the word on scott.

here's a portion of an e.mail i received yesterday. a follow-up to the scott harding story i mentioned a couple of days ago.
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Scott is in the Intensive Care Unit at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, a victim of a car crash Friday February 15th in which he was a passenger of a car service, returning home from a late night mixing session to finish a new record. Another car came at high speed and crashed broadside into his car. The accident occurred a short distance from his home. His condition is serious, with fractures of his clavicle, rib, shoulder blade, and back. The full extent to which he will recover is not yet certain, but we have high hopes. He will need time, patience, and extended care to recover. Part of the doctor's stabilizing efforts at this early stage will be an operation on his back, expected to occur sometime this week. His spirits are good, and he's able to fully participate and decide on all decisions regarding his health and welfare. He is receiving the best in medical care and treatment, and all his friends and family have mobilized to aid his healing as best we can, with round the clock coverage in his room by one or more close friends at all times. Heesok Chang, a longtime friend of Scott's, has been attending Scott's side with emotional support, shepherding visitors, and updating Scott's folks in Vancouver. Tom Camuso, Scott's business partner and close friend, and his wife Kim have been co-ordinating many of the hospital, police, and email/telephone networking efforts of friends and family to make sure Scott is never left alone, and that all folks are kept informed. Leif and Kathy Arntzen, also longtime friends, have been been working on obtaining additional medical advice, securing legal representation, and co-ordinating with Tom and Heesok to strategize Scott's overall welfare. Other close friends are aligning themselves to various roles and tasks as they become necessary. Every avenue of health, legal, and social concern is being worked on by a devoted team of friends and family.

Unfortunately Scott, like most dedicated musicians, does not have a health care plan, lived modestly, and cannot afford the luxuries of extensive bank accounts full of savings for those rainy days that always come one day. While there are already several great ideas afoot to raise funds through benefit concerts on both coasts, this will take time to organize and put into motion. The short term need to raise cash to handle his affairs is real, and now would be as good a time as any to send any size donation you can manage to establish some cash flow to be used on Scott's behalf. Legal resolution of insurance settlements will take a long time, and there is no way to know what the long term financial picture will look like. In the meantime there is rent due, mixing console payments to be made, a myriad of bills to pay to keep creditors at bay etc, not to mention medical and legal bills that will start to come in. Kim Danyluk (Tom's wife) has set up a special account to handle Scott's finances for his short term financial needs.

Please make your checks payable to "Scott Harding c/o Tom Camuso", and send them to:

Kim Danyluk
6066 54th Street
Maspeth, NY 11378

Thank you for your support.