Posted on 05/17/2004 9:06:35 AM PDT by phenn
STATEMENT OF SCHINDLER FAMILY MAY 17, 2004
Thank you for coming here today.
My family is so very thankful to the Clearwater Police Department for doing such a thorough and deliberate job with their investigation and for finally proving that these charges were completely baseless. As horrifying as the least six weeks were, I am grateful to the men and women of the Police Department for undertaking their duties seriously and fairly. We are sorry the taxpayers had to pay for an investigation that turned out to be a total waste of law enforcement resources.
We have been banned from seeing Terri for 49 days. Why are we being kept from our own daughter? We have not done anything wrong, the police agreed.
For the past 14 years, my family has endured a hardship that is beyond description. I?m certain that any parent can imagine the horror of such a devastating incident happening to one of your children. It is difficult and heartbreaking to say the least. But what is unbearable is when evil people will go to any length to execute my daughter for their own selfish reasons: They are and will profit financially if my daughter is executed by dehydration and starvation.
My daughter is not in a persistent vegetative state. This is a point that many who have reported on the case in the past simply do not understand. Terri is able to laugh and cry and to respond to us when we visit her. She complies with requests and does her best to please those around her. She has moods. She has good days and bad days - just like you or I. She laughs at my stupid jokes. She cries when we leave. She lights up when she sees her mother. She complains when she is not comfortable. She giggles when her mother plays with her hair. She gets frustrated, happy, tearful, tired, excited - everything you and I do. She just does it in the only way she can. If she were not denied access to the simplest of rehabilitative techniques, she would be in far better shape.
We are very concerned that Terri is receiving sub-standard medical and dental care. Her teeth are rotting and 5 have been extracted. She is not receiving any rehabilitative therapy what so ever. For years we have argued in court that Terri deserves proper medical and dental care, but our pleas have been ignored.
There is no reason for this wonderful young woman to die. With proper medical care and therapy there is hope for Terri. Not only do these people insist on executing my daughter, they are trying to do it as quickly as possible. We ask that families and parents out there show their support by contacting the Florida Supreme Court and urging them not to rush through this case. It is amazing to think that, in America, it is easier to execute someone who has committed no crime than someone who has. Why is my daughter still not allowed to see her mother? She is alive, she is aware, she knows and misses her family. With your help, the truth will be told. Thank you. Bob Schindler Return to Terri's Fight
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Prayers for Terri bump.
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Terri Schindler-Schiavo is the real victim. She is not brain dead, she is not comatose, she is not in a "persistent vegetative state," she is not ill, she is not dying, and she is not being kept alive by artificial means.
The newspaper stories you usually see falsely portray Terri in those ways. Some people want to kill this innocent woman to advance the "cause" of euthanasia. Others, closer to her, want to kill her for profit. To do this, they and their allies in the press have to destroy our human sympathy for the victim. Otherwise we gladly help those who are hurt or ill or helpless, as Jesus did. We do not beat up women and we do not kick people when they're down.
Love them, because it is our duty. Love Terri, because it is our privilege.
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May God grant the Schindlers mercy and great rewards for their steadfast perseverance. What HINO Michael is doing (and has done for the past decade) to their daughter is mind-boggling. Evil. Pure evil.
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Prayers for Terri and her family.
Please,......."Where is Mel Gibson?"
prayers for Terri and the Schindlers!!
Just tears you up. American is ruined if Terri is exterminated.
Thanks for the update, Phenn! My heart breaks for this family.
If anyone would like to be on or off my Terri ping list, please let me know. Thanks!
That was beautiful!
Thank you for posting this. My husband and I visited the Holocaust Museum in Wash DC recently and want to remind everyone that the Nazis started with eugenics - ridding society of so-called undesirables.
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Continuing prayers for Terri and her family bump.
This horrific treatment of the Schindlers and Terri makes me feel impotent-as nothing else does. My gosh-let's continue to pray for Terri at 11:00 A.M. across this nation and every moment thoughts of her cross our souls and hearts.
She's brain damaged, not sick. We don't think of wounds as illness.
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