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Letter: Some give while others take

Friday, Sept. 28, 2001 | 4:25 a.m.

I have seen some extraordinary examples of selflessness during the last two weeks. Firefighters and rescue workers going into crumbling buildings to save lives. Young men and women in the military preparing to go to war in a foreign land. Ordinary citizens donating whatever they can to help those in need.

I was particularly taken by the expression of caring by the employees at my favorite Einstein's Bagels. Last week as I was paying my bill I noticed that the tip jar had been pasted over with the American Red Cross emblem. When I asked about it, I was informed that the employees had volunteered to contribute their tips to help those harmed in the terrorist attack.

I asked the employee behind the counter at Einstein's whether it bothered her that wealthy Americans were going to Congress at this time of national need asking for another cut in their capital gains taxes. She said it did.

TED HALL

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