[nagdu] blind man goes missing while traveling

[Cindy Ray]

Oh I hope he is found, too. That is an awfully frightening and sad story, I think.
Cindy

On Dec 24, 2011, at 8:45 AM, Dan Weiner wrote:

> I just hope he's all right and that he's found.
> 
> Dan W.
> 
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] blind man goes missing while traveling
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> 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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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] blind man goes missing while traveling
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> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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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