[nagdu] Fw: [nfbmi-talk] Guide Dog & Blind Person Struck

[Cindy Ray]

What a brave dog. I feel so badly. That poor woman and that poor dog. The
woman was in shock; the dog wanted to stay with her. It actually makes me
feel kind of awful, a little sick. I'm glad they will both be fine.
Cindy


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>
>
> Service dog jumps between blind owner, bus Peter D. Kramer, The 
> (Westchester
> County, N.Y.) Journal News Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier 
> version
>
> of this report misstated the dog's name. BREWSTER, N.Y. When Figo the
> service dog saw an oncoming mini school bus heading for Audrey Stone, the
> blind woman
>
> he was trained to guide, the golden retriever's protective instincts 
> kicked
> in: He threw himself at the closest part of the vehicle he could. Police
> photos
>
> show the result: fur stuck to the front driver's side wheel and in the
> middle of Michael Neuner Avenue in New York, where the bus came to a stop
> after
>
> striking the pair. The driver of the Brewster school bus, carrying two
> kindergartners to St. Lawrence O'Toole Childhood Learning Center, told
> police he
>
> didn't see the pair crossing the road as they made their way home at about
> 8:15 Monday morning. But Figo saw the bus coming and leapt into action.
> Stone,
>
> 62, suffered a fractured right elbow, three broken ribs, a fractured ankle
> and a cut to her head in the accident, said Brewster Police Chief John Del
> Gardo.
>
> Figo's leg was cut down to the bone, said Paul Schwartz, who manages the
> Xtra Mart gas station at the intersection and ran to the scene to help. "I
> don't
>
> know if (the driver) thought (Stone) was going to move faster, but it 
> looks
> like the dog tried to take most of the hit for her," said Schwartz, who
> lives
>
> in Mahopac. When Schwartz reached the crash site Stone was bleeding from 
> her
> head and complaining of hip pain. "There were 15 EMTs and people all 
> around
>
> her and the dog didn't want to leave her side," Schwartz said. "He was
> flopping over to her and she didn't want him to get away from her, either.
> She kept
>
> screaming, 'Where's Figo? Where's Figo? Where's Figo? We kept telling her 
> he
> was fine. Schwartz and one of the EMTs bandaged Figo's right leg. Paul
> Schwartz,
>
> manager of the Xtra Mart on North Main Street in Brewster. (Photo: Peter 
> D.
> Kramer/The Journal News) "The dog was being a good sport, really calm,"
> Schwartz
>
> said. "He sat with me the whole time. He was limping as we put him on a 
> big
> blanket on the sidewalk and it started to rain. He let us wrap up his leg
> without
>
> any problem. He wasn't barking or crying or yelping. But he kept pulling
> toward her. After she was put on a gurney and taken away, he stopped doing
> that.
>
> He seemed a little lost after she left. There are rules against 
> transporting
> animals in ambulances. Schwartz said Stone, who lives on North Main Street
>
> not far from the accident site, was "very upset as she was getting in the
> ambulance that (Figo) wasn't with her. After she left, we put him in the
> (Brewster
>
> Fire Department) truck and they took him to the vet. A staff member at
> Middlebranch Veterinary in Paterson confirmed that Figo was being treated
> there
>
> on Monday. Brewster Police Chief Del Gardo said later that the dog was
> undergoing surgery on its leg. The bus had just come down Carmel Avenue to
> North
>
> Main Street and was turning onto Michael Neuner Drive when it struck Stone
> and Figo in the unpainted crosswalk. "She got about to the middle of the
> street
>
> before the bus, which made a right on North Main and then a left onto
> Michael Neuner," Del Gardo said. "(The driver's) eyes were oc'cup'ied on 
> the
> North
>
> Main traffic. The driver of the mini-bus was given a summons for failing 
> to
> yield to a pedestrian. Steven Moskowitz, Brewster's assistant 
> superintendent
>
> for human resources and technology, said the driver was taken to Partners 
> in
> Safety in White Plains for routine post-accident drug and alcohol testing,
>
> the results of which should be available later in the week. The driver was
> taken off duty while an investigation is conducted. Part of that
> investigation
>
> will be a review of dashboard cameras in the mini-bus and on another bus
> that was in the area at the time, Moskowitz said. Moskowitz, who would not
> discuss
>
> the bus driver's driving history, said the two students were transported 
> to
> O'Toole by another bus and their parents were notified of the accident. 
> Del
>
> Gardo said the bus wasn't traveling fast and stopped without leaving
> skidmarks on the pavement. "The dog took a lot of the blow," Del Gardo 
> said.
> "And
>
> he did not want to leave her side. He stood right with her. He was there 
> to
> save her. The chief said Stone, interviewed in her hospital bed, was happy
>
> to hear that Figo was being treated and that friends are working out the
> details of the dog's care while Stone recovers.
>
>
>
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