There are an average of 20 grazer who come to the Missa Hotel in Idlhofgasse when the Red Cross asks for blood donation hundreds on Tuesday! Driven by the will to help the victims of the murderous Spree, they themselves tarted for hours.
The Misshotel is embedded in a small, idyllic garden, where you can hear the birds whistle and the fountains babbles. Not so this Tuesday. From 2 p.m. the small access is hidden with cars, the vehicles light through the Idlhofgasse. From 1 p.m. the phones of the friendly receptionists sound on a permanent loop, patiently with “blood donations from 4 p.m.”.
But long before the hotel there is a snake for the hotel! One that becomes longer to minute to minute. What we perceive here is a large, remarkable sign of solidarity. “We heard on the radio that blood donors are urgently needed,” says Philip, who came with his girlfriend Sarah. “And of course we wanted!” And why? “Because you are so powerful, so is astonished with a view to such a terrible catastrophe. But at least you can contribute something to help the victims. We want to do that.”
“We wait, and if it takes until midnight”
The young pair does not disturb that they are in line at the back. “We wait, and if that lasts until midnight. We are here, we stay here, we still have a water with us.” For Sarah it is the first blood donation ever to have a symbolic character. She is not afraid: “For me this is just a stitch. Someone else saves life! At least I hope.”
Benjamin Kaiser-Kaplaner was one of the first to be “Let It Go”. The student from Klagenfurt had woken up, had seen the news, was “completely shocked, but who didn’t?” And also wanted to contribute, help, support. “In many cases you are helpless anyway. Here you can make a difference about your blood, so I do it too.”
A car with upper Austrian license plates in the parking lot. “We’re going on vacation, but we also wanted to help.” The queue makes the couple a little hesitant: “It’s very long …”
Criteria as strict as always
20 are usually on average that follow the call from the Red Cross for donating blood in Idlhofgasse, Christian Steinscherer, the person responsible for the blood donation service. How much it will be today, you probably only know at night only at night – actually the campaign should only take an hour and a half from 4 p.m. 500 milliliters are reduced to everyone, “99.5 percent of the cast amount can also be used”, Steinscherer is proud of “that there is so little, the exact questions and reasons for exclusion are available in advance”.
However, the criteria are just as strict as usual, “despite this horror tragedy”, cannot be shaken about the quality standards “. As a result, the blood is exactly investigated:” It can be used from tomorrow “. How much is not yet clear.” Fortunately our warehouse for the acute business was well filled today. But from tomorrow new things will be needed. “
As a thank you there is a sausage scent, a drink and way that is cut for the donors. “A nice gesture,” says a blood donor. “But I am really happy.”
Sturm also invites you to donate blood
On Wednesday, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., the SK Sturm invites you to the blood donation campaign for the training center (Sternäckerweg 118), the “Gruesome events let us back with horror and sorrow,” said the responsible people. As a thank you there is a photo with the master plate. “We all miss the words to describe these terrible events. I would like to express our sympathy for all family members and those affected on behalf of the entire storm family,” says Thomas Tebbich, director of Economy. “What remains us is to try to make a small contribution. Comes and donates blood, it saves life.”
Source: Krone
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