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To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig

If he wanted to commit suicide why would he use a cross walk.

I know many many WC bound people and one thing I know is the will to live and pride they take to be as independant as possible is awesome.

I hope the fellow gets a faster chair as they can go up to 15mph.

You are entitled to your opinion as that is what is great about FR.

I just happen to know alot of WC bound disabled folks with more spirit and zest for life then some non disabled folks.

And they don’t whine like other minorities about being hated due to there circumstances. Nor due they take life for granted, they are fighters.

Check out our sevicemen coming home missing limbs or other serious injuries, they fight like hell to live and be independant.


19 posted on 06/08/2007 10:59:12 AM PDT by Global2010 ( We need a Road to the White House Ping List Please Help)
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To: Global2010

In no way was I making a generalized comment about Wheelchair bound individuals.

I see a crazy story like this and put my investigator hat on. My experience has been that unusual events are most often explained by common human conditions and emotions.

Greed, jealousy, love, love lost, addiction, etc... .

The most obvious explanation for this would be, normally, the trucker never saw him crossing in front of him and he gets squashed.

I found that hard to believe once I saw the angle at which his chair was pinned to the truck and what the story was behind the incident. They didn’t seem to match.

The next most obvious explanation would be a suicide attempt.


21 posted on 06/08/2007 4:51:11 PM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (There once was a dream called, "Hippy Beat Down." The mere whisper of if caused cops to cry)
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