.

And Thank you Jeffrey, for giving me the opportunity to touch, and be touched by, Emily.

wendy Bisaillon Ontario, Canada

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

3:31:24 PM

Comments

Be brave. Know that many of us are sending you all the good thoughts and good wishes we can muster! Above all, keep the faith!!! Good luck! And blessed be!

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

3:41:20 PM

Comments

Emily, God bless you for the work you have done and the pain you have suffered. I hope you will be strengthened knowing so many people are praying for your recovery. They are a testimony to how many good, caring folks there really are in this world. As the saying goes, “Never give up and never give in.” We’re all pulling for you, Emily. Linda Martin in Pelham

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

3:42:57 PM

Comments

Emily, I wish you a speedy recovery of both body and spirit. At last July’s AG fishbowl, Jeff seemed to glow when he spoke about you. As I read some of the same words in his press release today, they brought tears to my eyes. I’m sure his love will bring you healing magic. Let me add a little extra love from NJ just for good measure.

Patty Newbold ([email protected])

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

3:51:36 PM

Comments

Take care.

The act was a cowards.

2/1/98

Time:

4:42:55 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, My famialy is praying for you each night. Our hearts are verry sadden by what you are going thru . The Ellerbes Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

4:51:48 PM

Comments

Jeef and Emily,You are in our deepest thoughts. God bless you.

Palisades Church of Christ

Date:

2/1/98

Dear Emily May God bless you and keep you in his loving arms at this time. I’m a friend of you cousin Becky Gardner in Louisville ky. Get well soon. Gene Streible, Louisville Ky

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

5:12:34 PM

Comments

EMILY, JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU WELL, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!! SINCERELY, A.K.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

5:14:52 PM

Comments

Emily, Wishing you a quick recovery. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Eileen & Len Levin ([email protected])

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

5:19:51 PM

Comments

Emily, I wish you a speedy recovery. When times comes that you can read this, and you notice that I didn’t say if, you will then know how you have reached the hearts of millions from all over the world. Your husband, Jeff really loves you or I doubt that he would never have had the inspiration to create this home page for you. During your recovery you will take the hopes and prayers of all who have signed this book and even those who haven’t. I personally have spoken to numerous people you say prayers for you – they just don’t have a computer to let you know of their prayers. Your speedy recovery will be indicative of all the prayers that are being said for you. I wish you well. – Irene from Dal-land

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

5:21:36 PM

Hi Emily, Just wanted to let you know that I am sending prayers for you and your family. I feel so bad for what has happened to you. Please know that I am thinking of you and I hope you are well enough to leave the hospital soon. I can’t imagine going through what you are right now, for sure it is a test of strength. I know you will come out of this just fine. Perhaps you will have more compassion than ever before. I believe everything happens for a reason, sometimes we don’t understand why, but we must deal with the life we are dealt. I hope you have your vision back in your eye, they can do amazing things now days, so I’m sure you will have a great chance. Take care! Linda Atkinson

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

6:44:34 PM

Comments

Emily and family, You are all in our thoughts and our prayers, may GOD be with you now and always. Glynn & Jennifer Clark

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

6:50:54 PM

Comments

Thinking of you and your family and coworkers, and hope that you heal rapidly. I appreciate your work, and those of your coworkers everywhere. Love, L. Grant Northern California

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

6:57:51 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, Jeff and Emily’s daughters,

We are so sorry for your struggle and the senseless act which has turned your family up-side-down. No words are adequate. We will be thinking all good thoughts for you and yours and will check your page often for updates on your progress.

Love,

Dena Vogler and Deidra Keveney Wichita, KS

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

6:59:09 PM

Comments

Dear Emily and family,all my thought and prayers are with you all at this time of need and sadness. It is a horrible thing that you have to suffer because of some twisted individual. With God’s help and all the love and prayers you are recieveing from the world, I know you will be up and going very soon. God’s speed and be well, Mike Wren [email protected]

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

6:59:49 PM

Comments

Our thoughts are with you. We here in Atlanta have had our share of bombings. What a cowardly act.

Our love goes out to you.

Darlene Atlanta Pro-Choice Action Committee [email protected]

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

7:12:32 PM

Comments

Hello Emily, At times like these words are often lost. You have touch my life more than you will ever know. I hope that this is an inspiration for you to have a full recovery. I hope that you return to your family and friends as soon as possible. I truly and sincerely wish you and your family only the best in the time to come.

Much love and respect, Atarsha

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

7:16:10 PM

Comments

Emily and Jeff –

The prayers and hopes of the congregation of Second Presbyterian Church are with both of you. I shared the events of the last week with the congregation this morning (February 1). People were very empathetic and concerned for you both. At first, very few knew that I had married you in our sanctuary on Valentine’s Day four years ago (in fact, I had forgotten it was Valehtine’s Day) and that you had worshipped with us on many occasions. When reminded, many remembered and were deeply concerned. Prayers, oral and silent, have been offered for Emily’s recovery and for Jeff’s comfort and courage to see this through.

Jeff, I came down to the hospital on Saturday morning. I missed you because, at the time, you were meeting with the press. I want to do anything I can to help you through these difficult times. All you have to do is to pick up the phone and call.

By the way, a Mrs. Wehby, who teaches with my son Mark, and who is one of your neighbors, has said that she wants to do anything she can (feed pets? pick up mail? bring food? watch the house?) to support you. Let me know, or call her, if there is anything she can do to help.

Emily and Jeff, I have missed both of you over the past year (especially Emily’s beautiful smile). I long to see both of you again, together, smiling, walking, being part of my life and the life of our congregation. Jeff, I will stay in touch and hope to see you often in the next weeks and months.

The web site was a great idea! I just hope that people don’t use it for a debate over abortion. By the way, if you have ever wondered, both Patti and I, and both of our children, are firmly in support of a woman’s (along with her husband or other significant one) right to choice. In fact, Patti and I have in the past made a painful decision to abort a child (a fact which we have never shared openly, until we share it now with you.) We are behind you all the way, in your choice of profession, in the risks you have taken for assuring others of the same choice.

Emily, I have a gut feeling that you are going to emerge from this tragic, senseless, violent act as a stronger and more courageous person. Jeff, I applaud you (as your statement to the press indicates) for sticking by Emily in the sense that your marriage vows intended! You are both…”good people,” and I consider it an honor to have been a part of your lives.

In the meantime, have courage. Trust in God’s comfort. Trust in God’s healing power through the doctors and nurses given to your care.

Shalom, Tom Winter, Sunday night, February 1, 1998

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

7:18:48 PM

Comments

Love, good wishes, and hugs to you, Jeff, and your children. We’re thinking about you daily and making wishes for your recovery.

We care… LeAnne and Steve Porter, Birmingham

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

7:37:31 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, I hope you, your Husband, and children, have the shortest, most pain free recovery on record, with a quick return to the wonderful nursing profession you have served so well, and I pray the Gods, & Goddesses shine their tenderness and concern upon you, and your whole family!! Even my two cats, Stretch, and Dumpling, are purring for you!!!

Blessed Be!!

G. Frano, A-EMt-Paramedic, (retired)

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

7:48:46 PM

Comments

Emily and family, my prayers are with you all. May God be with you and your recovery be full and speedy. I watch the news daily to get updates on your condition and was overjoyed by the news of you being able to see light. I am praying that everyday to come brings only good news. It will be a long fight but with faith, family, and love….I know it can be won. God Bless. Dorri Bierley, nursing student

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

7:49:51 PM

Comments

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

7:58:40 PM

Comments

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

Laurie D. T. Mann

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

8:01:46 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, Thinking of you and wishing you good luck. Think of your loving family and friends to get better. You sound like a great person who deserves the best. Keep the faith and my prayers are with you. Maybe someday our paths will cross. In the meantime you have a new friend who wishes only the best for you. Take care and get better soon. Regards, Phyllis from NJ

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

Comments

Emily & Jeff,

Although you don’t know me, you two have become apart of my thoughts since this senseless tragedy. I’m not quite sure how much if anything this will mean to you, but my thoughts and prayers are with you both. I wish you a speedy recovery. I just finished reading your progress report for today. It’s wonderful that you can see light. I will continue to think about you and pray for you. May God go with you and comfort you as you focus on getting better. Karol Mangham Anniston, Al.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

8:49:00 PM

Comments

Having several members of my family who are in the medical field as well as police officers this senseless tradegy comes close to home. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. This webpage is a true sign of your husbands love for you. What a fortunate woman you are to have found someone like Jeff. Get well soon.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

8:55:23 PM

Comments

My name is Alicia and i pray that God will give you strength both mentally and physically. i know God is able and he will bring you through. my prayers are with you and your family. May God continue to bless you both.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

9:02:15 PM

Comments

Emily. Although we have never met I feel like I know you. My name is Janet King and I am the nurse practitioner at New Woman and a very close frind of Chenyin. My thoughts and prayers are with you and I hope that we will meet one day. I will keep in touch with you through this page.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

9:16:28 PM

Comments

Your courage and strength are an inspiration to all who have heard your story. I would like to thank you at this time for the compassion that you have shown to women in need.

My prayers are with you and your family. May you one day soon see the faces that you hold so dear.

Christal Watts Suisun City, CA [email protected] mom of 3

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

9:19:29 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, We wish you the best of luck and our prayers are with you and your family.

Sincerely The Messer and Evans Families Birmingham

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

9:26:12 PM

Comments

Prayers for a speedy recovery for a brave and lovely person

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

9:33:56 PM

Comments

Just wanted to let you know that my prayers are with you and your family through this terrible and tragic time.Hope you have a sucessful and fast recovery. Nicole Birmingham,Alabama Age-14

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

9:41:41 PM

Comments

Emily, Be brave and strong and when you think you can’t take anymore-know that so many are praying for you. And know that Gods got broad sholders and two good ears. Hang tough, Suzie

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

9:44:09 PM

I have never met you, but it is clear that you are a strong and courageous woman. Please know that people everywhere are thinking of you and wishing you a speedy recovery. I am a medical student at the University of Minnesota and you are in our thoughts.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:04:53 PM

Comments

Dear Emily & Jeff,

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Be strong; remember that you are loved, remember that people all around the world are thinking of you and wishing you well.

Comments

Dear Emily,

I wanted you to know how much I respect you, and your family. My thoughts have been with you often over the last few days.

We’ve never met. Yet the picture of you in San Fransico, hit me so hard. You see, just this last summer and across the bridge from the picture of you and your husband is where my soon to be husband proposed to me.He and I also work in your field, but in the research/fieldwork end.

I hope someday we have a chance to meet. I’d like to shake your hand and say thank you, in person.I’m sorry for all you’re going through.

For every womyn whose hand you’ve held or said a kind word to in our profession, I’d just like to say thanks.

-Sabina and Mike

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:25:19 PM

Comments

May God be with you and your family at this time. Trust in him and all will go good.There is a reason for all that he does and know that somewhere, somehow something good will come. S. Gilpin Millport,Al.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:30:33 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

Just wanted to let you know that you are in my thoughts and prayers. It seems that you have a wonderful, supportive family to help you throught this time.

Sincerely, Gerry Hershey Vestavia Hills

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:31:26 PM

Comments

How can we explain or understand a person doing this to one who cares? I can’t. But I care for you, Emily, and you, Jeff, and the girls.

I was at the clinic a couple of years ago to work with/for Bruce Lucero in his court trial. I probably saw you there, but didn’t get to meet you. It makes your tragedy come even closer to me and makes angrier for having been there.

May Ground pf the Universe be with you, strengthen you and yours.

Dallas Blanchard

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:32:20 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

I don’t know you, but my heart breaks for what has happened to you. Stay strong and get well soon.

Roberta Sampere [email protected]

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:36:10 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

We are so glad to know that you are beginning to see and respond to Jeff. Our thoughts are with you.

Miyuki and James

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:37:06 PM

Comments

Emily, I hope that you will continue to improve and will soon be able to go home. May God keep you and comfort you and your Family.

J.D. Weeks [email protected]

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

10:38:09 PM

Comments

Emily, I hope that you will continue to improve and will soon be able to go home. May God keep you and comfort you and your Family.

J.D. Weeks [email protected]

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

God be with you Emily & Jeff at this awful time. Cannot wait to hear all the good things that you will find in the future. I truly believe you will be rewarded someday.

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

11:33:52 PM

Comments

Emily,

May God bless you and your family. You have been in our thoughts and prayers throughout these days. Likewise, you will continue to be remembered before God for many days to come. I pray the very best for you.

Johnny Hobbie

Date:

2/1/98

Time:

11:54:01 PM

Comments

Emily, keep the faith. You & your family are in my prayers. My wish for you is a speedy & miraculeous recovery. Lavonne in Michigan e-mail: [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

12:26:34 AM

Comments

Dear Family of Emily and Jeff….. You suffering is so pointless and cruel. I wish for a better world for your children, all life is sorrowful, you were only adding your participation to the joys of living in a world of ignorant selfish people that could do this to you Emily. If prayer changed the course of what happened to you, then I would pray daily every moment. As best I can offer is the hope of understanding for our children and less suffering because you tried to help where help was needed. You are a hero, scared and wounded and now in respect and love I send you the hopes and wishes for a better tomorrow. You are cared about and thought of. You are a brave Lady and your family is standing by you with the love you gave them to return. Never give up. Life is worth living in any turn of events. we must show our strenght with friends that care and share your hurt. Be well Emilly, be strong Jeff and never stop loving….. Sincerely, Sharon Jones from Oregon

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

3:03:56 AM

Comments

Dear Emily, I just wanted you to know that my family’s thoughts and prayers are with your family in this terrible time. Please get better soon and we hope you see the world for the beauty it has to offer and not the ugliness you were subjected too. We all have to believe that there is goodness left in the world.

Stacy,Mykhel,Bradley and Cody Fincher

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

4:40:13 AM

Comments

Emily, my hopes and prayers are with you and your family for a quick and complete recovery.Maintain your faith in god and he will maintain you and your family.I’ll be keeping up with your progress and praying for you daily. STG.also a nurse

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

4:41:07 AM

Emily,

When I signed on to my profession I was aware that bombs might be a part of my life. I am a soldier, and I see it as my responsability to keep violence like this beyond our borders. I am sorry for what happened to you. I am saddened and appalled that in the opinion of some sick humans, who I will not dignify as “Americans,” a bomb is a legitimate form of protest. They are not why I am a soldier. The best wishes I I and my family for your speedy recovery,

Robert L. Bateman, CPT, INF, USA and Asst Wizop Compuserve Mensa Forum (yea, I’m one of them too)

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

6:15:48 AM

Comments

Hi Emily,

Sometimes things happen in this crazy world that we neither ask for nor deserve. I am sorry that this has happened to you.

A friend of mine is constantly reminding me that “that which does not kill us makes us stronger.” Certainly, when he tells me this, it doesn’t make the hurt go away. But it reminds me that, so far as I am in control, I have a great ability to see past my hurt and get on with the challenge of living a happier, fuller life. I hope, in the coming weeks, you can find a portion of this same fortitude, and rise above your hurt.

Certainly I wish you only the best. Remember that the three great healers, nature, time and patience heal all wounds, both the ones you can see and the ones you can’t.

Best wishes for a fast, full recovery,

William J. Freeman

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

6:17:16 AM

Comments

Dear Emily,

My hopes and prayers are with you and your family. You make sure you have a speedy recovery, because I’m sure there are some people who really need you. God Bless You And Your Family.

Sincerely, Shonnel Williams

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

6:36:36 AM

Comments

Dear Emily, There but for the grace of God go all of us who work at clinics across the country. I have worked at The Hope Clinic for Women across the river from St. Louis for the past 18 years and have never turned the key to open without thinking about what could happen. Our staff’s hearts and prayers are with you every moment. We send our love to you and our thanks to Gary for keeping us so well informed. Allison Hile ([email protected], but I don’t expect a response)

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

7:04:25 AM

Comments

Emily, Just wanted you to know that I hope and pray for a speedy recovery. We know that many prayers are being said for you, and these will help speed your recovery. God bless you and your family, and all those who work in controversial places. Barbara Odom

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

7:15:05 AM

Comments

Dear Emily:

My thoughts have been with you since the moment I heard about the incident last week. I am also a health care provider and this incident makes me renew my committment to providing health care services to those who need them.

I pray for your recovery and send my love and support to you and your family.

—Barbara, PA-C in CT

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

7:25:09 AM

Comments

Emily, Our thoughts, prayers and love are with you and your family.

Don and I wish you a speedy recovery.

Don and Em Davis

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

7:31:19 AM

Best wishes for a full, speedy recovery !

Chuck Barney, RPh Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

7:47:34 AM

Comments

Best wishes for a full, speedy recovery !

Chuck Barney, RPh Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

8:01:35 AM

Comments

2 Feb 98 You have been placed in my daily prayers. If I may here is a prayer for you, “Lord when I’m stuck in the mud, help me to look up and see the stars even thougt I may have weak eyes”. Thats only for now, they will get stronger !! Dennis Austin San Antonio, TX [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

8:08:43 AM

Comments

Emily,

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. God’s speed to you for a quick and complete recovery. At a time in my life when I needed it most, a friend told me to remember I Thessalonians 5:18:

“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

This may not help at this particular time, but it has remained with me through the years, through “smaller” tragedies.

God bless you and keep you all, Kathy Blackerby [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

8:21:46 AM

Comments

Emily, I am keeping you in my prayers daily,I know that God is watching out for you and your family. I hope your back home with your family and friends real soon. My prayers are also with Sandy’s family and friends. Although I did not know Sandy very well, I did have a chance to meet him in relations to our jobs, I know that he will be missed very much. I work for UAB Police and we can help you or your family in any way just let us know. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY Sheila Parsons

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

8:23:47 AM

Emily – You have been in my thoughts and prayers. You are to be admired for your strength and courage; may God bless you and yours during this time and always. Sincerely, Anne Steilberg

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

8:42:15 AM

Comments

Emily, You and your family remain on my mind and in my prayers daily. I strive to hear your progress and hope it comforts you in some way to know that people here in the Birmingham area care about you and your family. I wish you hope from the heart and a speedy recovery. Keep your courage … God Bless You. You’re in my thoughts and prayers, Stacy from Maylene, AL

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

8:52:01 AM

Comments

To Emily and Jeff, Before sending you this message I scolled through the others that had been left for you. My wife is a nurse and I am a policeman, we will never meet, but I feel the pain that you are both going through at this moment. I know that words at times can seem meaningless but from the other side of the world I send our love and best wishes for a speedy recovery, please get well soon. Bruce Pollard ([email protected])

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

8:58:00 AM

Comments

Emily & Jeff

We pray for your speedy recovery. Keep the faith, GOD never gives you more than you can handle, and you will overcome this.

Joe and Jeanne Leo

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

9:11:51 AM

Comments

Our families prayers are with you Emily and your family! God Bless you. kmarona

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

9:14:31 AM

Comments

Emily, I am keeping you in my prayers daily,I know that God is watching out for you and your family. I hope your back home with your family and friends real soon. My prayers are also with Sandy’s family and friends. Although I did not know Sandy very well, I did have a chance to meet him in relations to our jobs, I know that he will be missed very much. I work for UAB Police and if we can help you or your family in any way just let us know. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY Sheila Parsons

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

9:15:29 AM

My heart goes out to both of you and my compliments on your courage. In keeping with your request for a bit of humor, I’ve enjoyed the following:

This is the transcript of an ACTUAL [don�t believe all you read] radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October, 1995.

*************************************************************** Radio conversation released by the Chief of Naval OPs 10.X.95. ***************************************************************

Americans: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.

Canadians: Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.

Canadians: No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.

Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS MISSOURI, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!

Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

9:23:44 AM

Comments

Emily, I am keeping you in my prayers daily,I know that God is watching out for you and your family. I hope your back home with your family and friends real soon. My prayers are also with Sandy’s family and friends. Although I did not know Sandy very well, I did have a chance to meet him in relations to our jobs, Sandy and every other man and woman who patrol the streets putting their lives in danger so we can feel safe are all HEROS. I know that Sandy will be missed very much, My heart breaks for his family and his friends.

Jeff & Emily,

I keep conjuring up the mental image of the two of you sitting across from me at a restaurant in Memphis. Sitting close and smiling because your wedding was rapidly approaching.

I have thought of you very often during the past few days, and I will continue to hope for the best in the days that come.

Please let me know if I can do anything for you. I’ll be glad to bring my cats over to keep you company when you return home. 🙂

10:45:17 AM

Comments

Emily, I am thinking of you constantly and wishing you the speediest recovery. I think you are brave and loving and kind. Please find strength in all the good you have done and all the lives you have touched. –an abortion provider in NJ

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

10:50:02 AM

Comments

Dear Emily, I hope someday reall soon you will be able to smile as beautifully as you are in the picture I just saw of you. I get the impression that you are a really positive person–so I know you WILL be smiling that way again real soon. Most sincerely, Shelby Grifo-Swayze [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

10:51:04 AM

Comments

Emily, I’m so sorry this happened to you…and angry that sick people use religion in such a twisted way. God would never want you hurt, and I’m praying that the God I know will heal you quickly, and comfort you while you wait. Know that you’re in my thoughts and prayers — Stephanie Armstrong, Round Rock, TX P.S. If I could remember a joke longer than 2 minutes, I’d tell you a good one to make you smile?! 🙂

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

10:56:03 AM

Comments

Dear Emily, I was glad to hear this morning about your eye. Please heal as soon as you can. Your friend in Reason, Randy Flynn Alabamians For Choice 212 Westchester Drive Centerpoint, Alabama 35215

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

10:57:06 AM

Comments

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

10:58:10 AM

Comments

Dear Emily. I got your page from a fibro friend on the “Wall” (support group.) i wanted you to know that were all praying for you for the strength to get well soon. God be with you and your dear family. Thank you to your dear husband for giving us the chance to wish you a speedy recovery.. God Bless you all.. Carole BC. Canada..

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:07:01 AM

Comments

Jeff and Emily, Words seem inadequate at a time like this, but I would like to add my “Best Wishes” to a long list of well-wishers. I am deeply saddened by the senseless act that has brought you to this point. I hope and pray for your speedy recovery. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.

Robert Neal [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:08:06 AM

Comments

Dear Emily — Two nights ago I awoke in the middle of the night after dreaming about an accident involving my mother. It was one of those dreams that stays with you all day, and I greatly looked forward to my weekly phone call to my mother that night. I shared my dream with her and she gently said she perhaps knew why I’d had such a dream. You see, my mother is also a nurse and my own work involves studying your field. My mother thought perhaps by dreaming of *her*, and feeling so deeply hurt and saddened, I was really thinking of you. Of course we have never met, yet I think my mother was right. (Aren’t mothers always?) I send you my deepest and heartfelt regards for strength and hope and health. [email protected], Chicago

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:14:30 AM

Comments

EMILY AND JEFF,

MY FAMILY PRAYS FOR EMILY’S SWIFT RECOVERY I JUST CAN’T UNDERSTAND HOW SOMEONE CAN FIGHT AGAINST TAKING A LIFE BUT THEN TURNS AROUND AND TAKES A LIFE AND INJURES SOMEONE WHO IS ONLY TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING, I WISH AND PRAY THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN STOP ALL THE VIOLENCE AND HATE IN THIS WORLD.

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

TOMMIE MCKINNEY

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:15:35 AM

Comments

EMILY AND JEFF,

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

TOMMIE MCKINNEY

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:16:42 AM

Comments

Emily and Jeff, My name is Linda Lund, I am Terry’s sister. I am staying with Stephen and Shelly during Terry and Waynes trip to see you. I am so very happy to hear that things are going much better with you Enily. I have been praying for you and your family. I know you are the kids favorite Aunt. (don’t tell anyone I said that 🙂 ) It is very good to hear the news from Terry that you are improving every day, Stephen and Shelly send their love also, and are very encouraged by the your improvements. God is looking over you and will protect you. I’m sorry that I have never had a chance to meat you, as everyone says you are a wonderful, kind and beautiful person. Thank you Jeff for suppling this web site so Terry’s family and others can see the updates you are sending.

God be with you both,

Linda Lund

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:37:54 AM

Comments

Hi Emily–

I spent close to a year working at your clinic site under a previous owner, and I am heartbroken over your injuries and Officer Sanderson’s death. All of us at the Center for Choice in Mobile are thinking of you constantly. Thank you so much for everything you have done to help your patients.

Blessed be, Nicole Youngman

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:39:50 AM

Comments

Dear Emily, It is so great to hear that over the weekend the prognosis for your recovery took a step in the right direction! I know that you are receiving the best of care here at UAB. I have worked here for over 20 years and know that they are top notch. Our thoughts are with you and your family and we look forward to hearing more wonderful update! Cindy Holmes

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:41:44 AM

Comments

Emily, I also heard about you from a support group that i read each day. My prayer for you to recover quickly goes out for you. May God wrap you in His everlasting arms, and make His presence so real to you. That way, you never walk alone, but have the best friend ever, walking by your side. [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:42:48 AM

Comments

Dear Emily and family, My name is Charles Moore, I am a preacher and ministerial student in New Orleans Baptist Seminary. I am so sorry to learn about what has happened in recent days. I will pray for you all this week in my personal prayer time, that Christ would bring healing to your life. I will also mention your name in my home church in New Orleans, and that you be placed on the prayer list. Christ leads us and walks with us in life’s valleys and mountain top experiences, I know He will walk with you both as well. May the Lord keep you and bless you, amen.

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:44:16 AM

Comments

You are in our prayers.

Glad to read the updated report. Hang in there and know that God is with you.

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:46:44 AM

Comments

To Jeff and Emily,

Jeff,

This is a wonderful thing you have done for Emily (this web page). Keep the faith and all things are possible.

Emily,

I would like to say how sorry I am for what has happened. If you are able to read this then I know you are doing well and I thank God for letting you be able to read again.

I would like to be a little selfish and use what your husband has set aside for you and use it for the Sanderson family as well. I would like to send my prayers out to the Sanderson family and to let them know that even though they will never get over this tradgic situation, just keep living and everyday will get better and better and you will be able to cope with what you have lost.

Emily, Jeff and the rest of the Lyon family,

Remember, you are also in my thoughts and each day I too will pray that Emily will have a full recovery.

Much love to you all,

Emily We wish for you a speedy recovery…You are in our thoughts and prayers…

The Longacre Family Moody AL.

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

12:16:25 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

So sorry to hear of your terrible situation. Am very glad to hear that you will be able to see again. Hang tough through the hard times and remember the good. And don’t ever forget to laugh, from personal experience dealing with a chronic illness, laughter gets you through it. I think you should receive a medal for doing your job in a world where people have decided a disagreement should be more than vocal. Good luck to you and your family.

Harold & Irene Bean

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

12:17:35 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, My prayers are with you. I shall continue to say your name each time I am in services, saying the Amidah, the silent devotion. There have been several people that I have prayed for and they have gotten better. It is my hoe that you will be able to read all of your messages one day soon. Thank you for all that you have done to help other women. Sincerely, Madeline [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

12:20:22 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, My husband & I are still in shock over this terrible senseless act. We want you to know our prayers are with you, your loved ones, and the Clinic Staff. You all were very kind to me when I needed help. We ask that you will recieve an outpouring of God’s blessing and love to help you through the coming days and reach a full recovery.

Brenda

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

12:25:06 PM

Comments

Mrs. Lyons,

Me and people I know all wish you to recover as soon as possible. But I want you to understand how I feel on this issue. You MUST understand that you are a TARGET in a WAR declared by anti-choice terrorists. DO NOT THINK FOR ONE MINUTE they will let up on you or your family! You probably have gotten some get-well messages for a few anti-abortion people……but there are MANY MORE who wished you were dead! I am not kidding! People such as “Fr.” Trosch and Donald Spitz and groups such as Advocates for Life and Missionaries to the Preborn are openly SUPPORTIVE of clinic violence. To them, what happened to you is fine with them because you still worked for an abortion clinic. Don’t think I am joking, because I know these groups! I am alrighty fighting with a few of them! They will lie and use violence and extortion to get what they want! Would you like to have your residence picketed constantly by these creeps?

You must understand that when someone declares war on you, the only right thing to do is to FIGHT BACK! Not bomb back, mind you, but do NOT just sit around and get hit in the head constantly! Unless you wish to leave the reproductive-rights business, you ARE going to recieve constant harassment and hate from these “Christian” zealots. Yes, I sound like an angry pro-choice fellow, but as some Southerners say: don’t get mad, GET EVEN! I would like to see you overcome your psychological scars and FIGHT BACK at these monsters; otherwise look forward to more clinic violence in the months to come. Non-doctors such as Shannon Lowney and Leanne Nichols did not die in vain; but we MUST NOT give the anti-choice hooligans a green light to continue their dastardly acts!

Again, I hope and pray for your full recovery. I want to see Officer Sanderson’s death avenged, but NOT with violence. I might add some comments on what I mean in the near future. If you doubt for one second there won’t be any more clinic violence, then please check out this site:

[www.christiangallery.com]

Please get well soon,

Paul

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

12:28:09 PM

Comments

Hi Emily and Jeff: It took me a day or so to discover that the injured nurse was indeed one of our Mensa family. It really hurt. I have meet you a few times. I vividly remember the great party you guys had for Mensa after you bought your new home. I will pray for you and your family often. Hope to see you up and around ASAP.

Jim Lofe

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

12:36:02 PM

Comments

Emily and Family

My prayers are with you during this trying time. You have a wonderful husband and children that will help you through this.

Martha – Birmingham

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

Dear Emily,

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

1:35:16 PM

Comments

Bravo to one of the heros of today’s world – such as you were prior to the accident, and will be always!!

I am so sorry to hear of the tragedy, and hope for your continued recovery. If ever there is anything I might be able to do to help, please don’t hesitate to contact me!

Again, you are made of the stuff of heroes! Good luck and God Bless!

Virginia Dempsey [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

1:38:48 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, I am praying for your full and complete recovery.

Sincerely,

Jana Sullivan…Auburn,Al

[email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

1:45:29 PM

Comments

Emily,

I wish you all the best. You are a true hero in my eyes. Your husband requested jokes for you, so here it goes.

One day a man walks into the hospital and tells the desk nurse that he wants to see the eye/ear doctor. “There is no such doctor” she tells him. “Perhaps you would like to see someone else?” No, I need to see an eye/ear doctor he says. But there is no such doctor, she replies. We have doctors for the eyes and doctors for the ear, nose and throat, but no eye/ear doctor. No help. He repeats, “I want to see the eye/ear doctor ” They go around like this for a few minutes and then the nurse says: “There is no eye/ear doctor, but if there were one, why would you want to see one? Because,” he replies, “I keep hearing one thing and seeing another.”

Tim Hathcock Birmingham, AL [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

1:58:25 PM

Comments

Emily-

I wish you the strength and hope to get better and soon! Thank you for being there for so many women in their time of crisis. Now it’s time for us to be there for you. You are in my thoughts and I wish you well! Erin Day San Francisco, CA

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

2:21:58 PM

Comments

Emily,

This is just another to add to the many notes you are getting from all of us who are keeping you and your family in our prayers. Maybe your husband Jeff remembers me from the old days at Village Computers. This web site he created is a wonderful way to honor your strength and courage.

God bless you.

Jim Anderson /Bham

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

2:36:23 PM

Comments

As one nurse to another…(as you know they always say we make the worst patients!)…I know you’ll do whatever it takes to be well again. Since I have a few years on you (I’m 49), I can honestly tell you that what we’ve heard is true: “That which doesn’t kill us definitely makes us stronger.” It sounds as though you & I may have pursued a few similar paths. After a 10 year career in nursing, I went back to college to obtain my MS in counseling. The combination of nursing & counseling was a hot comodity! It’s opened many doors for me. As you know, one of the nice things about nursing is the diversity of paths open to us to make adifference in this world while satisfying our own needs for growth. In a month or so, when you’re able to devote a little of your recovery time to building new relationships, I’ll look forward to hearing from you. If time doesn’t permit an eventual response, I’ll most likely send an occassional message anyway to let you know I’m one of the many ProChoice Nurses cheering you on. I might even feel forced to send you one or two sick jokes (lawyers, etc) to keep you “in practice” for your return to healthcare. YOU GO GIRL!!! Nancy in Atlanta many cheering you on.

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

2:47:01 PM

Comments

Dear Emily and Jeff, As I read the notes of encouragement to you both, I am filled with so many thoughts to share with you. One thought is what a wonderful time you will both have when you can finally go on your trip to Cancun. Such a beautiful place with it’s beaches, it’s blue-green water and tropical setting. Not an hour away are the Mayan ruins, the island of Cozelmel and in Xcaret (an eco-archeological park) you will find the best of all three. Emily, please use these mental images as your place of peace and happiness during your healing process. I pray God, with His grace will allow you to “see” firsthand the beautiful things He has created and wipe away all the things ugly you’ve experienced this past week. My prayers are not only for you, your wonderful husband and children, but also for the Doctors, Nurses, Technicians and Caregivers providing you care at UAB. How blessed you are that you were so close to one of the best hospitals in the South when this tragedy occured. You’ve shown your strength by your work in such a difficult field and I know it’s that same strength that will see you through. There was a letter in Dear Abby the day before your accident regarding the “good” things Planned Parenthood and other similar facilities offer and the person that wrote the letter gave a new insight as to how the support persons “save” the lives of many unborn children. Thank you for your work in that effort. Please remember that all things are possible through Christ our Lord and one day soon, you will be able to continue your work and also enjoy the simple things in life again – Things like a beautiful sunset or the stars on a clear, cold night. Jeff, thank you for this web-site we can use to show you our support. May God also bless the people that are helping with up-dates on Emily’s progress. I hope the family and friends of Officer Sanderson are able to read these messages so that they too, will know how very much they are in our thoughts and our prayers! God Bless and God speed with your recovery. W.E. Glasgow – Birmingham, Alabama

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

2:50:46 PM

Comments

Emily,

I learned of your injury through our mutual friend Mary Ambridge.

Know that my thoughts are with you and your family in this difficult time.

– Mary Shaw, Phoenixville, PA, [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

2:58:22 PM

Comments

Emily, I work a few blocks down from the clinic, at UAB. You and yours family are in my thoughts and prayers. It is really sad that a thing like this could happen in our world. But, may God put you and the well being of your family in His hands, during your recovery.

With all my support and prayers, Lisa McNatt [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

2:59:55 PM

Comments

Emily: We have never met, but I spent a great deal of time with your husband and family during the early days following the bombing. I can only look forward to the day when you leave the hospital and take your wonderful family to continue your life that was interupted.

Gary Mans UAB Media Relations

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

3:05:30 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, I emailed you but wanted to also let you know that we are praying for you! God will give you and your family the strength you need….you’ve given so much of youself to others…..time for others to give a little back. We don’t know each other but our hearts touch yours….. God Bless you and strenghthen more each day…. I have had MS for 28 yrs now, and God has been my strength, and my hubby, my best friend and caregiver has been my rock, and a stable foundation when I feel that my whole world has crumbled…..Hold tight to your “hope” you will be okay! God Bless you all, Patches Please join me at MedSupport FSF, International soon. It is a wonderful “support family” on the “net”….at http://www.medsupport.org It is free and a wonderful “family”…

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

3:11:15 PM

Comments

Emily, My friends and I are thinking of you and your family in this difficult time. Please be strong and draw your strength from loved ones. God speed in your recovery. — Sean Selman

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

3:20:19 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

Although I don’t know you, You are in my thoughts and prayer. Just remember that God is able to to all thing. Romans 8:28 says…”and we know ALL things work togther for good to them that love the Lord…”. I will continue to keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers. God bless you.

Claudia M. Hardy UAB Continence Program 934-7565 [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

3:24:39 PM

Comments

You have a lot of people praying for you, I will pray for you too! Lord have mercy on you. I wish you a speedy recovery.

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

3:28:09 PM

Comments

Emily,

My thoughts and prayers are with you and with your family at what must be a most difficult time. Just keep the faith, and don’t let what has happened color your opinion of humanity. I still feel like the majority of the world is not like this one mad human being.

Courage!

Jean Spradlin-Miller [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

3:36:03 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, I am so glad you can see light, we will continue to pray for you. Steve and family

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

3:46:27 PM

Comments

Emily

I hope that you have a speedy recovery!!!!!!!

Kevin Reeves UAB Engineering Student

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

4:11:16 PM

Comments

Dear Ms. Lyons,

Get well soon. Above all, I hope that you will regain your eyesight.

Sincerely,

Ingrid, Germany

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

4:17:44 PM

Comments

Our prayers are with you.

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

4:20:54 PM

Comments

Best wishes, and may you have an uneventful <G> recovery!

Russ Bakke Secretary, American Mensa Ltd.

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

4:44:20 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

Our thoughts and prayers are with you as we, the members and attenders of Birmingham Friends Meeting (Quakers), continue to hold you in the Light.

Sincerely,

Fred Smith Clerk Birmingham Friends Meeting

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

4:53:54 PM

Comments

dear Aunt Emily, I just wanted to say hope your feeling better soon and that I am thinking about you every day. I hope to see you soon and GET BETTER! :o) I love you, Shelley Mc.

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

5:06:17 PM

Comments

I hope the thoughts, prayers, and well-wishes from across the country help you recover from this horrible act. I’d also like to thank you for the wonderful work you do and the care you provide to women in need.

You and your family are in my thoughts daily, and I am so hopeful that you will be just fine.

(I’m so relieved to read the good prognosis!)

All the best to you.

Dear Emily, My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I hope that soon you will be seeing the faces of your friends and family welcoming you home! dina [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

6:04:11 PM

Emily and Jeff,

Was shocked to hear this horrible act of violence occurred in Bham, my “home” town. I hope you will continue to recover at a speedy pace. Keep the faith and get well soon!!!!

Sunny (Jacksonville, FL)

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

6:59:20 PM

Comments

i have just heard what happened, i think it is awful, at times like this i odnt know what to say except that i wish you a speedy recovery and all the best in the future

ian Long (Stavros) UK

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

7:13:31 PM

Comments

To Jeff and Emily Lyons, Our thoughts are with you and your family and for a timely recovery for Emily. Jeff, take care of yourself and stay strong, I know Emily will need your support daily. May you both be able to reschedule your trip for a later date. Thanks for the web page, it’s nice to get the updates. Again, our thoughts and prayers are with you. Patti Tichenor and family Birmingham

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

7:20:26 PM

Comments

Hi, Emily! I have a daughter named Emily, and she’s a feisty little thing…I hope you’re just as feisty. I hope you are well on your way to recovery. I’m extremely sorry to read that you lost your left eye, but maybe that’s why we have two! Anyhow, I just wanted to let you know I hope you’re up and around very soon. Good luck, Emily.

Emily,

I have never met you, but having grown up with Jeff I know you have at your side a real pillar of strength. Fort Payne is pulling for you as one of its own, and I know you are in the prayers of St. Phillip’s Episcopal and Gault Avenue Baptist Churches (among others).

I have seen several references to Mensa on these pages … you must be a member. (It couldn’t be Jeff… :-])

Steve Noles [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

8:33:55 PM

Comments

Dear Emily and Jeff, Having been an escort at a clinic in Fort Worth I am particularly aware of the dangers faced by people in your situation. Please accept my heartfelt wishes for a speedy recovery. It’s time for me to volunteer again.

Dan Wilterding

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

8:37:42 PM

Comments

Emily, Family, Friends, and Patients:

As an Adult Nurse Practitioner who grew up and was trained in Birmingham (at UABSON), I want to express my deepest empathy and compassion for what you may be feeling. One’s views on such a controversial subject of abortion does not, by no means, justify murder. You were out there providing an invaluable service to women who HAVE A CHOICE. For this, you and yours will suffer for the rest of your life. Words cannot express the respect that I feel for you to risk your life, and your career and family, to hold true to your convictions. I only wish I had the courage that you possess. I do, however, find it quite ironic that so called “PRO-LIFERS” have intentionally taken one life and almost anothers, yours.

You, your family, friends, and all of the women you have assisted are in my prayers. I only hope that you can return to our profession, as you are a true asset-and a genuine hero!!!

Respectfully yours,

Beth Pace, A.R.N.P., M.S.N. Titusville, Florida

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

8:50:27 PM

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Emily and Jeff, family and friends . . . Thank you for your courage. Your sacrifice is tremendous, yet you must know that nothing happens without reason, or effect. You are held warmly in our hearts and minds. Positive energy and prayers go with you. Sue Kaufman Charleston, IL 61920

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

9:16:30 PM

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Dear Emily,

Just wanted you to know that my prayers and thoughts are with you. I hope you have a quick and speedy recovery.

My heart is so sad that someone would do such a terrible thing to another human being.

Claudia [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

9:24:07 PM

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emily & jeff, just thinking about the two of you….found out this afternoon that you, emily, are related to a good friend of mine, ann steppe….she is a super girl…am praying for you both and i know that god hears and answers prayers. sincerely, becky gentry

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

9:29:46 PM

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Emily I left a message on the “wantads” web site the other day. Don’t know if you will see it. But did want to wish the best for you and Jeff and that your recovery will be rapid and complete. We miss seeing you at The Mailbox. You are in our prayers. Andy and Wanda Carter

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

9:41:54 PM

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Emily, I am so sorry this happened to you. Although I currently attend school in Savannah, GA, I am a Birmingham native, and was disugusted when I found out the news about the bombing. My prayers, as well as my family in B’ham, are with you and your family. I believe my Dad, Jim Anderson, (used to own Village Computers in Homewood), is aquainted with your husband. Hang tough and hope things get better.

Sincerely, Doug Anderson [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

9:44:17 PM

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Hi Emily —

Just a short note to let you know someone in Mobile, AL is thinking about you and praying for your speedy recovery. I am so sorry you have become the innocent victim of what must be a very disturbed person or group. There is no excuse for what has been done to you. My heart goes out to you and your family.

I cannot imagine the suffering you and your family have had to endure, but I want you to know that I am sincerely praying for you and for the family of the police officer who was killed as a result of this incident. I believe God does answer our prayers, and mine is that you will recover as much as possible and live your life with peace and love for the rest of your days.

I really don’t know what else I can say to you, but your husband mentioned you might enjoy a good story, so here goes….

A preacher was participating in a golf tournament, and it was rainy and stormy on the course. Some of the other golfers came up with a bright idea of asking the minister to have a little talk with “the man upstairs” about the weather, in hopes of getting back on the course and playing. After hearing their request, the preacher looked at his fellow golfers and said… “Hey guys, I’m in sales…Not in management!”

God bless, and get well soon! [email protected]

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

9:45:34 PM

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Dear Emily, You are in our thoughts and prayers. May God grant you a speedy recovery. Bob & Pam Ottesen Jacksonville, FL

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

10:01:18 PM

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Emily, I was just sick when I heard the report on the radio. Violence is NEVER justified. Thank you for the excellent care you gave to the patients in your charge. May our Lord hold you and those who love you in His healing hands. Prayers for a speedy recovery, and a return to the life you love, with the ones who love you.

Deb Holz, Sheridan, WY

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

10:19:56 PM

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Emily,

We were terribly sorry to hear about the tragedy that you and others have experienced. Our thoughts and prayers are with you as well as this country.

Kim McCord Janine Carroll

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

10:39:01 PM

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A short note of hope good wishes and prayers from Wetumpka, Alabama. I think of you daily and hope that you know that you and your family are not alone. We are with you all and God too. I know that your journey will be long but the length of the journey can be a blessing of it’s own. Each day that we live is a blessing from God. God Bless you Emily. Wendy Gibson

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:00:01 PM

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I believe that this is a horrible and cowardly way to approach an issue that you feel so strongly about. It is awful that an innocent person was killed and so terribly injured because of one’s hatefulness. I only hope that you will regain use of your eye and someday recover from your injuries. My prayers are with you during your time of need.

Sincerely, Tammy Whatley Montgomery, Al.

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:02:38 PM

Comments

“God give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other” This saying has helped me on some of my more challenging days. There is another saying that goes:The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech. I’ve just read alot of cordial speech on this page… Wishing you a speedy recovery from Birmingham.

Date:

2/2/98

Time:

11:41:02 PM

My husband & I send you our best wishes from Canada & hope you get well soon. So sorry for all your troubles Joy & Louie [email protected]

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

3:15:15 AM

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Emily & Jeff:

I only met the two of you briefly (through my ex-wife) – but the dinner you cooked and the evening’s conversation were both more than memorable.

I hope that all goes well in your recovery process, both physical and, more importantly, emotional. If there is ever anything I can do, please let me know.

Kenn McCracken [email protected]

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

3:54:11 AM

Comments

Dear Emily and family, Every Mensan is a friend –it’s just that some are friends I haven’t yet met. But even without your connection to Mensa, I’d still be wishing all the best for you. No way can an act of such hypocrisy take apart such a human as you, Emily; it can only make things hard for you. The reports on your condition show us how hard, but it is Jeff who shows us a little of the stuff of which you are made. It’s the stuff that’s gonna get you through, words of love or not. But you get the words, too. Love and good wishes for recovery. [email protected] PS The last thing I care about is making Emily use up her time answering me, but I’d still be thrilled to hear back. Maybe a mass-mailed form letter?

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

3:56:04 AM

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Date:

2/3/98

Time:

4:22:13 AM

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Emily, All my very best thoughts and wishes go out to you for a speedy recovery. Thanks to your husband, Jeff, and family for providing an “up” side of hope and grace to a senseless and terrible event. Helen Rivas, Southside

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

4:52:56 AM

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Emily,

Hope you get better, I heard about you and decided to send you an e-mail, I am going to die today, I hope you get better. I am thankful that the other cop saved your life, I Hope George Bush will let me live.

Love, Karla Faye Tucker

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

7:46:39 AM

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Emily-

I know this probably sounds like all your other messages, but you will be in my prayers as well as your family. I hope you are able to read this soon. It is so wonderful to read about a family who loves you so very much. God bless you, Heather

9:01:15 AM

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Emily,

Our prayers are with you for a speedy recovery. May God look over you and your family during this trying time.

The Scoggins Family Acworth, GA

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

Dear Emily: I wish the best for you and a complete recovery. I respect and admire you and your commitment to the work that you do. Hang in there, a lot of people really care! Lucy Jaffe

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

9:58:58 AM

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Just a quick note to say, “God bless you both” and to wish Emily all the very best in her recovery. You are all very much in the prayers and thoughts of people everywhere. Take each day as it comes, and hopefully, some comfort in knowing that a lot of good people are helping in every way, even small ways, to help your family through this time. Take care, Michael Brown/Atlanta, Ga.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

10:01:20 AM

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We need to have salsa, chips, and margaritas at Sol whenever you’re ready-Im buying! love, Marsha and Rusty

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

10:03:12 AM

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Emily & Jeff,

Our thoughts and prayers are with you for a speedy recovery.

Your friends on Memphis Mensa.

Ike Kullman

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

10:05:05 AM

Comments

Dear Emily and Jeff, I am so happy to see that you have this site set up so that we can keep up with Emily’s progress. I am a nurse in Birmingham also and cannot descibe the shock, anger and sorrow that I felt when I heard of this tragic and senseless attack on you. You both are in my prayers. I pray for a speedy recovery and that God will grant you much comfort until recovery is complete. Warmest Regards, Geoff Ballard

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

10:17:32 AM

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Emily- the girls of Taco Night gathered last night in your honor. We drank a margarita for you. It was tough, but somebody had to do it.

There were a dozen of us there. We wish you could have been one of us, but hope you will soon.

We wish you well-

Kay, Elisa, Jo, Donna, Allyson, Maryann, Pia, Donna, Debra, Joann, Phyllis, Judy

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

10:29:14 AM

Comments

I think of you and your family many times each day. I pray for you and your family. I know how it feels to think about being taken from your family. You have some many people that are praying for you and want to help in your recovery. I work here at the hospital and would consider it an honor to help in any way.

I’m praying for you and your family.

Sandra Wood [email protected]

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

10:44:49 AM

Hello Emily. My name is Susan. I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. I certainly hope that you are doing better. I am happy to see that you have such a wonderful family to support you during this difficult time. It’s sad that there are those who assume that they are doing the work of God by committing violence. The irony here is how you can see God’s hand in your healing and through those who love you. I pray for your continued recovery. God Bless.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

11:23:05 AM

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Dear Emily, I hope you continue to progress well. May Jehovah God continue to bless you and your family. In the very near future, things like this will never happen. I am so sorry that you were the unfortunate targets of idiots who in no way demonstrate the Bibles definition of Christianity. Please get better soon. Sincerely,

Terry A. Davis Lilburn, Georgia

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

11:24:26 AM

Comments

Dear Emily,

I hope you’re able to read this soon. My thoughts and prayers are with you and I hope you’ll be up and around very soon.

I don’t know you or your family, but from reading this website, I can tell that your husband and your children love you very much. In that, you’re fortunate, even though you might not feel fortunate right now.

Get well soon.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

11:34:20 AM

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Dear Bill, Is thayt yur nem. I com frem alibamy. I grew cheeckens before the ceeveel waaaar. I went to Veeatnasmmm then flew a hoverthingy in WWWWW3. That there stands fer We Women Will Wack Women. See ya leter.

Farts

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

11:37:51 AM

Dear Emily,

We on The Viking staff(newspaper)at Walker High School in Jasper are praying for your recovery. We look forward to hearing of your progress. The Viking Staff: Laura Cole, Kasey Gunter, Beth Springer, Kim Corbett, and Lisbeth Thornley (sponsor)

[email protected]

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

11:56:44 AM

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Dear Emily,

I just want you to know that I wish you well. I’m sick about what happened.

I feel strongly about the importance of a woman having choice. You’ve paid a huge price for all of us. Thank you for all you have done to support women.

Carlan Bradshaw San Marino, CA

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

11:58:06 AM

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Date:

2/3/98

Time:

11:59:31 AM

Comments

Dear Emily,

I just want you to know that I wish you well. I’m sick about what happened.

I feel strongly about the importance of a woman having choice. You’ve paid a huge price for all of us. Thank you for all you have done to support women.

Carlan Bradshaw San Marino, CA

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

12:10:57 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, the picture of you and your husband on the web looks like it was taken in the Marin Headlands above the Golden Gate Bridge. I am writing you from San Francisco and praying that you will have a strong recovery. Our will to love and survive is given us by the good lord above. My heart goes out to you. As I recovered from breast cancer, so you will recover and learn to smile once more.

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Dear Emily . . .

Words cannot express my sorrow for the loss of Officer Sanderson and the pain you now endure. I wish you the strength and support you will need to get through this ordeal.

I work at the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts. I’m sure you know that we have also experienced pernicious and cowardly violence at the hands of those who believe that their convictions justify the harassment, intimidation, assault and even murder of human beings who strive (although it sounds trite) to make this world a better place where every child is a wanted child. When we learned of the bombing, our staff met to discuss the residual pain, anger and fear that John Salvi’s rampage ingrained in our hearts. Please know that the entire staff of PPLM shares in this sorrow, grieves the loss of Officer Sanderson and prays for your recovery. Our hearts go out to both your families and friends, as well as the staff and clients of the New Woman All Women Health Clinic.

May you soon be strong and well, may you take courage and solace in this outpouring of support, and may you know that you have our gratitude for the vital and important work that you do.

Michelle

Michelle_ [email protected]

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

12:55:18 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, I hope you continue on the road to a good recovery, and pray that you will recover your eyesight in your right eye. I’m so sorry this horrible thing happened to you and your family. Many thoughts and prayers are with you today. Sincerely, Janet Burg

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

12:58:49 PM

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My mother and I drove by the clinic within a minute of the blast and I was shattered to realize what had happened. I am very sorry that you were injured and that Officer Sanderson lost his life. I pray to God that you will have a steady recovery not only of your physical well being, but also your emotional and spiritual well being. Please know that there are many people here in Birmingham and I am sure around the country who are thinking and praying for you every day. Too many of us take our precious time here for granted. I know that when I went to pick up my son at the UAB Daycare that I held him for a long time and was quite reluctant to give him to my mother-in-law.

Take care Emily Lyons. We are behind you 100%.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

1:00:42 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, We want you to know you,Jeff and your families are in our prayers.We know you are in good hands at UAB and that they will do all things possible to save your sight. God has provided your caregivers with the skills to help you. May God continue to provide you with strength, peace and comfort during these most difficult times.We hope and pray your recovery will be speedy. Ed and Joann Borton, Savannah,Ga.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

1:14:04 PM

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Take care Emily Lyons. We are behind you 100% – Donna Vildibill – UAB/Children’s Hospital.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

1:31:18 PM

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Emily, Questions of “Why” are the hardest. And the longer I live with its struggles, I soon realize the answers are not always known. The heartfelt prayers of concern are with you daily as we eagerly await updated news of your recovery. I do not know your pain & anixeity, but the Lord who was there with you that day is the same One who saved you, anguishes with you and wants you to know He is with you every step of the way. He kept you for this time; a lot of love awaits you I know with your family & friends. Keep holding on Emily as Birmingham is praying. -Gail

Date:

2/3/98

Both of you have helped us to clarify our own personal and professional reasons for supporting women’s health care, and supporting a woman’s right to choose safe, legal abortion.

You are in our prayers. The staff of Planned Parenthood, Charlottesville, VA

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

1:56:57 PM

Comments

Emily, I want to thank you for the commitment you have made to women’s health. As an employee of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, I appreciate your courage in working at a reproductive health center. Please know that all of us here wish you a speedy recovery and our hearts are with you every day.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

3:18:52 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, I am Marilyn Manson, the most evil man in America. I hope you get better, I am going to kill the punk who made you the way you are right now. I will ask Satan to help you.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

3:29:35 PM

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Dear Emily, I am doing this as my last request. I have already sent you a letter. The police will not this message get out, and notify the public, so you will not(hopefuly see) see this on the news. Jesus is with you and always will be. I am going to be executed tonight, unless the supreme court or George Bush Jr. lets me live. I am with you always, God is with you always, Jesus is with you always. I hope I will live and hopefuly see you some day. I love you, God loves you, Jesus loves you.

Love, Karla Faye Tucker

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

3:32:08 PM

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Dear Emily: I’m so glad I picked up the paper today and saw this web address, I’ve been wanting to send some message to you. I hope your recovery goes well, your spirits soar high, and that you can run and play soon. Thanks for being a wonderful role model to other women. We need to be reminded that there are those people who don’t think we have the right to choose, to think, to control our bodies. Thanks for reminding me I should doing more for the cause. Take care, Sara Riedner

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

3:37:34 PM

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Jeff I’m glad to hear that Emily is doing better as the days progress.

Just wanted to let you know that you, Emily and the rest of the Lyons family is still in our prays.

The Bailey & DeRamus Family [email protected]

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

3:44:45 PM

Comments

Dear Jeff,Prayers for you also.You are a brave and honorable man. I was eapecially touched by the fact that you want any monetary donations to go to the slain police officers trust fund for his family.And the obvious care and concern you’ve shown for your wife.MY heart is broken over this horrid event. Especially since I consider ALL life to be sacred. In the news today it is reported that tens of thousands of dollars were given to Diane Derzis. I challenge Diane to do as you have and request that all monies or grants given to her be given directly to Officer Sandersons widow.God bless you.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

3:47:48 PM

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Emily,

I truly believe your guardian angel was watching over you.

I thank the Lord for courageous people like you who are not afraid to step forward to help others in dangerous and controversial situations.

Hang in there…you’re in my prayers.

Cathy

Date:

2/3/98

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Date:

2/3/98

Time:

4:45:01 PM

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Dear Emily,

Get well soon! Thank you for giving me and other women a choice. Fortunately, I never had to make the difficult choice as whether to end a pregnancy or not. But if I ever happen to be in a situation like that, it will be thanks to people like you, that i will be able to make that very private decision in a supportive environment. Thanks to people like you, at least I will have the option of making a choice. Thank you for that! Please do not give up your good work. Bur for now, I hope you’ll recover and will be fine soon. Bye, Harriet, Seattle, WA.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

5:03:22 PM

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Emily,

I’d like to wish you a speedy recovery from your injuries. The work that you and the rest of the clinic staff does is so important. When I lived in Birmingham, I was a volunteer escort at the clinics. I know the daily harrassment you faced as you provided safe medical services for women.

There are many of us who support you and your work. Stay strong!

Denise McInerney

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

5:23:12 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, Jeff, and daughters,

I’m so encouraged to hear that Em is already mending. What a strong person you are, Em, and a fighter, too! You all continue to be in our prayers here – Bear’s and mine. I wish there was some way that we could take some of the hurt away from you, so that you all didn’t have so much to handle.

Jeff, Bear says that the two of you do know each other; apparently you met at an RG back when he was RVC for Region 5. (yes, Mensans! <g>) My mistake in an earlier message. I’ve not had the pleasure of meeting you yet, but look forward to when we do. I’ve sent emails to several other Chicago Area Mensans, asking them to visit this website and send a wish to you all here, too. Hopefully you’ve seen some of them. It’s *my* hope that you get more than can be read in a year’s time – the power of all those positive thoughts still coming through, though, to help you heal. Thank you, Jeff, for taking the time to update this site with Em’s progress; I certainly do appreciate it, and the toll this has taken on you, Em’s daughters, and others close to her, as well as Em herself. Please remember to take good care of yourself, too, so that you are ok, and you can help give Em the care she needs to recover.

Sending lots of positive, healing thoughts, and gentle warm hugs to all of you,

Diane and Bear Berg email: [email protected]

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

5:24:48 PM

Emily, my friend Joy told me about your story. I am sorry to hear about this awful occurence, but I am thankful you are still alive. I hope someday the world will come to see that women should be allowed to make the choice for themselves without having to suffer these terrible acts. Much love and hope in years to come

amulet

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

5:57:11 PM

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Dear Emily, I wish you a speedy recovery, and I thank you on behalf of all the women who have choices because of the work you do. God bless. M.G.P.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

5:58:46 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, I wish you a speedy recovery, and I thank you on behalf of all the women who have choices because of the work you do. God bless. M.G.P.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

6:02:49 PM

Comments

Emily,

As everyone was,i was horrified by the senseless act of cowardly violence and deeply saddened by the death of the BPD officer that was killed saving your life. My wife and I check your condition on a daily basis and you are in our prayers. Get well soon. You are needed by your family, the clinic where you work and in our community. We all love you and want the best for you.

My e-mail address is [email protected]. Don’t feel like you have to answer any of these wishes until you are feeling better and back on your feet again. Hang in there girl, put your trust in the LORD and things WILL get better. Get well soon, JIMMY BRITTAIN BIRMINGHAM

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

6:15:11 PM

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Date:

2/3/98

Time:

6:19:18 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

My thoughts and prayers are with you everyday. With your strength, and the strength of those who love you, each day will bring you regained health.

I am so proud of women like yourself who have the courage to offer support to women in a most difficult time. No doubt, you have helped many young women who are grateful that you were there for them. I hope that you never question your efforts in this area.

I will check your web site for word of your continued improvement. I hope each day brings one small miracle for you, and your family.

Maureen ([email protected])

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

6:32:01 PM

Comments

Emily, I’m so sorry you are in the hospital, I pray that you recover quickly so your daughters can come spend time with you. I know they are very sad. And I am too. Jeff, please take good care of Emily and I look forward to your updates. Love, Lindsay Randahl Woodstock,GA

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

6:44:59 PM

Comments

February 3, 1998

Dear Emily, What a loving tribue to you to have a husband create a web page just so that we, all who think of you daily, can be updated on your condition. You must be a wonderful person! I wish you all the prayers I can offer for a speedy recovery and the return to a “normal” life. Being a mother of three I can only imagine your frustration at being in the hospital instead of being at home with your husband and children. I hate what’s happened to you and the brave officer who lost his life. Since I live in Atlanta, I unfortunately have become accustomed to seeing these senseless bombings on the news. I am so sorry you were caught in the midst of such hatred. Nobody deserves what you’ve had to endure. I pray for you and your family and hope the future brings nothing but bright promises for you. Much love to you, Melanie B. [email protected]

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

6:50:04 PM

Comments

Hang in there. I am one of the majority of pro choice nurses who is thinking of you and hoping you’ll be 100 percent ok. Let’s hope you were not injured in vain!

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

7:19:47 PM

Comments

Emily: Just wanted to leave you a quick note to let you know that I am thinking of you each day. I am so sorry for what happened to you. I hope that you will regain the use of your eye and be able to see your family again. Will go for now but want you to know that I am praying for you and will ask Spirit to help you with your recovery. Best of wishes for your health…Dennie (Anniston, AL) ([email protected])

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

7:30:37 PM

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Emily and Jeff:

My thoughts are with you as are those of my staff. I’m the CEO of Planned Parenthood of Delaware. I admire your courage, your commitment, and your strength to find humor in tragedy. Please know that you have given strength to many others around the country to keep our clinics open and continue to care for women and their families. And thanks to you both for giving us the opportunity to send you these greetings.

David Greenberg [email protected]

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

7:42:36 PM

Comments

Emily, My thoughts are with you…stay strong and positive. Debbie Warfield

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

8:00:26 PM

Comments

Hey ladybug, don’t worry i know your a trooper. You always made our days at work alot better and I know you will brighten the days of anyone who crosses your path. Try not to play with the cotton.

love you Jennifer Stevens former co-worker and always freind

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

8:34:28 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

I hope and pray that everything turns out well for you. I have been reading Gary’s updates and progress reports and they give me and my family hope that everything will work out well for you. Please know that I belong to a wonderful discussion group named Women Leaders Online and we are in your corner. I don’t know if it is too late to let you know how thankful I am for the work you have done. But please know that we all send a grateful thank you to you. I will keep you and Gary in my prayers.

The very best to you,

Gilda Morales Piscataway, New Jersey

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

8:41:46 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, We look forward each day to getting an update on your condition. We are pleased to know that you are improving, even though the process may be slow. Our prayers are with you as you recover.

(Aunt) Pauline James and (Cousin) Margaret James Crocker

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

9:21:49 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, Best wishes for a speedy recovery. My thoughts are with you. Thank you for all you have done for the cause.

For choice, Tina Cincotti

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

9:25:01 PM

Comments

May God keep you in his care and heal your body.

Mary in Smyrna, Ga.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

9:29:03 PM

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Even though I don’t know you…

I hope that you get better soon, and I am very sorry for what happened to you. I know that with God’s help you will recover. Blessings.

Chuck Jones [email protected] http://www.visitweb.com/gowarriors

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

9:31:23 PM

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Dear Emily, My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I am so proud of you and your commitment to women’s health. However, I am deeply sadened that you had to pay the price with your beautiful eyes and body and that another wonderful human being lost his life. Your husband sounds like a great guy and his support and love for you will make the hard times easier to bear. I know I speak as a group of wonderful North Carolina women who share your vision of safe and accessible abortion and reproductive health care for all women.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

9:35:18 PM

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Well, shit, what can I say to make you feel better now? Nothing, really. I guess the only thing I could say that would be worth a damn is from The Lady Chablis (from “Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil”):

Two tears in a bucket, Motherfuck it.

Yours in eternal vision,

Michael McPhail Austin, Texas

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

9:37:08 PM

Comments

Two tears in a bucket, Motherfuck it.

Yours in eternal vision,

Michael McPhail Austin, Texas

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

9:41:36 PM

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My prayers for your complete recovery are with you. May God bless and keep you through this ordeal. May your pain be eased and your sight returned.

Joanne Lasecki

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

9:46:47 PM

Comments

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

9:48:34 PM

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Dear Emily,

Our hearts and prayers are with you. I knew Sandy Sanderson, and what was otherwise a case of senseless violence took on an intensely personal tone.

Our hopes and prayers go to you and your family, as well as to Felicia.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

9:56:32 PM

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Dear Emily: I just wanted you to know that you’re in my thoughts and prayers during this time of struggle in your life. Please take strength from your family and the good wishes of “friends-not-yet-met.”

Sincerely, Laurene Adams PA

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

9:59:51 PM

Dear Emily, You have made a great sacrifice – one that says more than words, letters, protests, and action teams could ever try to say. I can only hope that some good can come out of this – that clinics and workers will be protected just as we protect a woman’s right to choose. As a staunch believer in womens rights, I feel as though in some small way this sacrifice was for me and every other person who stands with us in this battle – for that I thank you. Please know the sorrow I feel for what you are going through – I appreciate your strength and courage and may the source of that strength and hope swiftly carry you and your loved ones through this difficult time. Sincerely, Susan B. Thomas Fayetteville, Arkansas

Comments

Emily, Jeff and family: We are monitoring your progress daily. We are so concerned about each of you. Having basically lived at a hospital for almost a full year with our youngest child, we know a little of what you are going through. We trust that you will have a wonderful “happy ending” just as we did. I am sure your hospital family is a great support to you now. Thank you Jeff, for allowing us to know Emily through your loving tribute to her. Those of us who do not know your family felt pain the morning of this tragic act. It brought back so many memories of the lives lost in Oklahoma City. Emily, we will continue to pray for your return home to your precious children and devoted husband. Stay strong. The Hudson Family, Pinson Alabama, email address – jredman @ zebra.net

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

10:28:34 PM

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Dear Emily , Jeff and Family,

Why? a simple one word question that will never be answered..No… a word I am sure u said many times when this happened.. Fate… it just falls where it does..and we are left with having to adjust our lives to it… No matter what it deals us…

I wish you strength.. and faith… You will get better.. and stronger each day .. just hold on to those words..and know deep in your hearts that there is a world of people whose lives you have never .. ever touched until this very moment.. who are praying for you ..and wishing you the very best…

thinking of you

Honi – [email protected]

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

10:33:48 PM

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Emily –

I wish you all the best in your recovery. Thank you so much for the work you have done – it’s very important.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

10:42:11 PM

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emily and jeff, it’s incredible that this type surgery can be performed…i pray for you both and look forward to when you can see the sun shine, emily….lots of love, becky gentry

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

10:47:37 PM

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Emily, I met you several years ago at Bruce Liddel’s. My prayers for your recovery are with God each day. It was a senseless act that would cause hurt to one who works each day to ease the pain of others.

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

11:42:47 PM

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Emily,

I am so sorry for what has happened to you. I’m hoping for your speedy recovery and the recovery of your sight. I believe fully in the work you were doing. I am active on abortion rights issues here in Alaska. Sincerely, Leann Ferry Anchorage, Alaska

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

11:44:34 PM

Comments

It is a terrible shame that the individuals that provide some of the most valuable services in our lives, or help to make those services possible, are so undervalued themselves. I am deeply sorry that you have suffered such traumatic injury, and I wish you a full and speedy recovery. My thoughts are with you and your family! Kelly… Dallas, Texas

Date:

2/3/98

Time:

11:56:00 PM

Comments

Emily and Jeff You are both in my thoughts and prayers. It is my hope that both a swift recovery and many more years of happiness together are on the horizon for you. Emily, I would also like to thank you for the bravery you have shown in helping women. You are truly an inspiration to me.

God Bless You Holly Bartlett, IL

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

12:45:21 AM

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Dear Emily:

On a beautiful Alabama winter day, I too walked into a clinic on the southside in Birmingham. I was scared and in tears. A beautiful angel, not unlike yourself, held my hand and wiped my tears and I will always be grateful for the kindness of that stranger at a hard time in my life. It takes great strength and courage to support so many people at such a difficult time. I know that many of us wish we could be there for you, like you have been for us. To hold your hand and wipe your tears and give you our love. But UAB is only so big *smile* so we will all have to give you our love and support in our prayers. Keep your hope and strength for yourself like you have done for so many others.

Best Wishes Stephanie ([email protected])

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

12:58:35 AM

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Dear Emily, I am a nurse, working with teens, who desperately need access to safe abortions as one of their choices. It is enough to go to your job every day and care for the women at your clinic with respect and compassion. YOu should not have had to pay for your valuable work by suffering this injury. My thoughts and hopes are with you for a speedy recovery. Naomi Schapiro, Berkeley, California

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

1:00:31 AM

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Our prayers are coming in from Northern California for you and your family Emily. GT Beenie, Sunshine

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

3:19:54 AM

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Dear Emily and Family, We are praying for your speedy recovery. I just wanted you to know that even though I am against abortion, I am against all these senselessly violent hypocritical crimes as well. Hope you recover quickly and that justice is served on the evil perpetrator who harmed you and that brave officer.

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

4:02:14 AM

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Emily,

I don’t know you but I am hoping for your speedy recovery. My twin brother is a nurse at Brookwood Hospital (his name is Dannie Warren) so I know the dedication it takes to become a Nurse. Keep on fighting you’re going to make it back, I have been known to be pretty good with my predictions too by the way! I really am serious when I say that you have a lot of people, not just in Alabama, but all over the country, rooting for you.

Jeff keep up the great work you’re doing for Emily. God Bless You both and your family!

Vannie Warren – [email protected]

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

5:40:49 AM

Comments

I am so saddened by your loss and suffering. Our community has been blessed by your contributions. Im sure youve given with compassion to those youve served. Compassion means “to suffer with”, and many are suffering with you now, and praying for your recovery and wellness. You will never be alone, or without help and hope from those who admire and respect you. Rev. G. Lumpkin, Birmingham

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

6:24:22 AM

Comments

Hello Emily, I have never met you but feel that I know you I have been following your progress and hope and pray that you make a full recovery from this. The lord is in your corner and he knows that this was a senseless and criminal act just keep hope and prayer in your heart and thoughts and the lord will see you through this.

An unknown friend in prayer Jacqueline Terrell

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

6:26:09 AM

Comments

An unknown friend in prayer Jacqueline Terrell

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

8:01:00 AM

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Emily,

I’m just another Mensan you don’t know who is wishing you well. The courage that you and your family have is very inspiring.

Be well soon, Paula Trumble Alpharetta, GA

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

8:06:22 AM

Comments

I send love and hope to you Emily. Those of us who lived through the years before legal medical services for women know what your devotion is worth. God understands the evil that stalks the less powerful and He knows you are brave beyond words. Hang in there. The world needs you. Anne Lewis, Virginia Beach, VA [email protected]

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

8:20:43 AM

Comments

Dear Emily and Jeff, I was a few blocks away with my girlfriend the morning of this trajedy and we are both shocked that the moment we heard and felt the blast, someone lost their life and yours was changed forever. We hope and pray for your speedy recovery and we pray for the family of the police officer. God be with you both…Nick Marinelli and Erica Obi.

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

8:28:08 AM

Comments

GOOD LUCK WE HOPE YOU HAVE A FAST RECOVERY AND YOU LIFE RETURNS TO AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE YOU HAVE OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR PRAYERS. IN CHRISTIAN LOVE THE CLARK FAMILY

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

8:50:17 AM

Comments

Dear Emily- I cannot even express my sadness about the bombing and your injury- it is so unfair that the bravest of people must constantly face such danger.

I wish you a speedy recovery, and want to thank you for for helping women evry day, in a very real, practical, and necessary way. Your courage is extraordinary.

Good luck.

I just wanted to send a note of encouragement to Emily and her family. I am very ashamed that anyone could be so cruel as to do this to someone/anyone. I wish for all the best to you all and a speedy recovery for Emily!

Beijos carolyn [email protected]

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

9:27:09 AM

Comments

I really do not know what to say. I am so emotional about what has happended. I just want to wish you and your family well. I am grateful for your work with women (and their families) who seek a necessary and legitimate service. I am a board member of a pro-chioce group in northern Virginia. My name is Julia; I am 28 and I have been an activist concerning women’s reproductive health since I was 15. I cannot express how very much people like me owe to nurses and doctors and counselors like you. You deal with the reality, while I only deal with the ideology, (although I will never give up — it has become a fight I cannot lose). I have a deep sense of debt to you, and I want to thank you and give you courage. My prayers will be constantly with you. Thank you for being brave. You are a hero (or heroine if you prefer).

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

9:30:32 AM

Comments

Dear Emily You are a brave woman. Our hearts go out to you and your family at this difficult time. Our prayers are with you.

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

Comments

We send thoughts of love and healing to you and yours through this difficult time. Thank you for incredibly important work that you do. We all hope that someday women will be able to do their jobs providing health care without endangering their own lives.

Warmest wishes,

Melissa and Sarah

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

1:03:19 PM

Comments

Sending you prayers and best wishes that you will have sight in your right eye and a speedy recovery from this terrible tragedy.

God bless you and your family.

Donna NJ

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

1:19:03 PM

Comments

Best wishes for a full recovery. Thank you for your dedication and support of a woman’s right to choose. All abortion rights supporters have you in our thoughts and are sending you get well wishes.

Jennifer Olenchek National Organization for Women–WI

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

1:27:48 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, Here’s a joke for you. A couple who had been married for 50 years were witting at the breakfast table one morning when the old gentleman said to his wife, “Just think, honey, we’ve been married for 50 years. “Yeah,” she replie. ” Just think, fifty years ago we were sitting here at the breakfast table together.” “I know, ” the old man said, ” we were probably sittin her naked as jaybird fifty years ago.” ” Well, ” granny snickered, “What do you say…should we?” Whereupon the two stripped to the buff and sat down at the table.

“you know honey,” the little old lady breathlessly replied, “My nipples are as hot for your now, as they were fifty year ago.”

“I would be surprised,” replied Gramps. “One’s in your coffee, and the other’s in your oatmeal!” You are in our thoughts and we send this joke because laughter is the best medicine. The Respiratory Therapy School at UAB.

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

1:51:16 PM

Comments

The cowardly event that changed your life woke me from my sleep. I was deeply hurt when I found out what happened. I hope that you recover, and continue doing things that you believe in. No matter what others say, the world will continue to need people like yourself who are willing to reach out to others who are in crisis. I pray that you and your family continue to be strong. You have proven to the world that you are a real FIGHTER! Keep it up…. Lisa, B’ham AL

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

1:55:29 PM

Comments

Emily, I have been sending messages to Jeff’s e-mail because I knew yours would be full. Scott and I are praying for a full recovery as soon as possible. We received the wrong info on Thursday that you were dead. Thank God it was incorrect! We are not letting you and Jeff out of our dinner date!! Emily, you are a very strong lady. On those days when you think you just can’t make it, just remember you have friends and family who love you and will be there for you. Keep up the good progress. A “fish bowl on a stick” is waiting for you!!

Love, Scott and Angileek

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

2:10:16 PM

Comments

Emily, I can’t even begibn to understand how you are feeling. My only hope is that through all of this there is some unidentified strength which you can feel through this ordeal. Some sort of feeling that you are not alone because you are not. There are so many people out there, including myslef, who sincerely think about you everyday] and hope for your recovery. Our thoughts are with you, Deanna Green

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

2:12:11 PM

Comments

strength, courage, and the knowledge that a nation is behind you. we support you and your family. we will not tolerate such terroroistic violence. you are a symbol of pride and respect and we will not forget you.

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

2:40:22 PM

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Dear Emily: My thoughts and prayers are with you for an excellent recovery. I pray every day for God to keep his healing hand upon you and for Him to give your friends, family and loving husband the strength they need as well. Even though we have never met, I want you to know there are folks out there who care about you and are pulling for you.

Best Wishes,

Jan Stucky

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

2:51:58 PM

Comments

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

2:54:51 PM

Comments

Get well soon,injuries arent always easy to fight but you are now a pioneer because you have gone through so much. sincerely, Joey from irondale

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

2:57:31 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

It is those that have gone before us that give us the faith and strength to go on.

You are in our thoughts and prayers….get well soon!

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

4:57:28 PM

Comments

It is truly a shame what happened to you and the death of the police officer. The people who are responsible for the act should receive the maximum sentence under the law.

Ross Miller and family BESSEMER, AL

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

5:16:27 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

I want you to know that I am very sorry you were hurt in this ridiculous bombing. I am pro-life, but I believe that means everyone’s life. It upsets me very much for people who proclaim to be pro-life to act in this manner. I do not sup- port what your clinic does, but I wanted you to know, even though I’m sure you do, that not everyone who believes in the sanctity of the life of unborn children would ever think of committing such an act of violence. I wish you the best, and hope that you regain full use of your vision.

Sincerely, Leigh Ann Swords 11B Lakeshore Drive Birmingham, AL 35209 [email protected] that

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

5:26:03 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, my prayers and positive energy are going out to you and your family as well. Your courage is an inspiration to me.

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

5:40:04 PM

Dear Emily, Just wanted you to know that I am praying for your healing. I am sure that you have a very long and trying road ahead of you but with God’s help you will be able to overcome all. You are a beautiful lady and have such a caring and generious helpmate. May God bless you and your family and may He lay His healing hand on you and always hold you and those who are dear to you in His arms. Blessings Be to Thee — Dottie T., Haverhill, MA [email protected]

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

6:21:33 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, This world needs more brave women like you. I am so sorry to hear of this awful crime aganst you and all free women. I am especially upset to hear about the frequencies of such atrocities because my mother does the same thing as you in Trenton New Jersey’s Planned Parenthood. You are loved! Get well very soon! Hannah Waldman, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

6:38:14 PM

Comments

Emily and family, I will make this short, because I see that you have thousands of well wishes to read. I too, am hoping and praying for your full and speedy recovery. Keep your hopes up and your strong spirit will prevail. (((hugs)) to you all. Shelley in Arkansas [email protected]

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

6:42:22 PM

Comments

Emily

I have spent the last hour scanning through all the notes and letters of encouragement. My heart is so touched by those who know you and care for you and those that don’t have the same heartfelt hope. Daily I am amazed at the closemindedness of a “free” society. It is so heart lifting to see a light in the darkness. My family prays for you and follows your progess like we have know you for years. Please keep your light lit Emily for there are so few of those that are willing to take the risk at any cost for those who desperatly need a strong will and a soft touch during difficult decisions. May your recovery be speedy.

Nancy & Marc Holliday [email protected]

Date:

Hello Emily , I know that in time you will be able to read this yourself and when you do just know that someone you don’t know is praying for you with love .your sister LOTH. Lori in AZ

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

9:04:14 PM

Comments

thank you for doing your part in keeping reproductive rights for women alive, you are a brave woman, I wish you well and a speedy recover. m.johnson, dayton, oh

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

9:15:49 PM

Comments

God Bless you and keep you and your family, during this ordeal. Debbie Hollenbeck, Birmingham, Al

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

9:17:50 PM

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Emily: I was shocked and saddened to learn of your sudden injury. I hope you know that millions of us are praying for your complete recovery. Your courage inspires so many of us. Best wishes, and God bless. -The Reverend Kristine Holmgren of Northfield, Minnesota.

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

9:44:24 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

Get well quick. Be strong and don’t let “them” get you down.

Love and prayers,

Dennis & Lynda Murphy Grayslake, Illinois

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

9:53:06 PM

Comments

We are praying for you up here in Tennessee. Be strong adn brave. Many of us are thinking of you!

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

9:53:16 PM

Comments

We are praying for you up here in Tennessee. Be strong adn brave. Many of us are thinking of you!

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

10:00:45 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

I’m a former clinic worker and am now a PA student, hoping to return to the abortion field soon. My heart goes out to you and your family, and I think of you daily and hope for your recovery. I know what this work takes out of you every day, and how much it gives back as well. You are in the thoughts of all of us, and we will not let your attackers keep us from this good work.

Be strong, get well, and know we are behind you 100%.

Ellen Eades, PA-S (University of Washington, Seattle) Former healthworker at Aradia Women’s Health Center, Seattle [email protected]

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

10:14:55 PM

Comments

Emily, I have been very Ill and in bed for the past 4 weeks.Last Thursday morning, I was in Birmingham at the Hospital, for a surgical procedure. I felt the blast and heard it as well. After my early morning apointment, I went home to Tuscaloosa and was home by 8:30am in time to watch all 3 hours of the news coverage by ABC 3340. I was deeply sadened by the incident.I am praying for you and your family as well. I don’t know you, but I can tell that you are a fighter…hang in there. You are truly an inspiration to the rest of us. GOd Bless you, and a speedy recovery! Holli Maxwell University of Alabama, Political Science/Pre Law major Tuscaloosa, Alabama [email protected] (Matthew 21:22)

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

10:15:52 PM

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Emily, I’m sending good thoughts your way, and hoping that you continue to improve. There are so many women who are so grateful for the work you have been doing.

Fondly, Martha Hopkins, Planned Parenthood of AL board member

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

10:21:53 PM

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emily, good luck with your skin grafts on your legs…..doesn’t matter what they look like unless you are a model! we are all praying for you at vestavia east elementary where i teach. love, becky gentry

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

10:28:32 PM

Comments

Dear Mrs. Lyons,

I was just writing a posting to a pro-life Internet mailing list I subscribe to, lifting up your name to my friends and asking them to pray for you. I was searching the Web to discover whether you were married (to know to write either “Miss” or “Mrs.” <g>) when I stumbled across this day-brightening website in your behalf.

I’m glad to find a kind face associated with your name.

Though you have so randomly and senselessly been shown the worst the human spirit has to offer, I know the warm hearts that surround you and that will stand by you will more than overshadow the sadness. “You are my lamp, O Lord; the Lord turns my darkness into light” (II Sam. 22:29).

I wish you a speedy release and recovery, and all the best life has to offer. I can’t express how much I feel for you, your husband and family. God bless you all. –Christian Campbell <[email protected]>

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

10:42:00 PM

Comments

Emily, my thoughts are with you and hope that you will be home with your family soon. Thank you Jeff for making it possible to follow Emily’s recovery. Your dignity, love and compassion are so apparent. I work with Planned Parenthood of Central Washington and we will all be thinking of you. Kelly, Yakima, WA. [email protected]

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

10:45:13 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, We thank you for helping other women as you did, and we deeply regret that this has happened to you.

We are thinking of you with love, and we hope and pray for your strength and recovery.

Jane and Richard Brumbaugh Lake Alfred, Florida

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

10:45:23 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, I hope and pray for your health and speedy recovery. Remember that God loves you and He’s watching out for us all.

God bless, Wendy Tegge

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

10:49:00 PM

Comments

Dear Emily My thoughts and best wishes are with you and your family. Stay strong and know that you are in the hearts of many. My family recently went through the painful process of having to make a choice and if it wasn’t for loving and caring workers such as yourself what was a very difficult time would have been unbearable. Thank you. Gloria in Victoria,B. C. ([email protected]

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

10:59:42 PM

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To both of you, Emily’s children and your extended family and friends, I send my prayers my hope and blessings. Duane [email protected]

Date:

2/4/98

Time:

11:10:09 PM

Emily:

We had heard about the tragedy but had not put two and two together until tonight. We were once customers of The Want Ads, when we first moved to Birmingham. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Get well soon.

Sincerely, Halsted Bernard ([email protected]) and Chad Williams ([email protected])

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

12:36:39 AM

Comments

Jeff & Emily:

You guys are too cool. I was in B’ham this past week at the clinc helping Diane and the rest of the staff recoup after this great tragedy. All I can say is that they are thinking of you and that they are being empowered like never before. They will not let the crazy fanatics who committed this crime win. They are intent on keeping alive the spirit of Sandy and Emily at the clinic and NOT bowing to the crazy needs of sick whackos that want to kill in the name of life. Go figure!! Emily…I don’t know you, but you must be a wonderful person to have worked in an abortion clinic and have a neat husband like Jeff who’s erected this internet site in your honor. We should all be this blessed. Let me know what I can do. AnnRose, Abortion Clinics Online http://www.gynpages.com.

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

12:38:10 AM

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Jeff & Emily:

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

12:38:43 AM

Comments

Jeff & Emily:

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

12:42:49 AM

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Dear Emily and Family, My thoughts and prayers are with all of you during this trying time. I was very happy to read the progress report about your right eye, and that you will be able to see. I don’t think anyone truly understands why such horrible things happen-we all see through the glass darkly. Please try to remember that God loves you – all of you- and that you will all need Him and each other more than you probably ever have. Be strong and have courage for each other. I am a friend of Janets here in Gainesville. We have Bible study together each week. She is a dear person, and I’m sure she’s been, and will continue to be, a comfort to you all. My husband, Richard, and I will continue to pray for you, and both wish you God’s speed in your recovery. Sincerely, Jennie Grant [email protected]

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

12:45:17 AM

Comments

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

1:55:56 AM

Comments

Dear Emily, please know that someone you have never met, and probably never will meet, is keeping you in their thoughts and prayers. God speed on your recovery, dear sister.

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

8:01:42 AM

Comments

EMILY THE WORLD NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU,I AM PROUD OF YOU AND WHAT YOU STAND FOR. I HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU REGAIN YOUR HEALTH AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. I HOPE YOU GET BETTER EACH AND EVERY DAY. I AM PRAYING FOR YOU, AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU EACH AND VERY DAY.

MARK HOLLEY

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

8:11:06 AM

Comments

Dear Emily & Family: I can’t even pretend to know what to say that can make you or your family feel better right now. I just wanted to send you many thoughts of health and recovery and of course love and hope. Thank you for your courage, kindness, and caring – many women have benefitted from your presence and the world is a better place because of you. To your family I say – stay strong, Emily needs you.

Saying a prayer for you (which I don’t do very often so I hope it works!!)

Francesca M. Maresca, New York University [email protected]

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

8:16:04 AM

Comments

We are so pleased to hear the progress with your right eye. It must be your courage and strength shining through! I hope that somewhere, someday the horribleness that you have been through will shed some ‘light’ on those that feel they need to control, harrass, and restrict women. Thank you for all you do and our prayers are with you! Anne Marso, Coldwater, MI

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

8:32:10 AM

Comments

Hello Emily. I am Thom Cargill’s Cousin, Sam. I just wanted to let you know that all of his family is praying for you. I talked with some of them yesterday, and they wish you a speedy recovery. You are in our thoughts throughout the day.

Sam Edens [email protected]

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

8:55:33 AM

Comments

Goodmorning Emily and Jeff and family:

Just wanted to share one of my favorite quotes with y’all this morning: ******************************************************************** “When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” -Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) *********************************************************************

you are in my thoughts ….

Barbara, PA-C in CT

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

8:57:09 AM

Comments

Emily and Jeff, you have people sending love and prayers from all over. I know this helps and hope you can feel it. All the best in life and love,

Deborah in Colorado

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

8:58:10 AM

Comments

Gratitude to those who love you and thought to lovingly inform those of us who care so much. Birmingham is thoroughly disheartening, a fundamental threat to hope. Your face helps me. Many here in Pensacola are not recovering spiritually, especially friends of the dead here who take the ‘casualties’ there so personally. Our hearts are hurting with you, your family. I’ll put this website address in local newsletter, your determination a clear signal that can perhaps bolster ours. I am so grateful to those who did this for the rest of us while you were silenced. Thank you and godspeed, Hallie Joyce, Pensacola Area Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Selma native, friend to Jim and June Barrett, mother… oh my heart has been with you.

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

8:58:24 AM

Comments

10:51:18 AM

Comments

Dear Emily, My prayers for your complete and rapid healing have been with you since I first heard. Now, thanks to your family and the miracle age of technology, I have a beautiful person to picture in my thoughts. Please know that you have the support of many previously unknown friends in whose eyes you are a hero. I wish your recovery to be speedy and as comfortable as possible. But most of all I wish you to know that you have touched so very many lives in a deep yet very positive way. Get some rest now and may your hospital gown remain tied always. With hope and best wishes, Tina Stack-Oldweiler Denver, Colorado

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

10:56:27 AM

Comments

Emily,

Greetings from Austin, Texas! You are a brave, noble soul and I wept when I heard about what has happened to you. My heart is with you and your family. We had a vigil here in Austin the day after the tragedy. It was quite moving, many people spoke and prayers were sent to everyone at the clinic. You do not need to answer my e-mail, I just wanted to wish you a speedy recovery.

Kammi Siemens

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

11:03:53 AM

Comments

Emily,

All of us at Planned Parenthood of Southeast Iowa are thinking of you during this difficult time. You and your family are in our prayers.

Wishing you the best during your surgeries and recovery.

Sincerely, Cherry Klein Michelle Lobberecht Ginger Berry Deb Leone Kristin Stephan Chantal Van Houten Julie Housewright Deana Bell

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

11:18:11 AM

Comments

Dear Emily:

May GOD bless you and yours during this trying time. May God surround you with Angels during your healing. Our prayers are with you and your family during this time.May God Bless and Keep you always.

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

11:19:04 AM

Dear Emily, I am a retired nurse that is active in the Pro-Choice Movement and have worked to protect clinics from intrusion by the religious extremists. All of my friends wish you a speedy recovery and hope that the perpetrators will found and brought to justice very soon. We all pray for you. You have many friends in Florida. If we can be of any assistance please do not hesitate to have your family contact me. My e-mail address <[email protected]> My name is Alice Walzer. I am a member of the Service Advisory Council of Planned Parenthood of Southwest Florida, The Florida Women’s Consortium, etc. All of our members are at your service. Sincerely, Alice Walzer

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

12:42:27 PM

Comments

I received this poem when my 10 year old son, Casey was killed by a train 4 years ago. I thought it might help your family.. Beth Russell MORNING WILL COME

Broken hearted… How can I bear the pain? So many plans…permanently interrupted. So many dreams…….shattered. Hopes….dashed. All gone. Why? Why this? Why us? Why me? Helplessness….hopelessness…. Life will never be the same again. Is it ever worth living? Where are You, God?

I�m right here beside you, My child. Even though you may not feel My presence, I�m holding you close under the shadow of My wings. I will walk with you through this dark night.

Do not shrink from weeping. I gave you tears for emotional release. Don�t try to hide your grief. Let it become for you a source of healing, A process of restoration, For I have planned it so. Those who mourn shall be blessed. I�ll be holding on to you, Even when you feel you can�t hold on to Me.

Seek my face, child of Mine. Receive My promise, impossible as it may seem now, That joy will come in the morning. It may take much time, But I will heal your broken heart. I know the night seems endless, BUT MORNING WILL COME. I have promised.

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

1:02:50 PM

Comments

YOU ARE INCREDIBLE. Thank you so much for your commitment to our cause. I feel each of us puts ourselves on the line when we stand up for what we believe in, but you have gone much further than any of us can ever imagine. You are truly an inspiration and I thank you and Jeff for what you have given me, reading his words about you were so hopeful and honest. I thought I was informed on the bombing but I did not have the heartfelt, real-life perspective that I have now that I have read your web page. Thank you so much, for giving us the wonderful gift of knowing you.

Kyre Osborn, my girlfriend who works for TARAL, Texas Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, organized a vigil on Friday to honor the officer who died and to send hope to you. There were over 100 people there and we organized it in less than 24 hours. There are so many people out here who believe in you. Thank you again

Sincerely,

Nan DeRosa [email protected]

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

2:20:31 PM

Comments

It is evident that you have the support of many friends, family members and complete strangers. In living the life you lead, you have paved the road to be as smooth as possible. Believe in your choices and decisions. Do not be dissuaded by those that would seek to limit you. Your strength and perseverance are a vital part of a much larger energy that is captured in the goodwill of all those who value human-kind and its’ faith in itself. We are all part of that whole and as such, valuable.

My strongest wish is that you will be able to share lessons of hope with those that love you and count on you. I nearly lost my sight due to a violent attack and know that you are going through very difficult times. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Karen L. from Michigan

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

2:32:30 PM

Comments

Emily, I am a graduate student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and attend class only two blocks from where the vicious bombing took place. I saw the damage that was caused and can only begin to imagine the pain you are in. I hope that you realize you are in everyone’s prayers every day. It is trully unfortunate that we live in such a cruel society. I hope that you not only regain full health, but also can do what I am sure you love, counsel and help the women of Alabama. Love, Chris Patrick [email protected]

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

2:35:06 PM

Comments

Emily, My wife, two children and I are keeping you in our thoughts. We are not religious, but we are wishing very much for a speedy recovery for you! Emily, you have answered the highest ” calling”, and your human kindness and willingness to help others is truly humane. We will work to bring to trial the perpetrators of this horrible act, and justice will prevail! Please get well soon!

In peace, The Kiel family

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

2:48:16 PM

Comments

thank you for for being you, and for taking a job that many people would be too afraid to take, even though it is so necessary.

i want to thank you again, for because of you, people like me have the right to quality medical care, not just the abortions that so many have focused on.

again, thank you, bless you, and i will be praying for your continued strength and a speedy recovery.

elizabeth kerwin madison, wi [email protected]

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

2:52:50 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

I can only offer my gratitude to you and people like you who face harassment and violence every day in your efforts to care for and protect the rights of women. I know that your compassion has touched the lives of others and made them feel less alone and less afraid. Thank you for your bravery, your work and your love, and I wish you every happiness and peace.

Best wishes, Cary Rosko Boston, MA

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

3:00:46 PM

Comments

Emily You are in my heart, in my thoughts and in my prayers. Bless you and get well soon. always Jennifer

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

3:02:13 PM

Comments

Emily, I pray for your full recovery and send you huge amounts of healing strength. I am sorrowful that this horrible thing happened to you. I hope your spirit is undamaged. All love to you my sister. Be well. [email protected]

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

3:07:48 PM

Comments

Date:

2/5/98

Emily, We all pray for you and your family. You have many, many supporters and we will help you through this in any way we can. You are a wonderful person! Felicia P, Nebraska

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

3:31:14 PM

Comments

Hang tight, Emily. Good people all over the country are pulling for a record-setting recovery. We hope you can feel our spirits with you. Verenda Smith, Alexandria, Virginia

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

4:00:25 PM

Comments

I heard about this unlucky incident and your web site from my friend. I am so angry at those who claimed to be protecting lives, but instead hurting and destroying others� lives.

Good luck on your recovery and god will be on your side.

Ben.

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

4:32:54 PM

Comments

Emily, thank you so much for doing the simple everyday work that protects our right to choose. My best wishes for a quick and uneventful recovery.

Fawn Brookline, Mass. (yes, that Brookline)

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

4:58:08 PM

Comments

Emily, We keep you in our prayers.

Wes Lyons [email protected] Lyons Cyber Services Alabama District North Junior Civitans UAB Civitan Research Center

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

5:01:27 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

I just want to add my thoughts and emotions to the many you are receiving at this difficult time. I hope your recovery will be as complete and speedy as possible. Many hugs, Judith

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

5:02:58 PM

Comments

Emily, just trying to think of some appropriate words to use to thank you for risking your life to help women take care of their reproductive health needs…. Well, there’s nothing I can say to communicate how grateful I feel for your sacrifice, nor how angry and disheartened I feel that anyone could justify what has happened to you and many others in your field of work.

In Austin, Texas on the day after you were hurt, we met at the Capitol to hold a small vigil to honor all those injured and dead protecting and serving women in clinics, and to speak out against the violence. Someone filmed the event, and I hope you and your family will get to see it.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. One million “thank you”s couldn’t be enough. Heal and recover, and if you can bear it, please come back to work. We need you!

With love & much respect –Shannon

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

5:10:05 PM

Comments

We are following your progress and wish you well. A special thanks to Jeff for keeping this site going as it is helpful for all of out here to be able to get such direct access to what is happening. May the pain be bearable and may you smile again soon. Love Judith Meuli Feminist Majority, Los Angeles office

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Date:

2/5/98

Time:

5:33:02 PM

Comments

Dear Emily: You are in the thoughts and prayers of many, including friends you have never met. May God be with you as you go through this healing process. I will say a special prayer for you each night asking God to comfort and heal you and give you strength. Best Wishes!! Jean Warren Blue

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

5:35:29 PM

Comments

Emily, Congrats on losing the tube.Your one step closer to getting better.I found a quote today i thought might help you.I will try to add a different one daily.I think this one is perfect for you today.

The harder you fall the higher you bounce.

A Friend

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

5:55:52 PM

Comments

We at Planned Parenthood of Maryland are thonking of you and praying for your complete and speedy recovery

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

5:57:12 PM

Dear Emily, My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. Have faith that God will heal your wounds and that the cowardly acts of some will not suppress the brave and important service that you and others give to free women everywhere. As a fellow RN, I especially pray for your speedy and complete recovery. God be with you! Bill Robert (Grand Island,NY) [email protected]

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

6:49:52 PM

Comments

Dear Emily

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, and with the family of Officer Sanderson. It saddens me to know that people who claim to be ‘pro-life’ can harm others this way. I want to thank you for your courage in standing up each day to protect a woman’s right to choose. I pray for a quick recovery for you.

Melanie

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

7:03:26 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

I want to thank you for what you do and let you know that you are in my prayers. The services you help to provide are so important. God be with you. – Wendy B. Arlington, TX

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

8:28:22 PM

Comments

Emily: You are in my prayers every day. My daughter, Halsted Bernard and her fiance Chad Williams have worked with your husband. I would like to add my wishes to those of countless others and my deepest hope for your full recovery. You’re going to make it. Sincerely, marssie mencotti

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

8:33:18 PM

Comments

Best wishes from all of us – get well soon!

Pierce Butler, clinic escort, Gainesville, FL

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

8:53:09 PM

Mrs. Lyons,

My thoughts and prayers are with you. I belong to an online prayer chain and have requested prayer for you and your family. I oppose abortion, however, I deeply diagree with the cowardly act of violence that victimized you. Remain strong. I pray that the Lord will heal every injury you have and bring the perpetrator to justice. God loves you ! Kip Hubbard [email protected]

Date:

2/5/98

My hopes and prayers are with you both. Emily’s lovely smile has given many of us courage who felt so helpless at this senseless act of violence. I hope that she will be happy and smiling soon and out of pain. We would do whatever we could to help her. Our email is [email protected] if you need anything. Thanks for sharing her smile with us all. God bless you all!

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

11:25:26 PM

Comments

Date:

2/5/98

Time:

emily, i am a registered nurse in georgia ,will pray for your full recovery and your family ronnie owens jonesboro ga [email protected]

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

4:39:05 AM

Comments

Lovely lady,

We haven’t met although I did wake up in a Hotel in Birmingham the morning you and the Police Officer were assaulted. I was there to attend a family funeral. Finished breakfast, and was watching the news as the story of the tradegdy you and he experienced began to unfold. Of course many others also felt your emotional pain as well. I remember being most shocked when CNN apparently had gathered the news of it faster than local news carriers had. It went nation wide in a matter of minutes. That’s how I know many, many others were caring and praying even at that moment… I remember when I knew it was the policeman who had perished even before the news announced it and saying a prayer for his family as well.

It was a sad, sad day. You should be very proud of the way your husband is attempting to handle his emotions through this. He is doing a great job outwardly, while showing courage in his honesty about his feelings in the one news report I saw him in. Be assured his efforts and activity here, on the web page,is good for him as well.

Jeff, just want you to know how well your managing things in such horrendous times for your family. All things will continue to work together for good.

Emily, to you I say, be well and prosper. Enjoy each day with the challenges and vibrance of life that it brings. For in Jeff’s eye’s which see so clearly from his heart, you will alway’s be his “Lovely Lady”

Best Wishes … Your Friend Jim

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

5:08:20 AM

Comments

Hi Emily,

I would just like to say that you have a friend from Maine hoping upon hoping you get better. I wish I could do more, but I’ll just leave you in my prayers…Stay strong!

Your Friend, Crystal

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

6:41:49 AM

Comments

Dear Emily, The bravery of the clinic workers like Emily Lyons is undisputed. They do all of the heavy work in this cornerstone of women’s equality. And we atheists don’t let them know how much we are in their debt. It would be great if we made thanking them a habit. I know it’s hard, if you’re sane you have a life. You know, if you’re running away from yourself, your fear and your self-loathing, it’s a lot easier to incite lynch mobs, picket and bomb than volunteer to ticket cars parked in handicapped only spots. Sanity may be overrated as a primitive survial mechanism. But do we want to survive as hunter-gatherers in a world without surface deposits of iron? Let’s spread sanity, for our own sake!

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

6:42:40 AM

Comments

Dear Emily, While I am a pro-life person, Iam horrified and deeply saddened at what has happened to you. From all that I have heard about you, you are a very caring and beautiful person. I hope that whoever did this to you will be punished for his or her actions, andI pray that God will lift you up to a full recovery. God bless you and your entire family.

Kristi

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

7:18:33 AM

Comments

Emily, By the time you’ll read this you will be on the long road to recovery, not only in body but in mind also. I had to write to you in hopes that what I say will give you hope for a normal life again. My sister was born without a pupil in her eye and to this day lives a very normal life. I also had a supervisor who lost her eye in a car crash and lived a normal life afterwards. I wish you all the best and hope you recover soon in body and mind. May God bless you.

Sincerely, Brenda Goodnight e-mail: [email protected]

To any and all groups who read this: VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER!!!

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

7:48:21 AM

Comments

Dear Emily, How heartbreaking that you are suffering the brunt of someone else’s frustrations. All I can hope is that you recover as well as possible, so that you can experience all the love this world has to offer you, to counter the hate involved in this attack. Best wishes.

CindiK

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

8:05:12 AM

Comments

Dear Emily

I am really not good at this. I want you to know that you are in my wife’s and my prayers. We hope you have a speedy recovery and will be able to read this message. Good Luck Tom and Stacy Mueller

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

8:07:27 AM

Comments

Jeff, thanks for maintaining this site to record Emily’s progress. Emily, my thoughts and prayers are with you as your trip down the long road to recovery continues. I know the love of your family will help you through this terrible ordeal. C.B.

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

8:39:52 AM

Comments

Thank you for all of your work for women everywhere. Please know that all of us at the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice are praying for you at this horrible time and wishing you well! We are pro-choice _because_ of our faith. Sincerely, Jesse Hergert Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Washington, DC

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

9:03:46 AM

Comments

Dear Emily, I am a second grade teacher in Illinois. My name is Tracey. I was informed about this site by my mother in California. I wanted to wish you all the best in your recovery. I think the work you do at the clinic and all that do such work should be applauded. I hope as many that you have a speedy recovery. You will be in my thoughts and prayers as you go through this time. Courage from Illinois-Tracey

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

9:15:20 AM

Comments

Emily,

I am an RN as well and work approx 2 blocks from your job site. I want you to know that we all now use your name in casual conversation as if we have known you all our lives. “How is Emily today?” Please feel the support of greater than 100 nurses that are praying for you and watching your progress. We even tried to organize a “walk” to the bomb site in your honor but we were discouraged by law officials to do that right now. We are pulling for you everyday. Jeanenne MacKnight, Birmingham, AL

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

9:45:16 AM

Comments

I admire you. I hope you recover soon and I hope that you will speak out against the horrible people who did this to you. I am definitely Pro Choice, please visit my homepage at http://www.geocities.com/wellesley/4827 to learn about me and look at my Pro Choice page too. I am from Alexander City, Alabama and I was very disturbed when I heard of the bombing. It angers me and hurts me to know that there are people out there that do things like this. I wish you all the best, and my prayers are with you. In Loving Admiration, Kathy Lambert

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

Dear Emily- My name is Chikako and I worked with your husband at SCS last summer. Jeff had mentioned about your great sense of humor, and I thought I’d share this joke with you. Now, keep in mind that I work with preschoolers; most of them being 3-4 years of age… What did the bird say when it’s cage broke? “Cheap, Cheap!” I know you’re laughing… Best Wishes, Chikako Morioka

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

1:33:55 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, I am hoping and praying for your recovery and your eyesight. I run an abortion fund in Philadelphia, helping poor women and girls who cannot afford to pay for a safe, legal abortion on their own. We deeply appreciate the risks you took every day to do your job, risk no one should have to take. We are horrified by this criminal act. Shawn Towey, Philadelphia

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

1:40:29 PM

Comments

Dear Emily and Jeff,

We have been very moved by your situation and the outpouring of love and affection. We are extremely saddened by what has happened, but both of you have shown a tremendous amount of hope and faith which is an inspiration to us all. We would like you to know you will be in our thoughts and prayers throughout your ordeal. We can not express the amount of appreciation we have for you and wish for the day when something like this never happens. We hope for your speedy recovery.

Love, Lisa and Kris from Cybergrrl,Inc.

[email protected] [email protected]

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

1:49:33 PM

Comments

My thoughts and prayers are with you. Have a speedy recovery Emily.

Harv Leavitt Yakima, Washington [email protected]

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

2:08:12 PM

Comments

Emily, you recently gave someone very near and dear to me your love, support and understanding with her “choice”. I pray you will a speedy recovery and one day see you face to face to give you a big HUG just for being you!

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

2:29:29 PM

Comments

Dear Emily,

6:10:06 PM

Comments

Dear Emily Lyons,

I am so sorry what happened to you. The bombing was senseless and ignorant. I live in Anniston, Alabama. I was shocked when I heard what happend. Every week I go to the school of Arts there, and I guess you could say, it hit pretty close to home.

I hope that you recover soon. My prayes go out to you and you’r family.

Michael Huerta

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

6:10:45 PM

Comments

Dear Emily Lyons,

I hope that you recover soon. My prays go out to you and you’re family.

Michael Huerta

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

6:29:37 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, Thinking of you and wishing you well. I am outraged about what has happened, but I know that because of courageous people like yourself, this terrorism will not stop the right of women to control their own bodies and destiny. I work at a battered womenn’s shelter and am all too conscious of how important this choice is for women. It is really a matter of survival. Blessings to you.

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

6:34:50 PM

Comments

Dear Emily and Jeff,

Just a quick note to let you know that I am praying for you and both of your families during this terribly difficult time. I don’t have any magical or poetic words to offer … just sincere and heartfelt wishes that you will find the comfort and strength you need to make it through to happier times.

sincerely,

Callie Sundarum Cincinnati, OH

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

6:41:46 PM

Comments

Emily, my thoughts are with you as you continue to heal. You and Jeff will be held up in the prayer time of my American Baptist Church where I can guarantee you, the prayers of the people there will be lifted up for you. I trust that God is with you in this time, loves you and weeps for what has happened to you. Know that there are many of us that weep also for you and for this craziness. Thank you for doing the work you were doing, it is so important (I know, I did it for 14 years). You are loved by so many people who don’t even know you. Be well. Elizabeth

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

7:45:11 PM

Our thoughts and prayers are with you each and every day. Wishing you the best and a speedy recovery. God bless you all.

Gardner Family Fayette, AL

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

8:39:31 PM

Comments

Our thoughts and prayers are with you each and every day. Wishing you the best and a speedy recovery. God bless you all.

Gardner Family Fayette, AL

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

8:40:14 PM

Comments

Our thoughts and prayers are with you each and every day. Wishing you the best and a speedy recovery. God bless you all.

Gardner Family Fayette, AL

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

8:56:52 PM

Comments

Dear Emily: I’m really saddened and horified at the horrible bombing that has so changed your life…all love and strength and hope for a good and speedy recovery from those of us in the pro-choice movement in Los Angeles. You put yourself in danger everyday protecting the rights of all women. Thank you for your committment and courage, for working to make womens’ reproductive rights a reality. Janet Lent

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

9:03:57 PM

Comments

Dear, brave Emily —

My thoughts are with you as you go through this struggle that you didn’t deserve to have to fight.

Heal well.

Liz McKeever, Cincinnati, OH

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

9:37:00 PM

Comments

Jeff and Emily, When we heard the name Emily Lyons, we never dreamed that this was your wife. Our thoughts and prayers are with Emily and all the family during your time of need. God Bless and Love to all. The families of Lynn Ashmore Harrell, Dave and Virginia Ashmore, and Diane Ashmore Granger. [email protected]

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

10:17:29 PM

Comments

Dear Emiily and family: May God help you recover from this uneccesary accident. Just hang in there and God will help you. When you get a chance you can email us back at [email protected]. We live in Hawaii and are in the military. I applaude you for doing a great job as a nurse. Please get well soon so you can be with your husband and family. Tale care. Margarita Dickerson

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

10:22:21 PM

Comments

Dearest Emily- Just sending my prayers and the hope of your fast recovery. May God Bless. Kathy McCombs [email protected]

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

10:43:35 PM

Comments

Emily:

I met your strong and patient husband Jeff at a press conference today with your doctors. It appears you are in very good hands.

I wish you the best in your long road to recovery.

Ross Cavitt WSB-TV Atlanta

Date:

2/6/98

Time:

11:25:01 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, Best wishes in your recovery. I just wanted to add my voice to the numerous others who recognize the sacrifice you have been forced to make in your work for womens’ health and interests. Peter Smyth, Vermont [email protected]

Date:

2/7/98

Time:

12:20:32 AM

Comments

Dearest Emily, prayers and good wishes are flowing in your direction, cascading towards you and your dear husband in this time of your greatest test. Gain strength and some solace from all the good thoughts and prayers that are surrounding you. Barbara [email protected] http://www.geocities.com/wellesley/7209

Date:

2/7/98

Time:

12:52:49 AM

Comments

Emily,

What a wonderful, loving husband you have to create this collection of notes of encouragement for you.

I am praying for healing for you and for God’s direction for your life.

I would ask that you and everyone that reads these comments not judge all of us who are anti-abortion, by senseless acts of stupidity.

trusting HIM,

Lynn Suddith, Russellville, Alabama Psalms 139

Date:

2/7/98

Time:

4:08:46 AM

Comments

I was so sorry to hear about the explosion, and even though I live far away, in Norway, I want to tell you that my thoughts are with you, and that I hope you will recover real soon!

Tone in Norway

Date:

2/7/98

Time:

4:49:50 AM

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Emily and Jeff,

You don’t know me, and we will probably never meet, but I will briefly introduce myself. My name is Christy. I’m 27 years old and I’m from Atlanta. My community was also affected by this recent wave of terrorism. (the Gay and Lesbian community)

Emily, I want to say “thank you” for dedicating your days to helping others. Nursing is a demanding profession (I’m going to attend nursing school soon) and only the most loving of individuals become helping professionals.

I am truly saddened about your injury. My prayers are with you for a speedy recovery. I will also pray that your heart does not become bitter. Even in the midst of tragedy there is hope and opportunities for growth. However, this is a horrible thing that has happened to you and I pray that the guilty parties be brought to justice.

Jeff, your love for your wife is a remarkable example of the true meaning of “family values.” I admire you. I admire your marriage.

God Bless,

Christy

Date:

2/7/98

Time:

7:35:16 AM

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Emily–Just another well-wisher. Hope everything develops fine. –Natalie Andre, South Palm Beach County NOW and Florida NOW email distribution list manager (In case you noticed a flurry of messages from Florida)

Date:

2/7/98

Time:

8:43:25 AM

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Dear Emily–

It makes me so sad and angry to read about what happened to you. My thoughts are with you and I wish you the very best. I hope that you and your family find the strength to make it through this rough time.

Sincerely,

Leah Carson college student, NJ

Date:

2/7/98

Time:

8:46:49 AM

Comments

Emily, please know that 100 wolves (members of the email list Women Who Run with the Wolves) are at your side. Can you feel our breath on your shoulder? We will stand guard over you, we will hold your hand, we will be there night and day for you. 100 wolves (97 women, 3 men) who believe in hope and love and courage and integrity, are here for you, even when you can’t see us because we are hiding in the shadows. Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrooooooooouuuuuuuu EmeraldWolf

Date:

2/7/98

Time:

9:42:22 AM

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To Emily and Family, I am devestated to see the extent of Emily’s injuries. You are very lucky to be alive. My prayers will be with you. I am also an RN and I am still in shock that something like this could happen. You read about things like this happening in other cities, other states. But when it happens in your own area, it is just so hard to believe. I admire you for working at the clinic and as your husband has said, I’m sure you have saved alot of babies also, just through your listening and counseling abilities. My prayers are with you. Mary Smith, RN Oneonta, AL Email: [email protected]

Emily –

On behalf of the hundreds of pro-choice volunteers of the Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force, I’d like to wish you a quick recovery, and a long, peaceful life, shared with the people who love you. Speaking for myself – Emily, everything I’ve heard over the past nine days about your passion, dedication and committment to the cause we both hold dear humbles me. Jeff, your love and support for Emily strengthens all of us. Thank you.

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Dear Emily. I just wanted to let you know that you will be in my prayers in the coming weeks. Please know, too, that I am very thankful that there are professionals like you who are willing to counsel women in making reproductive choices. Thanks to dedicated individuals such as yourself, women can weigh all their alternatives in a calm, thoughtful manner. I pray that the work you do will never cease and that someday soon you will be back at work at the New Women’s Health Clinic. May God Bless, Dr. Robert Hubbard [email protected]

Date:

2/7/98

Time:

6:04:46 PM

Comments

hang in there, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family through these difficult times, keep the faith!

Dear Emily and family,

Please know that you have yet another house full of supporters. We were terribly upset at the news of yet another attack on innocent people in the name of such a self-righteous and unjust cause. We are hoping for your full and swift recovery, and that your family is able to make it through this tragedy intact.

With much love, Susan Way and family Kent, Ohio, USA

Date:

2/7/98

Time:

9:38:35 PM

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Dear Emily I was outraged to hear of the attack on the All Woman Clinic, resulting in serious injury to you and the death of your security guard. You and others like you are on the front lines of defending in action the right of women to decide if, when and how many children we will have. I just read the update on your condition. Although it remains serious, I have hope that you will recover as much as possible and return to your life. Your courage and committment are an inspiration to all of us. I hope that those who committed this cowardly and despicable act are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. My best wishes to you. Carol [email protected]

Date:

2/7/98

Time:

9:39:25 PM

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Dear Emily, You are in my prayers. I wish you all the best and that your recovery will be swift.

Sincerely, Draima Schiehl Cullman, AL

Date:

2/7/98

Time:

10:05:17 PM

Comments

Dear Sir,

My wife and I send our prayers to both of you and wish that your recovery will be a great sucessful, and let God’s Angel’s be with you.

Emily, I wish that you will not let this get you down and when ,its all through, you may do what you like ( nursing feild )

all prayers to you, please get well.

[email protected]

Date:

2/7/98

Time:

10:52:19 PM

Comments

Emily, I read Jeff’s letter describing you, your family and your approach to your job. In addition to being prochoice, you are very prolife, the kind of prolife that is more than a slogan. When I read Jeff’s message, you were ini critical condition. I am relieved to know that your condition has improved. Continue to be strong, and know that there are thousands of admirers out there hoping for your speedy recovery and wishing you the best. Sue Errington, Muncie, IN

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

12:47:01 AM

Comments

My thoughts and prayers are with you “Emily” and with your family during this healing time. Jeff- I think this site is a very loving thing you are doing for Emily. God Bless You and Keep You Always!

Love in the Spirit, [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

12:47:54 AM

Comments

Love in the Spirit, [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

12:51:31 AM

Comments

Emily, all good wishes for your sight and continued good heath. Many years ago, I had an abortion at the Inglewood Clinic, Inglewood CA.

A few years ago I had made a friend at work who bragged about how “my group shut down that clinic”. Well—we are no longer friends. Harsh? No! My body, my business. Terminating an unwanted pregnancy gave me back my life, which would have been ruined, truly.

Thank you for risking yourself, to work in that clinic. May justice be served on the bombers.

I am now the mom of a WANTED 14 y.o. boy

Thanks for giving other women back their lives.

Love, From California [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

2:17:12 AM

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Emily, I don’t know you, but my thoughts are with you. Your dedication to women’s health and choice are respected and appreciated. I am a feminist activist for choice and am saddened that things like this continue to happen. I hope that your road to recovery is swift and that your spirits stay up. Love and support, Zinta Saulkalns [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

9:57:04 AM

Comments

Feb. 8 1998

Best wishes from the University of Kansas Pro-Choice Coalition.

We support you!

K.U. Pro-Choice Coalition Student Organization box 47 Kansas Union Lawrence KS 66045 email: [email protected] http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~kuchoice/proc.html

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

10:48:12 AM

Comments

Dearest Emily,

Your husband sounds like a wonderful part of your life with his support and love. In reading how he views you, one cannot help but think and feel that you are truly a person with a love of life. You took a job that has helped to serve many women physically and psychologically, and from my inner most thoughts I wish you a speedy recovery and much happiness throughout the rest of your life. Dhani [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

11:29:08 AM

Comments

Emily, dear Emily, we keep you in our prayers. Emily, dear Emily, your life-light continues to glare. Those of us who share your vision, your life’s work, Know the risks, imagine the perils, And anger at your hurt. You should not have been there on that day. The bomb shouldn’t have either. But the hatred shown on that day, Was hatred born of sickness. Born of ignorance.

Emily, dear Emily, I’ll keep you in my prayers. Emily, dear Emily, rest well and show your glare Of light that will not be extinguished, Won’t be burn out.

May peace and understand find it’s way through the hatred, and may you find hope, love and eventually laughter in the many, many days to come.

Love and lots and lots of hugs — Janet Bentley, Education Department, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, Burlington, Vermont

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

11:50:58 AM

Comments

Emily,

I don’t know you at all, but your courage and your good work as a nurse inspires me none-the-less. You are not a “victim” of senseless, hateful pro-life violence. Instead you are proof that such violence doesn’t accomplish anything. I wish you a speedy and full recovery, and my hopes and prayers are with you, as well as with your family and friends. Thank you for risking your life for the lives of countless women, and never give up hope. The world needs more of you, not more cynics.

Love, Michael

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

4:23:04 PM

Comments

Dear Emily and Jeff: I am so sorry for your injuries, but am thankful for your progress. Please be patient. As a healer you have seen and helped many recover. God will be with you during this time. The prayers of many have gone up to God over the past week and more each day. May the grace of God and His peace comfort you. Jim –[email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

5:20:43 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, Although we have never met and never talked to one another, I wanted you to know you are very much on my mind. This terrible thing that happened to you should never happen to anyone, let alone a giving woman like yourself. I hope it comforts you some to know that what happened has become a source of inspiration to others to stand up and be counted. My daughter has now volunteered to be an escort at a clinic in her home town. You are a hero, lady. May it help you get through this extremely difficult time to know that others are thinking of you, praying for you, and sending their love. Hang in there. A Woman from the Prairie in Nebraska.

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

6:15:33 PM

Comments

i am praying for you. i dont know whether i even believe in a higher spirit, but if there is any chance that my prayers could make you regain your sight/mobility/life i have nothing to lose in trying. congratulations on being strong and on surviving. even tho i have never met you, i love you.

xoxo~elizabeth~xoxo

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

6:35:34 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, My mother once worked at an abortion clinic. Even though I was a small child I still remember riots outside her office, and one time she used her body to barricade a door, even though she was a nurse, not a security guard. If anything had happened to her I would have been lost. I am so sorry about you injuries. I know how it feels to lose your eye sight. I once lost mine in a car accident. But I was able to regain full vision, and I’m sure you will too. I think that you are a very brave and strong woman and I wish you only the greatest of luck getting better. You are in my thoughts and I hope that you will be able to regain your normal life soon. Much Luv, Holly Glymour [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

7:11:16 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, There were these three couples who wanted to join this really conservative church. One couple was an older couple in thier fifties married for twenty-five years. The second couple had been married for ten years. Lastly, there was a couple very much like Jeff and yourself. The minister met with all the couples and told them that they were welcome to join if they could manifest the crucifiction of thier sinful nature by abstaining from lovemaking for one month. They all agreed to try and set an appointment one month later. When they got back together, the minister asked how it went. “Well”, said the older couple, “we had to rearrange our Sunday afternoon schedule and find something else to do, but we managed.” The second couple said “we made out OK at first, but those last two weeks were really tough! But we made it through”. When he got to the young couple however, they just hung thier heads. “We tried so hard! I took cold showers znd she went without make-up and wore old raggy jeans the whole time. But she is so beautiful and we’re so in love! After all this time, when she dropped her napkin at breakfast this morning and we both bent down to pick it up, we looked into each others eyes and smiled. We lost all control and made love right there on the breakfast table.” The minister said “My children, I understand completely, But I cannot allow you to join the church until you can control your passion.” “Oh, that’s OK” they said. “The manager at the Waffle House told us the same thing!” :>)

I hope you guys get to go out for waffles real soon! I would like to offer to finance your trip to Mexico, but I’m a little too budgetarily constrained. I will however wish you all the best, all my prayers a heart full of hope for your recovery and a big bottle of Kahlua (my favorite) to share when you get to take your trip.

7:40:20 PM

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It saddens me beyond belief that there are still people out there who would dare inflict such pain on an individual and family, but it heartens me more than words can express that you have this forum to send you our love, that someone cares so deeply about you. peace be with you, time will heal and you have a support network that stretches father than your imagination has ever seen. lauren way los angeles, ca

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

7:47:41 PM

Dear Emily,

Wayne and I and the kids are watching your progress daily on the internet as well as calling Jeff and getting reports from Mama and Daddy. We are so glad that you are doing better. You had us pretty scared for a while. The drive down there from Illinois was one of the longest ones we have ever taken. It was so good to see you for ourselves and hold your hand. We knew then that you would make it. Everybody from our church has been praying for you and they are sending their love. We are just waiting for word from Jeff that we can call and talk to you or that you are ready for us to come back to see you. We love you very much and Michael, Stephen and Shelley are praying that you will soon be back to their wonderful “Auntie Em”. We can’t wait to see our little sister again.

Love, Wayne and Terry

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

8:48:30 PM

Comments

Dear Emily, I am so sorry for what you and your family have had to go through and what still lies ahead of you all. You are an incredibly strong person as you fight for your recovery, and we wish you even more strength in the days and weeks to come. Thank you for being there for so many women, so that they may live their lives the best way they can. You are very brave. For all of us, thank you. You are in our hearts and prayers. Cathie Love, Albany, NY

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

8:55:16 PM

Comments

Hi, again, Emily,

Sam and I are still rooting for you. All the good vibes you are getting from this wonderful web site must be doing something, since you are improving.

You are in our thoughts daily.

Short one for you: A horse walked into a bar. Barman said, “Why the long face?”

Love and hugs,

Mary Ambridge and Sam Samsil

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

9:14:28 PM

Comments

Emily,

I am praying for you daily, it is my prayer that God will walk with you daily during your long recovery, I know in my heart he has some special angels watching over you, You are a very courageous person to have worked at a clinic that faces so much adversity daily, I am one of your biggest fans, I read your progress reports daily, because I am very concerned about you,

Sincerely,

Lisa Stenzel Birmingham, Al. [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

9:15:28 PM

Comments

Emily,

Sincerely,

Lisa Stenzel Birmingham, Al. [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

9:16:26 PM

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Emily,

Sincerely,

Lisa Stenzel Birmingham, Al. [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

9:17:26 PM

Comments

Emily,

Sincerely,

Lisa Stenzel Birmingham, Al. [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

9:18:25 PM

Comments

Emily,

Sincerely,

Lisa Stenzel Birmingham, Al. [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

9:20:05 PM

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dear emily…i am a high school student in massachusetts, and i was deeply saddened to hear of the birmingham bombing. your very job as a nurse in an abortion clinic brings inspiration to me as well as many of my friends. we hope you get better soon, and we send our sympathies to you and your husband and family and friends. you make a wonderful difference in the world, and i sincerely hope that you can continue to in the future. again, you are an inspiration to me.

smiling… roona ray e-m: [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

9:29:56 PM

Comments

emily, today the sun shined for the first time in i don’t know how many days….i hope it shined for you too. love, becky gentry

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

9:41:23 PM

Comments

Dear Emily:

I am writing a paper on abortion violence and researched your site to add to my arguement. I wish you the very best … it will be tough but it sounds like you are a fighter!

Lots of prayers, good thoughts and hope for your recovery

Terry Hall livermore CA [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

10:04:16 PM

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Date:

2/8/98

Time:

10:11:48 PM

Comments

Dear Emily –

The news of your situation spread quickly through the Mensa community. Prayers to all sorts of dieties are being offered up , all in support of your healing. Whether you call it angels or energies, you are surrounded by hope and help.

Eileen Steinhice

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

10:27:58 PM

Comments

Our prayers are with you and your family through this difficult time of recovery. Keep your faith in God and take one day at a time. He will comfort you.

Vicki and Tim Howze [email protected] 2/8/97

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

10:29:34 PM

Comments

Emily – You are such a brave young woman and I feel so sad about this tragedy. It is obvious how much your husband loves you and you are indeed fortunate to have such a strong supporter on your side. Although I don’t know you personally, just seeing the beautiful pictures your husband posted on the website make me understand why people would be attracted to you. You are a lovely and caring person and I want you to know that I’m thinking of you and praying for your recovery. I’ve been a clinic escort and I know how passionate the feelings can get on both sides. At this point, please understand that many people care about you, and send you love and hope.

[email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

11:08:59 PM

Comments

Emily. . .get well. . .we have a LOT of work to do! These people are crazy.

Patricia J. Moran, FSU student and adjunct instructor at Troy State University–Florida Region (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) [email protected]

Date:

2/8/98

Time:

11:10:43 PM

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Emily,

The great plains of Dakota and Nebraska send you healing spirits that you will see again. In this, the land of the Lakota, Omaha, and Ponca people, I will send prayres to Wakan Tonka, the Great Mystery, that health and good spirit are again yours. We who look to make a world safe for women and for their children thank you for your work and for your bravery. Metakiase.

— Doug Paterson Omaha, Nebraska

Date:

2/9/98

Time:

12:19:07 AM

Comments

My family hopes you get well soon. We live in Birmingham and our prayers are with you and your family. Dan and Sally Morriss.

Date:

2/9/98

Time:

12:55:55 AM

Comments

To Someone Who is Truly one of Gods Angels, Emily,

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. May you have a remarkable recovery. You have helped so many women in their time of need, that we now return the favor. Our sincerest wishes and our deepest hopes are with you. As your strength was once given to others, please draw now from ours.

With Much Respect and Love, Paige C. Lucas ([email protected])

Date:

2/9/98

Time:

7:19:19 AM

Comments

Emily, Please know that someone here in Vermont is thinking of you and wishing you well. Thank you for working to give women like me a choice. I admire you and I hope you fully recover.

Annika Green [email protected]

Date:

2/9/98

Time:

8:00:51 AM

Comments

Date:

2/9/98

Time:

8:05:13 AM

Emily, I am LocSec of Memphis Mensa, and am expressing the good wishes of all our local members. We all are sending you our prayers, positive thoughts, and healing wishes, as our various faiths and beliefs dictate. I am glad you lived through this horrible attack, and will pray for you every day until I hear that you are once again well and healthy. I know that God wants this for you as much as I do. Dorothy J. Frisby Memphis Mensa [email protected]

Date:

2/9/98

Time:

9:33:03 AM

Comments

Be Blessed, comforted, and encouraged! We are believing God together for your total healing and recovery! We will believe the report of the Lord!

Emmanuel Harvest Church, Swainsboro, GA Pastor Tim A. Grant