[nagdu] Guide dog dies after pushing 4-year-old boy away from speeding car

[Darla Rogers]

	Too bad guides aren't considered more than just property,  though I
know Pilot, as do all the schools, as far as I know, do place a value on
their dogs, and this driver ought to have to pay and damages, too, as the
handler does not have use of the dog, not to mention the emotional pain.
Darla & hardworking Huck


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 3:38 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide dog dies after pushing 4-year-old boy away from
speeding car

That is one really sad story. What a orrific thing to happen. That dog was
truly loyal and courageous.

CL

On Sep 29, 2013, at 3:34 PM, "Ginger Kutsch" <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Guide dog dies after pushing 4-year-old boy away from speeding car
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> The brave dog, Simon, was struck by the car, but bounced up in time to 
> push the little boy, Will, away from the car. Dave Furukawa, the 
> visually-impaired owner of the brindle boxer, said the dog showed 
> "true loyalty and courage."
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> By Joe Kemp  / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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> Saturday, September 28, 2013, 3:06 PM
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> A beloved guide dog died after he pushed a 4-year-old Atlanta boy away 
> from the path of a moving car that ran a stop sign - seconds after the 
> pooch was struck, the owner said.
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> Dave Furukawa - the visually-impaired owner of the brindle boxer, 
> Simon - said he was walking his son, Will, to school when a red 
> Chrysler ran through the stop sign and hit the pooch as they crossed a
street on Monday.
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> But the brave dog bounced back up in time to push Will out of the way, 
> witnesses said.
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> "What people have said is that Simon either got up or jumped out, and 
> pushed my son out of the path of the car," Furukawa told WXIA-TV.
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> "This is true loyalty and courage."
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> Several bystanders rushed over to the boy and picked him up from the
ground.
> As they carried him to his mother down the street, Simon hobbled
alongside. 
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> "Broken leg, and he had a gash on his side and he had internal 
> bleeding - but he followed home," Furukawa said. "Once he was sure 
> Will was okay, he laid down."
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> The family rushed the injured 80-pound dog to an emergency vet, but 
> Simon died on the way.
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> Cops later cited the car's driver, Calvin Armour, with running a stop 
> sign and failing to yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk, the NBC 
> affiliate reported.
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> Police said Armour was driving at a high rate of speed when he went 
> through the intersection, the station reported.
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> Pilot Dogs, Inc. - the Columbus, Ohio, group who provided Simon to 
> Furukawa said they will give the family another guide dog.
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> But Furukawa said Simon's spirit will never be forgotten.
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> "He's been my eyes and buddy," he said. "He loved my son."
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> Source:
> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/guide-dog-dies-pushing-4-year
> -old-b oy-speeding-car-article-1.1470511?print
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