[nfb-talk] Tragedy in Denver

[d m gina]

I just hate to think that this can keep happening no matter what.
I'm pleased that I get out there, but must say I watch the streets I 
choose to cross.
Cane or dog makes no difference to me.
Especially when I know I'm not as fast as I used to be.

Original message:
> One can't make a bus stop safe from random accidents.

> Mike

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 12:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Tragedy in Denver


>> I'm in agreement with these posts. I found out about this yesterday,
>> and I'm still overwhelmed with sorrow. I had just met David at the NFB
>> convention in Dallas back in July. I'm praying for everyone at the
>> CCB, and all of his family. Yes, they do need to make those bus stops
>> safe for everyone. Let's petition congress. Blessings, Joshua

>> On 12/18/10, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:
>>> Many prsons who are sighted feel they are with profection.
>>> So when they go blind, they feel less than a person.
>>> Not putting together what that sounds like.
>>> I just hope Denver and other states will come up with an idea how to
>>> have a buss stop safe for everyone.

>>> Original message:
>>>> The thing I don't understand is that the three were just standing there
>>>> waiting for the bus. Why cannot sighted people get it through their
>>>> thick
>>>> skulls that it wasn't their fault.

>>>> Sighted people can be so dense.

>>>> It said very plainly in the article that the driver lost control of her
>>>> car
>>>> because of the ice.

>>>> I don't get it!


>>>> Gloria Whipple
>>>> Corresponding Secretary
>>>> Inland Empire chapter
>>>> nfb of WA

>>>> cell number: 509-475-4993


>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Alicia Richards
>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 12:58 AM
>>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Tragedy in Denver

>>>> One of the upsetting things about yesterday's accident is that many
>>>> bloggers

>>>> on the Internet are saying the reason for the accident was specifically
>>>> because the students were blind.  I wish people would have some common
>>>> sense.  No sighted person would have been able to react quickly enough
>>>> and
>>>> move out of the way in time, even if they did see the car coming at
>>>> them.
>>>> This could have happened to any pedestrian taking public transportation.
>>>> I
>>>> guess the incident being blamed on blindness does not surprise me, but
>>>> it
>>>> does anger me.  I find such ignorance incredibly frustrating.

>>>> Alicia


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