The World Trade Center 9/11 “PARROT OF PEACE” NEEDS SAFE RETURN; $2,500 CASH REWARD
‘BABY’ the Blue and Yellow Macaw Parrot, who with his mate ‘MERLIN’ are the World Trade Center 9/11 “PARROTS OF PEACE” and “BIRDS OF PRAYER” NEEDS YOUR HELP AND HOPE to find him and return him to his loving home
(PRWEB) September 12, 2002
Monday, September 9, 2002, New York City...In an ironic event which seems like a deja vu, BABY, the five year old Blue and Gold Macaw Parrot who, with his bonded mate, MERLIN, have been working every day of their lives with the singular purpose of getting out on the streets of all the boroughs of New York, Long Island and various places in upstate New York’s Catskill region of bring a smile to the faces of everyone they meet and spread the word of “HELP AND HOPE.” Since the event last year of the WTC, they have done their part in the whole world community of people internationally and animals who have come together to rebuild and share of themselves to lift the spirits of our great city and everyone they encounter. “People have lived through lightening striking twice, people have experienced both WTC attacks and come through it miraculously, people have come through the sinking of the Titanic and her sister ship and many more examples that miracles never cease,” said a police officer at the Fifth Precinct who shared his hope that BABY would again find his way home. “I wouldn’t have thought it was possible once but now I believe it can happen again,” said the Officer, holding MERLIN and stroking her to wish her well in the waiting vigil for the return of her mate.
On Saturday, 9/7, at 7:00 p. m. just after attending a WTC memorial mass at the Church of the Transfiguration in Chinatown’s Mott Street for the families who lost loved ones one year ago, BABY and MERLIN were asked to perch on the arm of two young girls by their mother who was delighted with the experience of seeing the parrots. The mom held the arms of both daughters as the parrots were perched on their arms but in a moment of surprise the younger girl flinched automatically throwing the bird into the air and BABY flew over the street traffic to the first safe landing place, the four way traffic stop at the intersection of Canal and Mott Streets. Landed at the feet of Traffic Officer Kundaker Alam, who was in the process of pulling BABY to the sidewalk to permit traffic flow, the passenger of a turquoise or blue-green early 90's model Cavalier or similar style two door car, jumped out of the car to rescue what he saw as a parrot in trouble. He put him into the car and he and the driver continued east-bound in the direction toward the Manhattan Bridge. Transpiring in the two minute lapse before BABY’s landing and the arrival to retrieve him by owner and “adoptive mom,” Gloria Waslyn, she and MERLIN are turning once again to the support of the community to provide a way for whoever is holding BABY to be able to locate Gloria and return BABY to his mom and mate, MERLIN for a big hug and $2,500 cash reward, or another beautiful parrot who is in need of a good and loving home if he would prefer to have a parrot which may have seemed to be a gift from the heavens for him.
BABYÂ’s rescuer was described by Columbia student Ho-Cheung Li who eye-witnessed the event as it unfolded as a male in his early 20's, who was light tan skinned, possibly Latino in appearance with short dark curly hair, a thin moustache and a goatee-shaped beard. He was wearing a tee-shirt, shorts, sneakers and a baseball style cap worn reversed so that the bill was in the back. He was 5'8" and medium-build with masculine features. Traffic Agent Alam also gave a description of the individual and vehicle. Both have telephone numbers and are available to help.
We are appealing to this man, or anyone who may know of a recently acquired blue and gold parrot who is most likely squawking loudly and incessantly, or someone who may have bought a bird of such description since Saturday night, to collect the reward money and bring BABY back to the only home that is truly his. A bonded pair of macaws are mates for their 100 year lifetime and both will die without one another as they pine away in despair. Merlin has not eaten or slept since BABY has been gone.
BABY and MERLIN participated in the mid February Chinese New YearÂ’s Parade celebrating the year of the horse and marched on the shoulders of a local high school marching bandÂ’s major. When the parrots were being returned a young child on the shoulders of her dad reached out to pull a tail feather from BABY and it caused him to fly to the same intersection and land on the doorway of the Abacus Federal Savings Bank when a person in the crowd rescued BABY not noticing that MERLIN and Gloria were making their way through five rows deep of parade watchers. Good fortune smiled upon BABY, who earlier that day attended a service at the Pan-American Buddhist Temple and was given a special blessing by two women in the congregation. Forty-eight hours after BABYÂ’s rescue, a woman on young woman on Eldridge Street, just blocks away from the corner of Mott and Canal called to say that her father saw a poster announcing reward money for BABYÂ’s return. The reunion between BABY and MERLIN continues to be celebrated by various New Yorkers who continue to congratulate BABY and MERLIN when they see them in the street.
Please call with any information leading to the recovery and return of BABY to his mother and mate. If you hear the sound of a bird screaming at any time since Saturday evening and thatÂ’s a new sound, please call us as that may be BABY trying to call out in his bird language for his mate to hear him and find him. If you have the bird in your possession we ask that you have the compassion in your heart to collect the reward and bring BABY back to his mate MERLIN so they could continue their everyday work of bringing happiness to the hearts of New Yorkers everywhere. If you purchased such a bird since Saturday evening please return him for the reward. The five year old male blue and yellow macaw parrot has a closed silver band on his right leg with red color on the inside. He is 2-1/2 pound parrot with deep blue feathers on the top and sun yellow on his belly and under the wings and tail. He is about two feet long including the long tail with a large black hook beak, white skin on his face with small black zebra striped feathers on his face.
They have visited the WTC site continually bringing a moment of joy to the heros working tirelessly both in the initial rescue and on-going clean-up and renewal phases of this huge initiative of restoring New York, peace and harmony among all peoples as we together bond for helping one another. They have visited the working dogs care-takers, rescue workers, fire-fighters, police officers, emergency workers, hospitals, children at schools and houses of worship throughout the five boroughs of every faith and practice to bring the message of world unity. They are ambassadors of peace and carry the concept to “SAVE THE RAIN FOREST.”
They have met with James Watson at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to congratulate him on his discovery with Dr. Crick of the double-helix DNA as the language for life and have traveled to Washington, D. C. to meet with Dr. Francis Collins who, as head of the National Institutes for Health was one of the scientists awarded by the White House for initiatives by our government in the contribution of an international collaboration in mapping the human genome. They have been to the Metropolitan Opera and sat with London opera singer, Jane Eaglen, as she autographed her third CD this winter to delighted fans of her performance as the lead in NORMA. BABY and MERLIN have been the invited guests of Professor Joseph Tucciani to enjoy biscotti and espresso in his living room where he recited his poetry on birds to them as they rested on the arms of his big chair in the living room. Professor Tucciani is a retired CUNY professor who had discovered and translated the before then unknown poetry of Michelangelo. His translations, also, from the original old Italian of Dante’s Inferno both in modern Italian and English brought a modern and poetic update to the epic work making it relevant in this age for a whole new audience otherwise uninterested in a classic piece of literature. This winter they met and congratulated Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry, the two American women released by the Taliban after being detained for their Christian missionary work in Afghanistan. They’ve met former NYC Public Advocate, Mark Green, and had the photograph of their meeting exhibited in the last Manhattan special exhibit of the MOMA (Museum of Modern Art), “Life in the City.” They met New York Senator, Charles (Chuck) Schumer, and New York City Assembyperson, Deborah Glick. They have frequently visited Betty Johnson over a period of years as she got help and hope from them in her journey to recovery from a New York City homeless woman suffering emotional and physical illness to a woman of courage and dignity living in New York assisted housing with a strong relationship with her two young adult daughters who have thrived in their open adoptive family setting.
BABY and MERLIN have visited hospitals to bring cheer to wheel-chair bound children, elder homes to bring spirit to residents and have participated in numerous events around the city including singing with Ms. Roche during a Battery Park folk-song event, sitting on stage at the Central Park band shell to congratulate the conductor and the music students of the Lucy Moses Music School for their fine classical orchestral performance this summer. They enjoyed meeting Spanish flamenco dancers and musicians also performing on a rainy summer evening this year at Central Park. They have been held and enjoyed by countless subway and street musicians and performs entertaining New Yorkers as a vital part of the cultural fabric of this city. They have enjoyed parades, the Coney Island Mermaid parade, native American pow-wows in Brooklyn and upstate NY, as well as New Jersey and Cape Cod, MA.
Contact Gloria Waslyn at 917-416-6559, 212-348-5738, gloriawaslyn@aol. com for any information, tips, leads or for the return of the special parrot lost on Saturday, 7:00 p. m. in ChinatownÂ’s Canal Street at Mott Street. $2,500 Cash Reward, No Questions Asked. Hearty Thank You. Please pray for the safe and speedy return of BABY, the Blue and Gold Macaw.
Gloria Waslyn, 315 E. 86th Street, 8L-E, New York, NY 10028, gloriawaslyn@aol. com, 917-416-6559 or 212-348-5738
PLEASE BE PART OF THE ANGEL NETWORK TO BRING BABY HOME.
“BABY” THE SPECIAL BLUE AND GOLD MACAW PARROT WAS HELPED BY A MAN ON SATURDAY, 7PM DRIVING EAST ON CANAL STREET AT CHINATOWN’S MOTT STREET INTERSECTION. $2,500 CASH REWARD OFFERED FOR THE RETURN OF THIS PARROT. Both “BABY,” THE MALE PARROT, and his LIFE-TIME MATE, “MERLIN” WILL DIE If APART.
MISSING BLUE AND YELLOW PARROT - $2,500 CASH REWARD FOR RETURN OF “BABY”
GLORIA WASLYN at 917-416-6559 for a $2,500 CASH REWARD; NO QUESTIONS ASKED BUT A HEARTY THANK YOU.
‘BABY’ IS 2-12 POUNDS, HAS TOURQUISE BLUE AND DARK BLUE FEATHERS ON THE TOP OF HIS BODY AND DEEP SUN YELLOW ON HIS BELLY AND UNDER HIS WINGS AND TAIL. HE HAS A LARGE BLACK HOOK BEAK WITH WHITE SKIN AND LITTLE BLACK FACE FEATHERS THAT LOOK LIKE THREE ZEBRA STRIPES. HE IS ABOUT TWO FEET LONG INCLUDING HIS LONG TAIL. HE HAS A CLOSED SILVER BAND WITH RED COLOR ON THE INSIDE ON HIS RIGHT LEG.
