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

Wed Jun 10 10:40:27 UTC 2015

I think in this case there was no choice. But the woman would be upset
because she didn't know the extent of her own injuries or the dog's. It's
just one of life's lemons, but the good news is they will be all right.
Cindy

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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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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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>
>>
>>
>> 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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