[nfb-talk] Tragedy in Denver

[Gloria Whipple]

That is how I read 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 Kenneth Chrane
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 4:17 PM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Tragedy in Denver

Hi Cindy, I agree with you.
It was an Accident peer and simple.
Ken Chrane


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Handel" <cindy425 at verizon.net>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Tragedy in Denver


> Come on folks!  The bus stop is not the issue.  It was a tragic accident.
> The woman lost control of her car and obviously went up over the curb and
> hit the three people.  There is no way to "make bus stops safe for
> everyone".  A bus stop is simply a designated place, along the street,  to
> stand, (or sometimes sit) and wait for a bus.  This was a tragic accident,
> but, that's what it was...an accident.  We don't need to run to congress 
> for
> another law to make bus stops safe.  It probably wouldn't help, anyway.
> Someone could still lose control of their car on the ice, and someone 
> could
> still be hurt or killed, despite all the laws they could dream up.
>
> Cindy
> ----- 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 3:06 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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