[nagdu] Blind man dies of injuries

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-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
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Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 8:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind man dies of injuries

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Albert J Rizzi<mailto:albert at myblindspot.org> 
  To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users'<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org> 
  Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 8:53 AM
  Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind man dies of injuries


  Soap box, I like that one for sure buddy. Seems like without confirming we
  our selves are prone to creating and sensationalizing  facts for
attention.

  Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
  Founder
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  New York, New York  10004
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  -----Original Message-----
  From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org>
[mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
  Of Buddy Brannan
  Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 1:17 PM
  To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
  Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind man dies of injuries

  Hi Pete,

  You're on the wrong soap box. He wasn't even crossing at the corner where
  the audible signal was installed. In fact, he wasn't at a crosswalk at
all,
  according to one article. 
  --
  Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
  Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



  On Oct 8, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Peter Donahue wrote:

  > Hello everyone,
  > 
  >    And the very accommodation he said would make him more independent,
  (The 
  > audible traffic signals) contributed to his death. Perhaps he didn't
hear 
  > the truck because the sound was masked by the audible signal. Moral? Be 
  > careful what so-called accommodations you lobby public officials for. It

  > could end up killing you.
  > 
  > Peter Donahue
  > 
  > 
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney"
<tamara.8024 at comcast.net<mailto:tamara.8024 at comcast.net>>
  > To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
  > <nagdu at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>>
  > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:48 AM
  > Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind man dies of injuries
  > 
  > 
  > Message loud and clear:  It's the blind man's fault for walking in front
  of
  > the truck in the first place.  What's a poor, helpless driver to do when
  > that happens?
  > 
  > Good catch.  I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out.  Makes
it
  > sound like the man walked in front of the truck on purpose, doesn't it.
  > 
  > That is just offensive.
  > 
  > Tami Smith-Kinney
  > 
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org>
[mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
  > Of Buddy Brannan
  > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 5:38 AM
  > To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
  > Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind man dies of injuries
  > 
  > OK, what's wrong with the following opening paragraph:
  > 
  >> MOORESTOWN - A blind man who walked with his guide dog into the
  >> path of a pickup truck here has died from his injuries.
  >> 
  > --
  > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
  > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > On Oct 8, 2010, at 6:20 AM, Ginger Kutsch wrote:
  > 
  >> Blind man dies of injuries
  >> By JIM WALSH . Courier-Post Staff . October 8, 2010
  >> 
  >>
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20101008/NEWS01/10080333<http://www
.courierpostonline.com/article/20101008/NEWS01/10080333>
  >> /Blind-man-dies-of-injuries
  >> 
  >> MOORESTOWN - A blind man who walked with his guide dog into the
  >> path of a pickup truck here has died from his injuries.
  >> 
  >> 
  >> 
  >> 
  >> Gordon Parks, 68, of Moorestown, died Thursday at Cooper
  >> University Hospital, Camden, a hospital representative said.
  >> Parks was hit and critically injured around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday
  >> while crossing heavily traveled East Camden Avenue in the middle
  >> of a block.
  >> His guide dog, a chocolate Labrador retriever named Wendy, died
  >> at the accident scene.
  >> Parks and his dog were familiar figures in Moorestown,
  >> particularly in his Lenola neighborhood.
  >> "You'd see him walking all the time," said Bonita Fegley, a
  >> former Moorestown resident who now lives in neighboring Maple
  >> Shade. "He always had the guide dog and he always wore a
  >> (reflective) vest."
  >> Police on Wednesday expressed surprise at the accident, saying
  >> Parks and his dog regularly used a crosswalk at Camden Avenue and
  >> Lenola Road, about three-tenths of a mile distant.
  >> But on Thursday, a man who works near the accident scene said
  >> Parks and his dog sometimes crossed there alone. The accident
  >> occurred on a relatively wide stretch of highway -- with two
  >> travel lanes and nine-foot shoulders -- between Mount Carmel
  >> Cemetery on one side and Kapanzhi Auto Repair on the other.
  >> "He'd call for us and we'd help him across the street," said the
  >> man, a Kapanzhi worker who declined to give his name. The man
  >> said that traffic sometimes would stop voluntarily and Parks and
  >> his dog would cross themselves.
  >> "He'd have his hand up in the air," the worker recalled.
  >> Parks' family members could not be reached Thursday night.
  >> Parks, who suffered head and leg injuries, was thrown into the
  >> westbound lane by the collision's impact. On Thursday, vehicles
  >> sped over spray-painted markings on the road that showed where
  >> items of Parks' clothing had landed.
  >> Police on Wednesday said no charges had been filed against the
  >> pickup truck's driver, 72-year-old Wayne T. Morris of Tabernacle.
  >> The accident remained under investigation, police said Wednesday.
  >> Additional information was not available from police Thursday
  >> night.
  >> In May 2004, Parks was the subject of a Courier-Post article
  >> noting his success in winning approval for audible crosswalk
  >> signals at the intersection of Camden and Lenola.
  >> The signals, the first of their kind in Burlington County, also
  >> were to be installed at Lenola and New Albany roads.
  >> Both sites were chosen specifically because of Parks and his
  >> walking route, officials said at that time.
  >> The signals would be programmed to say the name of the road to be
  >> crossed. An electronic voice then would count down the number of
  >> seconds before the next signal change.
  >> Parks at that time said he would welcome the technological
  >> advance.
  >> "My concern is, how much time does it take to cross the road," he
  >> said in the 2004 interview. "I need time. Time is very important
  >> because it is a matter of life and death."
  >> Reach Jim Walsh at (856) 486-2646 or
jwalsh at courierpostonline.com<mailto:jwalsh at courierpostonline.com>
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