[nagdu] Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway tracks with guide dog gifted new service dog

[Shannon Dyer]

Since Guiding  eyes does not expect people to pay for their dogs, I do not understand the concept of this man being gifted with a new dog. He could have just gone and gotten one like anyone else. Are donors helping him take care of the dog? Maybe they're paying for food. Maybe they're paying vet expenses? I am  very confused.

Shannon and the Acelet

> On Jan 28, 2014, at 8:54 AM, "Ginger Kutsch" <GingerKutsch at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Blind New Yorker who survived fall on subway tracks with guide dog gifted
> new service dog 
> 
> NY Daily News
> 
> http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/blind-new-yorker-survived-fall-subway-tr
> acks-guide-dog-gifted-new-service-dog-article-1.1593292
> 
> 
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> If a man's only as good as his friends, Cecil Williams sure knows how to
> pick them.
> 
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> Weeks after the blind New Yorker and his trusty guide dog narrowly escaped
> death after falling before an oncoming subway train, the 60-year-old man has
> been gifted a new service dog after his heroic canine, Orlando, retired as
> his pet.
> 
> 
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> "I feel that I was blessed with Orlando, right? And now I'm being blessed
> again," Williams told NBC's the Today Show while seated beside his black Lab
> and newly acquired yellow Lab, Godiva.
> 
> 
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> Anonymous donors reacting to the William's heart-warming story of his dog
> jumping to his side chipped in to allow Williams to keep Orlando, who's
> pictured with him in the hospital here. 
> 
> 
> 
> The now famous pair first made news in December after Williams fainted and
> fell off a 125th St. subway platform, and awoke to find his 11-year-old
> service dog protectively by his side.
> 
> 
> 
> Both Williams and Orlando - who witnesses said protectively jumped down on
> the tracks moments after his owner fell - only just survived after they
> dipped their heads down at the last minute as the train roared overhead.
> 
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> "Orlando was like my angel, and he's always been that since I got him,"
> Williams told NBC. "We work together. I protect him and he protects me."
> 
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> Then word came that Williams could neither afford to keep Orlando - who was
> set to soon retire - nor afford a new guide dog.
> 
> 
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> Anonymous donors reacting to the news soon after chipped in to help Williams
> afford Orlando. In a second remarkable act of kindness, he was gifted
> Godiva.
> 
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> In his interview with NBC, Williams was moved to tears as he described his
> good fortune brought on by the generosity of strangers.
> 
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> "The spirit of good will, it exists," he said. "In the world you see a lot
> of negative things, but I try to focus on the positive."
> 
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> Godiva was one of nine January gradates with the Guiding Eyes for the Blind,
> a nonprofit based in New York. The dogs go on to serve the blind and
> visually impaired.
> 
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> 
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