An Open Letter to the People of Ithaca, New York; Law Enforcement, the Justice System, and the American Red Cross:
My brother, David Malcom, was murdered at the American Red Cross emergency shelter he managed in Ithaca, New York, 34 years ago this week, February 11, 1987. His sudden loss, and the sheer violence of it, was catastrophic for me. It was decades before I realized that I, too, was a victim of this crime. As are the many people who loved my brother, who benefited from the humanitarian way he reached out to support and help people, and who would have benefitted from the fruits of his living had he lived a full life.