[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 132 (Thursday, October 4, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1802]
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                            UNITED WE STAND

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                           HON. TONY P. HALL

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 4, 2001

  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, following the tragic terrorist attack 
on our Nation September 11, Americans have responded with an enormous 
outpouring of generosity and patriotism. I am proud to call to the 
attention of my House colleagues one effort within my Congressional 
District.
  At a ceremony in Dayton, Ohio, on October 5, Jeff Cottrell, Ron 
Witters, and Dana Applegate will present the American Red Cross 
Disaster Fund a check for $1 million generated by sales of patriotic T-
shirts and sweatshirts celebrating the irrepressible American spirit. 
Cottrell, Witters, and Applegate operate Screen Works Inc. in the 
Dayton suburb of Vandalia, Ohio, which manufactures the shirts.
  The shirts depict a bold image of the Statue of Liberty and an 
American eagle with outstretched wings of red, white, and blue, and 
proclaim, ``United We Stand.''
  The image was designed only hours after the World Trade Center and 
Pentagon disasters. Within three weeks, the company's Web site 
registered 130,000 hits. Orders have come from all over the United 
States and around the world.
  Much of the work producing the shirts came from volunteers. All 
profits go to help with the relief effort for the September 11 victims 
and their families.
  The success of this fund-raising effort is a tribute not only to the 
citizens of the Dayton area but to the people throughout our great 
Nation who have declared their resolve that, even in these dark 
moments, America will stand united.

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