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

Wed Jun 10 03:20:23 UTC 2015

Well, sometimes for medical care and such, it may be necisary to separate
them. It can be easier to treat them separately. 

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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle Antoine
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Still not happy they were separated though. She musta not known about the
ADA.

On 6/9/15, Cindy Ray via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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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> Vandervest via nagdu
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>
> There Are None So Blind As Those Who Will Not See William and LD 
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> From: "Terry D. Eagle via nfbmi-talk" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
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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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