[nagdu] blind man goes missing while traveling

Dan Weiner dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net
Sat Dec 24 14:45:25 UTC 2011


I just hope he's all right and that he's found.

Dan W.

 

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Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 8:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] blind man goes missing while traveling

I don't think a guide dog would have mattered in this situation or probably
in most situations.

wonder where he is; why he's gone.

margoa nd Arrow
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From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] blind man goes missing while traveling


>
>
> Having a guide dog or not is not in question here, the question is where 
> is he.
> Not everyone wants a guide dog for there own reasons.  He should have been

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>> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:21:30 -0500
>> From: leanicole1988 at gmail.com
>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nagdu] blind man goes missing while traveling
>>
>> CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Charlotte Mecklenburg Police are searching for
>> a blind man who was reported missing after he didn't make his
>> connecting train to Alabama.
>>
>> The family of Mitchell Malik Smith, 33, said they haven't heard from
>> him since December 16, the same day he traveled to Charlotte.
>>
>> Police said Smith had arrived at the Amtrak station on North Tryon
>> Street from Washington, D.C., but didn't make the connecting train to
>> Birmingham, Alabama as scheduled.
>>
>> According to police, Smith is legally blind in both eyes from an
>> incident several years ago.
>>
>> He is described as 5'11" tall with a slim build, with brown eyes and
>> dark brown hair.
>>
>> He has a scar on the right side of his head hear his right eye and a
>> possible smaller scar on the left side of his head.
>>
>> He is said to sometimes wear dark glasses and carries a red and white 
>> cane.
>>
>> If anyone has any information on the whereabouts of Mitchell Malik
>> Smith, you are asked to call 911.
>>
>> The part
>> He is said to sometimes wear dark glasses and carries a red and white 
>> cane.
>> gives me the cringe. I don't like this stario type or whatever it
>> would be called. I know not all blind people wears sunglasses, and
>> some might for their own reasons other than eye contact, like
>> scarring. but it is a bit odd to be in doors or be wearing dirty
>> glasses.
>> But any how. I wonder what could have happened to this guy? And
>> weather if having a guide dog would have helped him in any way? IDK.
>> This is strange, how could he have just wondered off unless he was
>> going to go off and get something at a restorant or store. What yall
>> think?
>>
>> Sorry if this was not a good list to put this on, if you have a better
>> idea of whitch one to put it on, feel free to say so.
>>
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