Today, I sent the e-mail, below, to Hank McKinnell, CEO of Pfizer, Inc., and Loretta Ucelli, Vice President of Corporate Communications for Pfizer, Inc.:

I am a Tulane University professor, Vice President of the International Association of Online Communicators (IAOC), and a refugee from New Orleans. I am writing due to an MSNBC news report on Monday, September 5, interviewing a nurse who just spent the last week ministering to the sick and dying in New Orleans. In his interview HE SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR NEOSPORIN to be dropped onto the streets of the Marigny/Bywater district on the riverfront in New Orleans.

Pfizer is the manufacturer of NEOSPORIN. I am hoping that you will do everything in your power to see that NEOSPORIN reaches the people of New Orleans TODAY. I know from your track record with Tsunami aid that you will help the people of the Gulf Coast, but I hope that you will make an extra effort TODAY to see that the relief workers getting into this area are carrying extra NEOSPORIN for distribution as best as possible. This is a time for heroics. Please do something and then tell us what you've done so we can post it on our blog.

Thanks For Your Efforts,
STEVE O'KEEFE
New Orleans Refugee
Executive Director, Patron Saint Productions, Inc.
Bywater Tech Center, 538 Louisa St, New Orleans, LA 70117 USA
Voice: (504) 947-4994   Fax: (504) 947-4984   Cell: (504) 715-3051
Web Site: http://www.IAOCblog.com
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