[nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway trackswithguide dog gifted new service dog

[Tracy Carcione]

I expect what happened is that at least some part of people's donations were 
given to GEB, and the guy went to class in the usual way.  It just sounds 
better to say the dog was a gift.  Arguably true, as all GEB dogs could be 
described as a gift, since the recipient does not pay for his or her dog.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "melissa R green" <graduate56 at juno.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway 
trackswithguide 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"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> 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-subway-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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