[nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subwaytracks with guide dog gifted new service dog

[melissa R green]

You are correct.
I know that it will all die down now.  Especially now that he has the new 
dog.  believe that this man has a lot of challenges in the future.
I also know that that story won't be told.
Many people gave money because the dog has to take care of this guy.
I am not saying all people did but many of them gave for that reason.

I am synical must come from growing up in new jersey, and my own dealing 
with the public concerning guide dogs.
I do hope it works out for him.
best wishes,
Sincerely,
Melissa R Green
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole 
staircase." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Star Gazer" <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subwaytracks with 
guide dog gifted new service dog


This story came out around Christmas, so everybody got all goey over it.
Nothing wrong with that.
It sounds like the guy fainted at just the wrong moment. Had he been home,
or at work or at a buddy's house, this wouldn't have been a story.
I don't know what more help or support he needs, save for a good physical.
Maybe he has a medical issue that he is unaware of. Maybe he got dehydrated,
which is easy to do in the winter.
People can give money to anyone and anything they want. They can also *not*
give money.


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannon Dyer
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:03 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway tracks
with guide dog gifted new service dog

Since Guiding  eyes does not expect people to pay for their dogs, I do not
understand the concept of this man being gifted with a new dog. He could
have just gone and gotten one like anyone else. Are donors helping him take
care of the dog? Maybe they're paying for food. Maybe they're paying vet
expenses? I am  very confused.

Shannon and the Acelet

> On Jan 28, 2014, at 8:54 AM, "Ginger Kutsch" <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
> Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway tracks with guide dog
> gifted new service dog
>
> NY Daily News
>
> http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/blind-new-yorker-survived-fall-sub
> way-tr
> acks-guide-dog-gifted-new-service-dog-article-1.1593292
>
>
>
> If a man's only as good as his friends, Cecil Williams sure knows how
> to pick them.
>
>
>
> Weeks after the blind New Yorker and his trusty guide dog narrowly
> escaped death after falling before an oncoming subway train, the
> 60-year-old man has been gifted a new service dog after his heroic
> canine, Orlando, retired as his pet.
>
>
>
> "I feel that I was blessed with Orlando, right? And now I'm being
> blessed again," Williams told NBC's the Today Show while seated beside
> his black Lab and newly acquired yellow Lab, Godiva.
>
>
>
> Anonymous donors reacting to the William's heart-warming story of his
> dog jumping to his side chipped in to allow Williams to keep Orlando,
> who's pictured with him in the hospital here.
>
>
>
> The now famous pair first made news in December after Williams fainted
> and fell off a 125th St. subway platform, and awoke to find his
> 11-year-old service dog protectively by his side.
>
>
>
> Both Williams and Orlando - who witnesses said protectively jumped
> down on the tracks moments after his owner fell - only just survived
> after they dipped their heads down at the last minute as the train roared
overhead.
>
>
>
> "Orlando was like my angel, and he's always been that since I got him,"
> Williams told NBC. "We work together. I protect him and he protects me."
>
>
>
> Then word came that Williams could neither afford to keep Orlando -
> who was set to soon retire - nor afford a new guide dog.
>
>
>
> Anonymous donors reacting to the news soon after chipped in to help
> Williams afford Orlando. In a second remarkable act of kindness, he
> was gifted Godiva.
>
>
>
> In his interview with NBC, Williams was moved to tears as he described
> his good fortune brought on by the generosity of strangers.
>
>
>
> "The spirit of good will, it exists," he said. "In the world you see a
> lot of negative things, but I try to focus on the positive."
>
>
>
> Godiva was one of nine January gradates with the Guiding Eyes for the
> Blind, a nonprofit based in New York. The dogs go on to serve the
> blind and visually impaired.
>
>
>
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