[nagdu] Guide dog dies after pushing 4-year-old boy awayfromspeeding car

[Sean Robertson]

This is so sad, And I hope that driver is forst to pay damidges to this por 
person that lost his dog.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chantel Cuddemi" <jawsgirl87 at gmail.com>
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>I read this on the Pilot list, and it was very sad.
>
> May Simon's spirit live on!
>
> Chantel and Motley, of Pilot Dogs.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ginger Kutsch
> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 4:34 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] Guide dog dies after pushing 4-year-old boy away
> fromspeeding car
>
> Guide dog dies after pushing 4-year-old boy away from speeding car
>
>
>
> The brave dog, Simon, was struck by the car, but bounced up in time to 
> push
> the little boy, Will, away from the car. Dave Furukawa, the
> visually-impaired owner of the brindle boxer, said the dog showed "true
> loyalty and courage."
>
>
>
> By Joe Kemp  / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
>
> Saturday, September 28, 2013, 3:06 PM
>
>
>
> A beloved guide dog died after he pushed a 4-year-old Atlanta boy away 
> from
> the path of a moving car that ran a stop sign - seconds after the pooch 
> was
> struck, the owner said.
>
>
>
> Dave Furukawa - the visually-impaired owner of the brindle boxer, Simon -
> said he was walking his son, Will, to school when a red Chrysler ran 
> through
> the stop sign and hit the pooch as they crossed a street on Monday.
>
>
>
> But the brave dog bounced back up in time to push Will out of the way,
> witnesses said.
>
>
>
> "What people have said is that Simon either got up or jumped out, and 
> pushed
> my son out of the path of the car," Furukawa told WXIA-TV.
>
>
>
> "This is true loyalty and courage."
>
>
>
> Several bystanders rushed over to the boy and picked him up from the 
> ground.
> As they carried him to his mother down the street, Simon hobbled 
> alongside.
>
>
>
> "Broken leg, and he had a gash on his side and he had internal bleeding -
> but he followed home," Furukawa said. "Once he was sure Will was okay, he
> laid down."
>
>
>
> The family rushed the injured 80-pound dog to an emergency vet, but Simon
> died on the way.
>
>
>
> Cops later cited the car's driver, Calvin Armour, with running a stop sign
> and failing to yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk, the NBC affiliate
> reported.
>
>
>
> Police said Armour was driving at a high rate of speed when he went 
> through
> the intersection, the station reported.
>
>
>
> Pilot Dogs, Inc. - the Columbus, Ohio, group who provided Simon to 
> Furukawa
> said they will give the family another guide dog.
>
>
>
> But Furukawa said Simon's spirit will never be forgotten.
>
>
>
> "He's been my eyes and buddy," he said. "He loved my son."
>
>
>
> Source:
> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/guide-dog-dies-pushing-4-year-old-b
> oy-speeding-car-article-1.1470511?print
>
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