[Blindtlk] Blind Yankees fan honored at Tuesday's game

[Michael]

I agree Mike.....what made this story noteworthy in my opinion was her 
attitude about the honor....she couldnt figure out why she should be honored 
and asked if such a recognition applied to her because she didn't consider 
blindness as something that should slow anyone down from living a full life. 
So she probably impacted the way some view people who happen to be blind.

Michael
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Blind Yankees fan honored at Tuesday's game


> Perhaps this will seem tacky to some but, frankly, I wonder why the lady 
> was honored. Would a sighted person in similar circumstances be so 
> honored? Or did everyone deem it miraculous that she actually got to 
> Yankee Stadium on her own?
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael" <bonsai1b at bellsouth.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 5:40 PM
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Blind Yankees fan honored at Tuesday's game
>
>
>> On the NBC Nightly News tonight there was a neat story about Jane Lang, a 
>> Morris Plains, NJ Yankees fan who was given quite a surprise last night. 
>> Members of the Yankees team showed up at her home unannounced and 
>> escorted her to the game via subway.  Ms. Lang was being honored at the 
>> game as a part of the Yankees Hope Week without her prior knowledge.  Ms. 
>> Lang had been present at about 250 games in the past where she would take 
>> the subway with her guide dog, Clipper to the stadium.
>>
>> Last night she was given the line-up card to present to the umpire and 
>> the Detroit Tigers Manager.  She announced "Let's Play Ball", was given a 
>> walk of the bases, and was given the game ball.
>>
>> I tried to attach the story link to this email but was unsuccessful.  You 
>> can find it by googling her name and nbc news.
>>
>> Neat story
>> Michael
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