A National Day of Prayer and Remembrance We appreciate the extreme generosity of the American people in this time of national need. We ask for your patience as we help the people who need it the most. If you need to find a family member affected by the disaster: The network of American Red Cross chapters is available to help find information regarding family members affected by the disaster. All inquiries should be directed to your local American Red Cross chapter. To find your local chapter, type your ZIP code into the chapter locator on the left side of this page. American Airlines 1-800-245-0999 United Airlines 1-800-932-8555 Navy/Marines 1-877-663-6772 US Air Force 1-800-253-9276 US Army (Military District of Washington) 1-800-477-9571 DoD Compassion Center for non-uniformed DoD employees at the Pentagon: 1-800-833-6622 If you live outside the United States, please contact your national Red Cross or Red Crescent Society, which will then contact the American Red Cross. To Make a Donation: Call 1-800 HELP NOW or visit the online donation system. If you are experiencing problems while donating online, it is due to extremely heavy volume on our Web site. Please try again later in the week or call our 800 number. Spanish toll free number: 1-800-257-7575 American Red Cross National Headquarters Statement on Internet Fraud Online Fundraising Partners To Give Blood: Call 1-800 GIVE LIFE or contact your local hospital or health care system. As you might imagine, it is currently very difficult to get through on a phone line. Please be patient and attempt your call later in the week. New Volunteers: The Red Cross has thousands of trained volunteers ready to respond to disasters throughout the country. If you want to become trained in Red Cross Disaster Services, please contact your local Chapter later in the week to help reduce current volume, which is extremely high. The New York State Emergency Management Office has established a volunteer hotline: 1 (800) 801-8092. Medical professionals wishing to support the efforts in New York may contact the following: Physicians may call (212) 604-3850 Nurses may call (212) 604-8474 EMT and nurses aides may call 800-628-0193 Search and Rescue Professionals may visit www.nasar.org All Medical Professionals may call (800) 801-8092.

Update from the Pentagon

The American Red Cross continues to provide hot meals, snacks, water and other beverages to all workers at the Pentagon disaster site. In addition, Red Cross disaster workers set up tents with cots, where firefighters and other emergency workers can rest.
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Talking to Children
About Disasters
Children all over the country are asking questions about what happened in New York and Washington and Somerset, Pennsylvania. They are afraid, and they are concerned about their own safety and the safety of their loved ones.
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New York City, September 2001: In Pictures
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Relief and Rescue Work Continues
As New York City mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani gave the latest statistics about the mounting casualty list at a press conference Thursday morning, Red Cross workers continued to provide services throughout the city and across the nation.
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Local Hospital Staff Helps Red Cross Handle Blood Drive Overflow
The American Red Cross an appeal Thursday to any doctors, nurses, medical technologists and other hospital staff who could lend a hand at blood drives around the country. Professionals are encouraged to contact their local American Red Cross chapters.
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Pennsylvania Disaster Workers Respond to Flight 93 Tragedy
The Red Cross has been on the scene of the plane crash outside Pittsburgh from the beginning, providing food and water to more than 600 exhausted workers from local fire departments, FBI, ATF, NTSB, FEMA, state police and coroners' offices from around Pennsylvania.
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American Red Cross-FDA Arrangement Helps Get the Job Done
Keeping pace with the expanded blood-collection demands presents a challenge. The American Red Cross is meeting that challenge, thanks to the help of volunteer physicians and registered nurses.
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Los Angeles Chapter Continues Work With Victim's Families
With three of the four hijacked planes that crashed on Tuesday originally destined for Los Angeles, the mental health team of the Los Angeles Red Cross Chapter is fully mobilized to help local families who lost loved ones on one of those flights.
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Horror of Attack Takes Emotional Toll on Nation
Red Cross mental health workers are helping individuals throughout the nation cope with unprecedented devastation.
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Trained Volunteers Are Crucial to American Red Cross Relief Efforts
In response to Tuesday's terrorist attacks, hundreds of blood donors filled Red Cross Square in downtown Washington, D.C. Wednesday morning. From college students to military personnel, every volunteer had the same reason for being there: They simply wanted to help the victims of this terrible tragedy in any way they could.
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American Red Cross President Dr. Bernadine Healy Visits Relief Workers in New York: In Pictures
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NYC Rescue Workers Find Relief, Share Stories with Red Cross Volunteers

While fire crews sent an endless stream of water over the smoldering ruins of the once massive skyscrapers, rescue workers used heavy machinery to begin clearing the enormous pile of debris, under which tens of thousands of corpses could be buried.
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Clara Barton Express Rushes Relief Supplies to New York City
The American Red Cross has teamed up with Amtrak and Coca-Cola to establish the Clara Barton Express train, which will rush much needed materials to the disaster scene.
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Flight Attendants Show Support at Blood Drive
When American Airlines flight attendant Cindy Bahnij learned of the fate of Flight 77 on Tuesday, she was stunned. Acutely aware that something as minor as a scheduling change could have put her on the fated flight, Bahnij decided to do the only thing she could think of to help: Organize an American Airlines blood donation effort.
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Volunteer Blood Donors Fill Red Cross Square
In response to Tuesday's terrorist attacks, hundreds of blood donors filled Red Cross Square in downtown Washington, D.C. Wednesday morning. From college students to military personnel, every volunteer had the same reason for being there: They simply wanted to help the victims of this terrible tragedy in any way they could.
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Bay Area Takes Action After Attack
Soon after the San Francisco Bay area awoke to the horror of unprecedented terrorist attacks in the East that leveled the World Trade Towers and set the Pentagon ablaze, the cities of San Francisco and Oakland sprang into a state of emergency.
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Red Cross Disaster Counseling Materials
The American Red Cross provides these materials to help you and your family cope with yesterday's tragedies.
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Questions and Answers about What the Red Cross is Doing
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City-by-City Breakdown of the American Red Cross Response
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