[nagdu] Emergency plane evacuation

[Margo and Elmo]

Tracy, first thing, you know, I think every situation is going to have its 
own way of getting the evacuation done.  About the slide.  I was told to 
slide down with the dog on my lap.

Margo and Elmo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 1:54 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Emergency plane evacuation


> Listening to news reports of yesterday's emergency plane evacuation in the
> Hudson River, I was wondering how such things work with a guide dog.  The
> news said people were holding onto the plane's wing, and some got soaking
> wet.  I was wondering how I would have done it with Ben.
> The plane talks always mention a slide.  I've wondered about that, too.
> I know, some years back, some Federationists did a mock plane evacuation
> to demonstrate that blind people could do it as efficiently as sighted
> people.  I'm sure I could do it too.  I'd just like to have some idea,
> beforehand if possible, what it's like so I could figure out a good way to
> work it with Ben.
> Anyone have any more experience with it than I do?
> I wonder if it might be useful to arrange a mock evacuation, with guide
> dogs, maybe during convention or something?  I know Margo and Julie P have
> been doing a lot of work in New York, figuring out how emergency workers
> could work with guide dog users during a chemical contamination emergency.
> Tracy
>
>
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