SONGWRITER WHO LOST EVERYTHING IN PIZZA PLUS FIRE SURFACES

Luke is the name of one of the tenents who  lost everything in the Pizza Plus fire. He sent me a note this morning. I found his  My Space page and listened to his music and see that he has an album out called "After Dark."

Thank you Luke for getting in touch. Please send me your email. For now, if anyone wants to donate to the Help Luke Fund or knows of ways to help him out, email me: louise_crawford@yahoo.com.  Here's some info about Luke from his My Space page.

"I am 19 years old and moved to New York from the deep woods & shallow waters of Brunswick, Maine in August, 2006, staying on his brother's couch deep inside the upper burroughs, before moving into the darkness of the Charlie Pineapple Theater Company on North 8th, an abandoned theater loft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He's since left for higher ground and has been living in and around Brooklyn ever since."

Here is an excerpt from the email he sent me this morning.

"I am the writer/songwriter who lost all his stuff in the fire, unfortunately it was not backed up, and I am homeless now.

It is a shame because our landlord has refused to help out in any way, telling me to "go to the Red Cross." I have gone back to the apartment a couple times but don't feel like going back anymore, (my room is literally a bunch of rubble, I can see through the floor to Pizza Plus).

It is a shame that the Park Slope community doesn't know who I am, as I feel for Pizza Plus and they're lapse in business that results, but as you said, there was no renter's insurance to our apartment, and where Pizza {lus can rebuild - I am left with everything destroyed and no clue what to do. as far as I know, without the ability to hire a lawyer I am simply left struggling to find places to stay.

I do not want to go to homeless shelters, because I hear they're dangerous - for now I am bouncing around, but I hope people take heed of renter's insurance..."