Hamadi:

This is terrible news. I know Karamo Treara (Baba Karamo) very well, he'd
been living in New York for years now. He is from Dippa Kunda, a younger
brother of Almamy Treara. My condolences to his family.

A friend told me that it was announced back home that he was indeed a
casualty but I was waiting for confirmation and I haven't seen any of
reports others mentioned.

Regards
Baboucarr Sillah


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