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From the Musical "Come From Away" by Irene Sankoff & David Hein [JANICE, spoken]
Em11:53 am
[COMPANY, spoken] Tuesday [JANICE, spoken] September 11th, 2001 Any available community buildings Will be converted into shelters With thousands of passengers arriving at any minute The town is asking for help with - Well, anything you can do [BEULAH]
EmCrystal, I saw on the news That they're looking for Cblankets and bedding
And maybe some food [CRYSTAL]
Do you Emknow what they need and how much?
[MARTHA]
I need something to Cdo
[MARTHA, CRYSTAL & BEULAH]
'Cause I can't watch the Dnews anymore
[ANNETTE]
Can I Emhelp? Is there something? I need to do something To Ckeep me from thinking of all of those scenes on the Emtube
[CRYSTAL]
I need something to do 'cause I can't watch the Cnews
[WOMEN]
No, I can't watch the Dnews anymore In the Emwinter from the water through the Dwind If a Cstranger ends up at your Ddoor
[BEULAH]
You get on the Emhorn! (spoken) Hello, this is Beulah CDavis down at the Academy I heard weEm might be getting some guests And I thoughCt I'd see if I could help who's ever in charge of Dgetting the school organized EmHow many passenDgers can we take? COh, well, we fit about four hundred Dstudents -- Yes, we could probably Emdo six hundred Or sure, seven hundred if we Creally pack 'em in EmWhen are they coming? Could be any Dtime now? Well, EmI'm glad I phoned
[OZ, spoken]
GI get a call from Beulah CLooking for anything seven hundred people EmFrom around the world might need DSo, I go down to Shoppers and the Gmanager says To just Ctake what I want off the shelves EmToothbrushes, floss, mouthwash, deodorant
And I'm back at the school when Beulah says: [BEULAH, spoken]
You know, those planes probably got some babies on 'em D
[OZ, spoken]
So I'm back to GShoppers for diapers And we're Cunpacking 'em when Annette says:
[ANNETTE, spoken]
You Emknow, those babies are probably gonna be hungryD
[OZ, spoken]
So I'm back to GShoppers for formula and baby foodC And when I get back BeulaEmh says:
[BEULAH, spoken]
You know, those planes are probably filled with women of childbearing ageD
[OZ, spoken] So... [BEULAH, spoken]
So I'm back to GShoppers To pick up as many pads and Ctampons as they haveD
[JANICE, spoken]
The Baptist church needs a hand Emmoving their pews CDoctDor OEm'Brien down at the pharmacy Is Cready to Dfill any Emprescriptions
Oh, and the Lions Club is looking for some toilet paper If you have any extra [ANNETTE]
EmMedicine
[MARGIE] Toothpaste [MARTHA] Underwear [BEULAH] Aspirin [CRYSTAL & ANNETTE]
CJackets our kids grew out of last summer
[JANICE]
And Emdown at the station we're taking donations COut by the door
[WOMEN]
Holy DJesus, there's more!
[ANNETTE]
EmIt's better than being at home alone Wondering Dwhat's really happening
[MARGIE] Everyone's phoning! [ANNETTE & BEULAH]
We're Csetting up rooms in the schools
[MARGIE]
Been crying all Dafternoon wondering what could be done!
[MEN]
EmWhat do we need?
[ANNETTE, spoken] I made a tray of sandwiches [BEULAH, spoken] We need fifty more [ANNETTE, spoken] Sandwiches? [BEULAH, spoken] Trays! [MEN]
EmWhat do we need?
[DWIGHT] Two hundred gym mats. Is that enough? [BEULAH, spoken] You tell me and we'll both know [MEN]
EmWhat do we need?
[JANICE] For the love of God, stop bringing toilet paper to the Lions Club! C D [MEN]
EmHow do you know what you need When you don't know how Dmany you're needing to feed When you don't know how Cmany are staying, how long they are staying We Dbetter start praying the weather stays nice
[WOMEN]
In the Gmwinter from the water through the Fwind (In the winter from the water through the wind) In the D#winter from the water through the Fwind
[COMPANY] (In the winter from the water)
If a D#stranger ends up sent by Ffate
[ANNETTE, spoken] Are we gonna be ready? [BEULAH, spoken] Well, we have to be. Don't we?