Ford Motor Company, UAW, Dealers Respond to National Tragedy

    DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 17 To assist the nation after
Tuesday's attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., Ford Motor Company
, the United Auto Workers and dealers are doing the following:

    *  A moment of silence was observed at Ford locations around the world on
Wednesday, Sept. 12.

    *  In observance of national Day of Remembrance on Friday, Sept. 14, U.S.
and Canadian plants released employees at the time of their local lunch break
to attend memorial services.  And salaried employees were granted extended
lunch time.

    *  The company will donate $1 million to the American Red Cross.

    *  UAW-Ford National Programs will donate $1 million to the Salvation
Army.

    *  $500,000 from the New York Ford Dealer Advertising Fund and Ford
Division.  ($250,000 from FDAF with dollar-for-dollar match by Ford Division.)

    *  58 vehicle donations or loans include:
       --  10 Ford Excursions to the New York Fire Department
       --  Six vans (Ford Econolines and Cargo Vans) to shuttle police, fire
           and medical personnel by Manhattan Auto Group, the company-owned
           dealership in New York
       --  14 Lincoln Navigators and two Ford Econolines to shuttle New York
           Stock Exchange employees in and out of Wall Street area
       --  15 Ford Rangers and two Ford Explorers to the New York Port
           Authority from Edison Assembly Plant
       --  Two Lincoln Navigators and two Ford Rangers to the FBI
       --  Five walk-in vans to New York City Fire Department in collaboration
           with Utilimaster Corp.  (The chassis are built by Ford and the
           vehicle bodies are built by Utilimaster of Wakarusa, Indiana.)

    *  The company's southeastern Michigan facilities, working through UAW
regions, are coordinating ongoing blood drives and fund raisers with local
chapters of the American Red Cross and Salvation Army.

    *  The company will match all employee (salaried, hourly and
agency/contract) contributions to the American Red Cross.

    *  New York area dealers are providing transportation, collecting rescue
supplies and assisting with local blood drives.

    *  Edison Assembly Plant is coordinating donations of rescue supplies from
Ford plants around the country.  To date, some 25,000 pairs of work gloves,
breathing masks and other rescue supplies have been shipped.

    *  Ford Financial created a Wall of Remembrance at local branches around
the country as a fund-raising rallying point.  More than $5,000 was collected
Friday, Sept. 14, at Ford Financial world headquarters.

    *  Hertz donated two dump trucks and rescue supplies.

    *  The company has offered to meet other emergency and long-term needs of
New York City and is awaiting the city's response.  Those offers include
emergency response team services and up to 48,000 square feet of office space
for displaced government employees.