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<DIV><SPAN class=359445622-24082010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Wow,
Sue,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359445622-24082010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>It was
almost like you were talking about me, with your best friend and God daughter.
My friend Debbie and I have known each other since toddlerhood too, and her
daughter, six months older than mine, is my God daughter. We trek all over the
place together with Taj, sometimes just for girls' outings, unless we include my
son, Bryan. Either way, it's always a lot of fun. You made me miss New York when
you talked about Broadway and the surrounding neighborhoods. It's been several
years since I've been back.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359445622-24082010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Suzanne</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org [mailto:njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>MS S TILLETT<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 23, 2010 8:57 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Njagdu]
[Fwd: [nagdu] Fan's every visit to Yankee Stadium a result of
teamwork]<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My oldest best friend, we have been friends since
we were two years old, and I meet once a year in the city for a long
weekend. Her daughter, my god daughter, is a singer/song writer and will
be performing. We usually try to catch a Broadway show and explore new
neighborhoods. Don't know what else we will do but we will have a good
time! My niece lives in the city and is giving us her apartment
for the weekend. It is a fifth floor walk-up, which Wonder thinks is
excessive. After three days Wonder and I are ready to come home but she
loves working the city. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sue, Wonder, and Gillah</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=mom2brylaur@verizon.net
href="mailto:mom2brylaur@verizon.net">Suzanne Woolbert</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=njagdu@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:njagdu@nfbnet.org">New Jersey Association of Guide Dog
Users</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 22, 2010 5:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Njagdu] [Fwd: [nagdu]
Fan's every visit to Yankee Stadium a result of teamwork]</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=546301121-22082010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Sue,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546301121-22082010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>That sounds great! It's always good to get away for a weekend,
and I've always loved the city in September, the beginning of street fairs
and festivals and the like.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=546301121-22082010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Suzanne</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org">njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org</A>
[mailto:njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>MS S
TILLETT<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 21, 2010 8:47 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Njagdu]
[Fwd: [nagdu] Fan's every visit to Yankee Stadium a result of
teamwork]<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>That's two good stories! Keep it up.
Wonder and I are proud of you, and it's good for your kids
too. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I don't seem to travel far and wide like I
used to. I tell Wonder "if she knew how hard I worked my first three
dogs her tongue would be hanging out. We are looking forward to
making two trips to NYC in September though, and one will be for a
long weekend. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sue, Wonder, and Megillah</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
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<A title=mom2brylaur@verizon.net
href="mailto:mom2brylaur@verizon.net">Suzanne Woolbert</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=njagdu@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:njagdu@nfbnet.org">New Jersey Association of Guide Dog
Users</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 21, 2010
9:48 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Njagdu] [Fwd: [nagdu]
Fan's every visit to Yankee Stadium a result of teamwork]</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi, Tracy and all,<BR>That's an awesome and very touching
story. It's all about freedom and<BR>independence to be able to do what
you want, and having the confidence to do<BR>it. I now do things with my
dog, Taj that a few years ago I wouldn't have<BR>thought I
would.<BR><BR>In the past two years, I have become a single mom. At
times, I travel with<BR>my dog, kids and adult friends, but we've been
making more solo trips<BR>lately. This past week I was on vacation and
my kids and I were determined<BR>to strike out on our own. Bryan, also
visually impaired and eleven, and<BR>Lauren, sighted and nine, traveled
to the beach at the Hilton in Atlantic<BR>City where Taj enjoyed the
sand and the surf. Another day, we went to Bounce<BR>U, one of those
very noisy and crowded places for children to jump and play<BR>for two
hours. The next night, we found ourselves on the Ocean
City<BR>Boardwalk, in and out of shops, restaurants, and on the Cast
Away Cove Pier<BR>for amusement rides. UP and down steps, in and out of
noisy lit-up rides,<BR>and through crowds of people Taj and I followed
behind my two kids.<BR>Yesterday, we went to Clementon Water Park. I
spent a lot of time cooling<BR>Taj off with bottles of water over his
neck and back, and bowls full to<BR>drink. We traversed the park to find
the different water rides, lunch tables<BR>and games. I do believe he
sighed a heavy sigh of relief when at last the<BR>Access Link bus pulled
up to our home some nine hours later, and we walked<BR>quietly down the
steps and made a detour to his favorite spot in a field<BR>next door for
a break.<BR><BR>The moral of the story--it can be done! It's all about
confidence and faith<BR>in yourself and your dog.<BR><BR>Thanks for
reading<BR>Suzanne<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org">njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org</A>
[mailto:njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org]On<BR>Behalf Of Tracy
Carcione<BR>Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 7:46 AM<BR>To: <A
href="mailto:njagdu@nfbnet.org">njagdu@nfbnet.org</A><BR>Subject:
[Njagdu] [Fwd: [nagdu] Fan's every visit to Yankee Stadium a<BR>result
of teamwork]<BR><BR><BR>This story is from last year, but I enjoyed
re-reading it.<BR>The other day, I put on the Yankees game for a minute,
during the<BR>commercial in the Mets game, and Jane and Pete Lang were
in the broadcast<BR>booth. It was fun listening. Jane's new
dog is Clipper, so he has a Joe<BR>DiMaggio jersey. The broadcasters
were remarking how quietly Clipper was<BR>lying there. People
remark the same about my Ben. I expect my dog to lie<BR>quietly,
but JQ Public seems to expect him to be leaping about like
a<BR>fool. Guess they're used to untrained dogs.<BR>Anyway, here's
last year's story.<BR><BR><BR>NEW YORK - The doors to the D Train open
at 161st and River Ave and they<BR>step onto the platform, one unlikely
Yankees fan guiding another through the<BR>dense game-day
crowd.<BR><BR>Laramie leads the way. Jane Lang follows at his side. They
walk up a<BR>stairwell to the street and past the vendors lined up
alongside the famous<BR>ballpark. They circle around to Gate 4, where
Laramie stops in front of his<BR>favorite tree. He has earned a quick
bathroom break.<BR><BR>"Isn't this place something?" Lang asks when they
finally make their way to<BR>her seats behind home plate. This is a spot
that gives her an ideal view of<BR>the old ballpark, from the famous
facade that looms in the outfield to the<BR>infield grass that is always
a perfect shade of green.<BR><BR>Except she has never seen Yankee
Stadium - at least not in the way most fans<BR>have. Jane Lang is blind.
Laramie, a golden retriever, is her guide dog. For<BR>the past eight
years, they have made the trip from their home Morris Plains<BR>to the
Bronx too many times to count.<BR><BR>And one week from today, along
with 55,000 other fortunate fans, they will<BR>make it for the final
time.<BR><BR><BR>"I am very sad about it. I love it here," Lang said.
She is wearing a<BR>light-blue Derek Jeter T-shirt and dangly Yankees
earrings, and Laramie has<BR>curled up on a Yankees beach towel spread
at her feet. "The minute I step<BR>into Yankee Stadium, I feel
safe.<BR><BR>"I feel home."<BR><BR>Yankee Stadium means something
different to every fan that has walked<BR>through its gates since 1923.
The first time Lang made this trip, she<BR>gripped the metal bar in
front of her seat, heard those familiar sounds of<BR>batting practice
and beer vendors, and couldn't stop her tears.<BR><BR>"What are you
crying for?" the usher asked her. "We haven't even lost the<BR>game
yet!"<BR><BR>"I'm crying," Jane Lang said, "because I got here on my
own."<BR><BR>That first journey was not without an unintentional detour.
She had filled<BR>her pockets with eight pieces of candy, one for each
stop the D Train would<BR>make, and popped one into her mouth every time
the doors opened.<BR><BR>But she must have dropped one piece along the
way, because she got off one<BR>stop too soon. It didn't take long to
figure out that something was wrong,<BR>though. Laramie wouldn't budge
until she got back on the train.<BR><BR>He leads her around puddles in
the street and past careless teenagers<BR>talking on their cell phones
as the walk. He makes sure she stops on every<BR>corner and waits for
the light to turn green.<BR><BR>He walks like a typical New Yorker,
never hesitant to bump his way through a<BR>slow-moving crowd. Lang
follows at his right side, whispering "good boy"<BR>when he stops at the
subway stairs or near the edge of a ramp.<BR><BR>It is a two-hour trip
that could test the nerves of a person with 20/20<BR>vision. Lang, 65,
makes it about 25 times a year, sometimes with her husband<BR>Pete to
help, but often just with Laramie.<BR><BR>"You can't be afraid," Lang
said, "because if you're afraid, you can't do<BR>anything."<BR><BR>She
has experienced Yankee Stadium in a way unlike any of the millions
of<BR>people who have come here. She has listens to the radio broadcast
of the<BR>game in one ear and the reaction from the crowd in the other.
If the other<BR>fans get angry about a call, she joins them.<BR><BR>"Hey
ump!" she'll yell from her seat. "Are you watching the same game
I'm<BR>watching?"<BR><BR>Pete planned a special surprise for their 41st
wedding anniversary, leading<BR>her onto the field before a game and
into the Yankees dugout where Jorge<BR>Posada was waiting for
her.<BR>She reached up and felt his face.<BR><BR>"He has such a great
smile, he really does," she said. "And he hit a home<BR>run that
day!"<BR>She was sitting next to Harlan Chamberlain the night his famous
son, Joba,<BR>made his much-anticipated first start for the Yankees.
Harlan, who uses a<BR>wheelchair, held her hand so tight she thought it
would break, and when she<BR>touched his cheek, she felt the
tears.<BR><BR>The Yankees have become her family. Maybe the fans around
her are furious<BR>with the team for its struggles on the field this
season, but Lang is<BR>grateful that they put a fresh patch of sod
outside for Laramie if he needs<BR>to make a bathroom break. She kisses
the concessionaire and sends Christmas<BR>cards to the
ushers.<BR><BR>She wishes she could meet owner George Steinbrenner some
day, because she<BR>knows exactly what she would tell. "You know what I
would do?" she said. "I<BR>would touch his face and give him a big hug
and say, 'Thanks for giving me<BR>so much joy over the
years.'"<BR><BR>Lang hopes she can still visit the new Yankee Stadium
next year, but<BR>Laramie, now 10, won't come back after the final trip
to the old ballpark on<BR>Sunday. The team even put his picture on the
scoreboard screen last month,<BR>congratulating him on his upcoming
retirement.<BR><BR>That day after the game, as the two walked down the
steps to the D Train,<BR>fans spotted the golden retriever.<BR><BR>"Make
way for Laramie!" they yelled, and the crowded parted to let
them<BR>through.<BR><BR>He will lead her down those steps one last time
next week, and Lang knows<BR>she'll be crying when he does. But they'll
leave this place with a lifetime<BR>of memories from a ballpark she has
seen in way nobody else
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