[nagdu] Fw: Emergency plane evacuation

Thu Jan 22 20:36:40 UTC 2009

No problem.

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Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 9:04 AM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: Emergency plane evacuation

could I share this with my group as i have wondered about this  Norma  Jean 
and Sir Willie

In a message dated 1/18/2009 8:11:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
relton30857 at cox.net writes:

Hi  all,

I was one of those who participated in the mock emergency exit  from the
plane in Baltimore some years ago. I believe that I was the only  one with a
dog guide. Here's how we did it and how the airline believed it  should
work. It worked fine. When you are instructed to proceed to the exit  you do
that much as you would board and disembark from a plane. We exited  from an
exit over the wing and took the slide down. When I came to the open  door
and put Zenith at sit at my side and sat on the floor on the door  frame and
put my feet over the edge pointing the way we were going to slide  then I
sort of half picked up and half coaxed him onto my lap and we slid  down the
slide together. The flight attendant did interfere and try to pull  me to do
it another way and I simply politely thanked him and said that I  had it
under control. That's what I would have done in real life.  Understanding
that I wasn't disrespecting the emergency procedure or the  personnel but
simply that I didn't need him to either grab my arm or the  dog because it
wasn't going to help me put the dog on my lap. The Hudson  river incident
was different however because they were unable to inflate  the slides and
the passengers were in fact on the wing proper. My husband  and I were
talking about the Hudson River incident this morning.  I  believe that I
would have teamed with other passengers and the personnel  just as they did.
I believe that it would have been better to do so because  finding the ship
etc would have been more difficult on my own. It must be  the dog guide
user's responsibility to handle the dogs as long as we are  able because we
are better able to do this. Basically, anyone in the  emergency situation
has to deal with the situation as it arises as best  they can. I believe
that it is helpful for me to have experienced the mock  situation so that I
have an idea
of what it is like.    

Joy and Belle,
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From:  nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of  JULIE PHILLIPSON
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 11:56 AM
To:  NAGDU
Subject: [nagdu] Fw: Emergency plane evacuation

second  try

Julie Phillipson
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From: "JULIE  PHILLIPSON" <jbrew48 at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the  National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent:  Friday, January 16, 2009 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Emergency plane  evacuation

> Tracy I've often thought about that and thought it  would be a good
> thing
> to do.  Perhaps if we could get an  airline to cooperate this would be a 
> project that NAGDU could take  on.
>
> Julie Phillipson
> ----- 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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