The Old Group

I got a call from one of my old co-workers today and it seems MaBell is laying off the rest of my old group. There are twenty one people scattered across the country.
In a company with a couple hundred thousand people, that's hardly a drop in the bucket - a blip on the radar, unless you are among those twenty-one people.
I'm hoping some can find other jobs within the company, but details are stretchy just now. All of these folks have homes and families so I hope for their sake there are other jobs they can move to.
I had a feeling when I left a few months ago that it would not be long before the group was dissolved, but I never dreamed it would be so soon.