Task Force Set Up for Missing Americans
The U.S. says thousands of Americans are still missing. From State Department spokesman Richard Boucher:
Our consular affairs task force has been up and running 24 hours a day," he said. "They're responding to calls, they're responding to faxes. ... The task force itself is placing calls to families to get more information or, in many cases, to pass on information that we can find."
The toll-free number to the task force is 888 407-4747.
He offered this advice to Americans travelling anywhere in Asia: Phone home.
"Call your mother. This is a time where people who know they're hundreds of miles away from ... where the disaster might have occurred need to call home and tell their relatives, who know it's only a quarter-inch on the map."
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