Xerox Press Statement by Glenn Sexton, Vice President and General Manager, Xerox Hawaii.HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1999-- Delivered at 3:00 p.m. Press Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii For the city and county of Honolulu, see City & County of Honolulu. “Honolulu” redirects here. For other uses, see Honolulu (disambiguation). Honolulu is the capital as well as the most populous community of the State of Hawaii, United States. Ladies and gentlemen -- and everyone in Hawaii who has been affected by this tragedy... Right now ... because this is an ongoing and very active police investigation ... I'll only be making a brief statement. But I want to assure all our Xerox families and friends --- our customers and all Hawaiians, that once we have more information, we will be back here and ready to answer your questions. Speaking on behalf of Xerox Corporation (company) XEROX Corporation - http://xerox.com/. See also XEROX PARC, XEROX Network Services. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :XRX XRX Xerox Corporation (stock symbol) ), I want you to know how profoundly saddened we are by this morning's events at our Iwilei service facility. This is the worst tragedy in the history of Xerox. I know that there is one question on your minds. It's a question we have been asking ourselves... and, unfortunately, it's a question we don't have an answer to right now. That question is: "Why?" Why did this happen? Only time will be able to provide that answer. There is nothing we can do to change what has happened. Our priority now turns to providing aid and comfort to the families of the victims and helping our employees deal with the grieving grieving Mourning, see there process. Xerox has pledged to offer the highest level of assistance. We are working with grief counselors to meet with the families... and with our fellow employees here in Honolulu. Our C-E-O Rick Thoman has sent his condolences to the families... and is planning to arrive here tomorrow to personally offer his assistance and the resources of the entire company. I would like to acknowledge the excellent work of the HPD HPD Honolulu Police Department (Honolulu County, Island of Oahu) HPD Housing Preservation and Development HPD Housing Preservation and Development (New York City Department) in this circumstance Circumstance or circumstances can refer to:
Today we have lost seven of our colleagues... seven of our close friends. Several members of the Xerox family. We would ask that you join us in praying for their families. Thank you. |
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