Mark L. Blackman reports that fan Elliot Kay Shorter of Providence, Rhode Island (and formerly of New York)—who is known in the SCA as Master El of the Two Knives—was found in his apartment Thursday night, 1 May, by his landlord, barely conscious, and was taken to the emergency room at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence by a friend. There he had surgery to amputate his left foot due to gangrene (he is a long-time diabetic). He was also suffering total kidney failure, which was addressed next.
At last report, he was listed as “stable”, and visitors over the weekend found him tired, but awake, alert, and communicative. “I’m alive,” he gladly described his condition, and was heartened to hear of friends asking after him.
He is “flagged” to be moved to the VA Hospital in the very near futue.
I have known Elliot Shorter since our undergraduate days at CCNY. My husband knows Elliot since they were students at Bronx High School of Science. I am so saddened to learn of Elliot’s serious illness. I do not have his address and would appreciate it if you could help me to obtain it. Elliot is a rare and very beautiful person. I want to write to him and try to brighten his days.