By Patrick Peterson
Florida Today
BILOXI - Paul Simon, the Grammy-winning singer/writer, toured storm
damage today and found ´opportunity in tragedy,´ as an organization
he co-founded brought the first of two mobile clinics to the Coast.
´There is a moment when we understand we are one,´ said Simon, who
met with Biloxi´s mayor, A.J. Holloway. ´It gradually goes away.´
Simon will appear on NBC´s Today show on Tuesday from Biloxi, he will
be among performers on a national telethon on Friday to raise money for
hurricane victims.
Simon and Dr. Irwin Redlener toured the devastated city and visited
Coastal Family Health Center, located in a poor area of Biloxi that was
extremely hard-hit. The pair co-founded a children´s health and
advocacy organization, The Children´s Health Fund.
The organization is bringing two 35-foot mobile clinics to the Coast to
help with recovery. The first arrived in Biloxi today. The organization
plans to move into New Orleans, when it´s possible, and plans to help
rebuild permanent health-care facilities in both storm-ravaged areas.
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