GORDON H. SMITH
OREGON
October 16, 2002

Dear Ms. Bell:

Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to forward your beautiful and poignant prints to families of victims of the tragedies of September 11, 2001. I delivered your prints to members of Mayor Bloomberg's staff in New York. They will be distributed to survivors of fourteen special heroes.

I applaud your efforts to help heal this nation through your touching and thoughtful artwork. It always brings me pride and great pleasure to learn of the many outstanding ways in which Oregonians contribute to their communities and to the nation at large.

Warm regards,

Gordon H. Smith
United States Senator