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

[sheila]

I don't understand that one either and I'm wondering what those who 
donated money thought that it should be used for?
On 12/19/2013 6:42 AM, Marsha Drenth wrote:
> 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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>> 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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