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

Tue Jan 28 17:52:17 UTC 2014

I get what you're saying. Thank you. If I were him, I'd change the dog's
name. 
I hope Guiding Eyes gave the wrong name to the media. 
Odds are, if he rents, whoever he rents from already knew he has a guide
dog. And if they do try to overcharge him, well he can just contact the
media again. 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of melissa R green
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:19 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subwaytrackswith
guide dog gifted new service dog

true the media has left things out.
I can see that he will have many challenges ahead for him.
like people calling the dog by name now.
Having to bond with the new dog and help the retired one transition from
working all of the time to being just a pet.
How about if he lives in a apartment and the management says we will charge
you a pet fee now.
I can go on and on.
But I won't.
I wish him and his fur babies well.
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 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subwaytrackswith
guide dog gifted new service dog

He got training with the new dog, it's just that the media didn' report it.
I don't know that I agree with you that he has a lot of challenges ahead of
him.
He is blind, he had a guide dog, he had a medical event that could happen to
anybody, blind or sighted, in a way that made the news, at a time that
captured the emotions of people who read the story.
What am I missing?

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of melissa R green
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:24 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway trackswith
guide dog gifted new service dog

So am I.
It sounds like he just got the dog and didn't have to do any training.
I wonder how long this will all last.
I have stated, there are lots of challenges ahead for him.
We will never hear about that part of the story and he will not be on the
today show or any other show.
Its not warm and fuzzy like the current story.

Sincerely,
Melissa R Green and guide dog Pj who is synical like her mama.
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole
staircase." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannon Dyer" <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway trackswith
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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