[nfb-talk] Tragedy in Denver

[Wm. Ritchhart]

I would only add that someone who disregards a stop sign did not cause an
accident.  They caused a wreck!  Their act is no accident.  It sounds like
the death in this case really would qualify as an accident.  Based on the
little I have seen so far, I feel great sorrow and sadness for all involved.

Thanks, William


-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Steven Johnson
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 3:18 PM
To: 'NFB Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Tragedy in Denver

Folks,
Although I agree this is a tragedy, it is not the bus stop that is unsafe,
but the conditions that caused the accident.  Everyday across this great
nation of ours, someone is tragically killed and in some cases, assumingly
preventable accidents like this one.  This past spring in Milwaukee, an
individual using a wheelchair was killed in the very same way.  Furthermore,
two years ago just across the street from where I live, sits a bus
stop/shelter.  I had decided to stay home that late morning to fix a lock on
my gate, when suddenly I heard a horrific crash.  The accident that unfolded
was due to a person blowing a stop sign, while the individual traveling
perpendicular swerved and guess what?  Yep, took out the entire shelter,
took out part of a tree and landed partially in the side of a home.  No one
was killed, but the jaws of life had to be used to extract this person.  My
point is that just because it is a blind person, it doesn't mean that we
have to go and do something drastic as you are implying.  Instead, it goes
back to the simple fact that accidents do occur, people do get hurt, and
unfortunately, tragedy strikes when one leasts expects it.  Take it from a
person who used to work in a trauma emergency care center where I saw things
like this everyday.  We just need to sit back and be thankful that the other
two individuals will probably be okay, and yet still mourn for the loss of a
peer...just like we would aany of our other non-sighted family or friends.  

Respectfully,

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Joshua Lester
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 2:06 PM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
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
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>> Inland Empire chapter
>> nfb of WA
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>> cell number: 509-475-4993
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>> -----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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