[blparent] I'm very sad today

[Veronica Smith]

Terrifying!  I keep thinking of my friend and wondering what really 
happened.  the bistanders that told him to cross were homeless men.  The 
burial was today.  So many questions! V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] I'm very sad today


> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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