[blparent] I'm very sad today

[Barbara Hammel]

When I was waiting at a crosswalk to cross the street and catch my bus one 
day, there was a lady already waiting at the stop.  She and I both decided 
at the same time that I could cross the street.  (I started to cross at the 
same time she said it was safe for me.)  There was a car two blocks away at 
the time and as I stepped out in the street, I think she and I were both in 
shock because the car gunned it.  It was only about a foot away from hitting 
me when it stopped and I was transfixed in horror--a deer in the headlights.

Barbara

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 12:34 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] I'm very sad today

> I posted this news basically to let all of us know that we should trust no 
> one but ourselves when crossing streets.  I am guilty of listening to 
> others.  One time when our NFB convention was in chicago, a friend (cane 
> travel instructor) saw me coming along a long hallway and he disguised his 
> voice and said to me, mam please move to the right and I did as he 
> commanded.  Well, he said it again and again and i did what he said each 
> time and before you knew it I was against a wall.  I finally said to this 
> stranger, if I move anymore, I'll be climbing the wall.  He then laughed 
> at me and i knew who it was.  He asked me why i kept moving when I knew 
> there wasn't any reason for it. I'm just stupid that way.   We need to 
> know and trust ourselves. V
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 10:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] I'm very sad today
>
>
>> 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
>>
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