[nagdu] Donations pour in for New York City blind man saved byguide dog after subway fall

[Tracy Carcione]

I don't quite get it, either, but the article says insurance, not health 
insurance.  I'm guessing it might be homeowners' insurance, or something?
Or maybe the news has got something wrong, as they so often do, and the guy 
said he couldn't afford to keep 2 dogs?
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Donations pour in for New York City blind man saved 
byguide dog after subway fall


>I also heard this on the radio and news. But I am a bit confused, can 
>someone please explain what the man's health insurance has to do with 
>keeping or not keeping the dog? I have never heard of health insurance 
>covering a service animal.
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> Marsha drenth
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>> On Dec 19, 2013, at 7:38 AM, "Ginger Kutsch" <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com> 
>> wrote:
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>> Donations pour in for New York City blind man saved by guide dog after
>> subway fall
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>> Published December 18, 2013/
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>> FoxNews.com
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>> http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/18/donations-pour-in-for-new-york-city-bli
>> nd-man-saved-by-guide-dog-after-subway/
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>> Online donations topped $40,000 after a blind man who was rescued by his
>> guide dog told reporters that he needed to give up his beloved dog 
>> because
>> the dog was retiring and his insurance would no longer cover the care for
>> the animal, Reuters reported.
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>> "We recognize everyone's concern about Orlando's future, whether he stays
>> with Cecil or goes back to the loving home of his puppy raiser, please 
>> know
>> he will be honored like the hero he is," Guiding Eyes for the Blind, the
>> organization that provided Cecil Williams the dog, said in a statement.
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>> Williams, 61, who became blind after a bout with meningitis in 1995, said 
>> he
>> became dizzy Tuesday morning on the platform at 145th Street in New York
>> City and lost his footing. A quick-thinking subway conductor managed to 
>> hit
>> the brakes and the train, for the most part, safely passed over them.
>> Transit officials pulled Orlando out from under the train before Williams
>> was extracted with the help of a backboard and neck brace.
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>> Williams held a press conference at the hospital where he said his dog is
>> going to be retired and enjoy the remainder of his life. He thanked those
>> who contributed to these funds and said this is an example that "good 
>> people
>> still exist in this world."
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>> He said Orlando has been a loyal companion and said they are alike in 
>> some
>> ways.
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>> "We both have gentle souls," he said.
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>> Michelle Brier, the director of marketing from the organization, said
>> Williams had been planning to give up the dog he received from the
>> origination back in 2006 because caring for two dogs would have been a
>> hardship. Williams said he never wanted to give up the dog, but keeping 
>> his
>> was impossible because a retired guide dog is not covered by his 
>> insurance.
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>> "The dog saved my life," Williams told the Associated Press from St. 
>> Luke's
>> Hospital, where he was taken with a cut on his head. "I'm feeling amazed. 
>> I
>> feel that God, the powers that be, having something in store from me. 
>> They
>> didn't take me away this time. I'm here for a reason."
>>
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>> Several donation web pages have been created in an effort to raise enough
>> money to keep the pair together, Reuters reported. Donations on Indiegogo
>> has already reached $19,000. On the site Gofundme, more than 600 people 
>> have
>> donated more than $21,000 for the cause.
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