[blparent] I'm very sad today

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

How awful!  Maybe your friend misheard what was said to him.

Jo Elizabeth

"Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds 
water."--Swedish proverb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "blind parents" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 7:19 PM
Subject: [blparent] I'm very sad today


>A person i know was killed on Wednesday evening.  He was blind and for some 
>reason he chose not to cross at the light on a very busy street.  Someone 
>told him they would tell him when it was safe to cross and since he isn't 
>here to tell us what exactly they said, we don't know what was really said. 
>The person said, "I told him don't go." and Eric stepped off the curb and 
>was hit by a car and now he's gone.  he was 43 and not a good traveler.  He 
>was told many times to get cane travel instruction, but he thought he could 
>do it without.
> It was night, around 6:30, pretty much around rush hour here. V
> Veronica