This man is in need of prayer.  This is verry sad!
Jenifer gilley
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remembering how to fly."
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From: "Debby Phillips" <[log in to unmask]>
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> This man is definitely in need of prayer.  What a horrible,
> terrifying experience!  Pretty disgusting that he had to pay $27
> to get the remains of his guide!  Just a minor thing in a way,
> but not so minor in another.     Debby and Cleo
>
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> From: "Carl Jarvis" <[log in to unmask]
> Subject: [Wcb-l] Beloved guide dog remembered inceremony
> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:09:10 -0700
>
> A light in the darkness:
> Beloved guide dog remembered inceremony
>
> Spokesman Review, Washington
> Saturday, July 15, 2006
>
> A light in the darkness: Beloved guide dog remembered in ceremony
>
> By Parker Howell, Staff Writer
>
> Justice, 9, was run over and killed by truck in tragic accident
>
> (Photo courtesy of Carla Haley)
>
> July 15, 2006 - Rod Christensen lost his soul mate in an instant
> Tuesday
> morning as he walked to catch a bus in north Spokane.
>
> Blind since birth, Christensen, 59, was being led across Rosewood
> Avenue by
> Justice, a yellow Labrador retriever, when the guide dog's
> harness was
> yanked away.
>
> Christensen heard only the sound of a dump truck passing on
> Nevada Street,
> then honking from down the street.
>
> Nine-year-old Justice was crushed by the rear wheels of the truck
> trailer
> and carried in its large treads for about a block before a
> motorist flagged
> the truck driver.  Christensen was left standing in the middle of
> Rosewood -
> alone.
>
> "You're standing alone in the middle of that street and you're
> ambushed,
> ambushed," said Christensen, who has two grown children and lives
> alone in
> an apartment.  "And everything is gone.  The worst moments
> sometimes happen so
> quickly."
>
> On Friday, during a backyard memorial ceremony for Justice,
> Christensen read
> from a speech in Braille prepared the night before.  "I've lost
> the only one
> I've ever loved completely," he said.  "I've lost the only one
> I've trusted
> implicitly.  I've lost the only one I gave my heart to
> unconditionally."
>
> About 35 friends, including other guide dog owners, gathered to
> remember
> "Jussy," the ever-friendly canine who guided Christensen for
> seven years.
>
> The accident occurred around 8 a.m.  Tuesday as Christensen was
> walking to a
> bus stop.
>
> Christensen, who was in the process of moving from one apartment
> to another,
> said he was carrying a heavy military-surplus duffel, and Justice
> was
> walking about an inch from his leg.  The dog was hit by a Bark
> Boys Landscape
> Supplies truck trailer, according to a police report.
>
> The report lists Gerald Larson, 53, of Spokane Valley, as the
> driver.  He
> could not be located Friday for comment, and no further
> information was
> immediately available from police.
>
> Under state law, the driver of a vehicle approaching a person
> using a white
> cane or guide dog "shall take all necessary precautions to avoid
> injury to
> such a pedestrian."
>
> "Any driver who fails to take such precaution shall be liable in
> damages for
> any injury caused such pedestrian," the law states.
>
> Chuck Phillips, president of Bark Boys, wouldn't comment on the
> matter
> Friday morning or even confirm that one of his drivers was
> involved.
>
> "I don't have anything on my desk," he said.
>
> A search of recent Washington state district and municipal court
> records
> showed no traffic citations for Larson.
>
> Christensen wants police to ticket Larson.
>
> "There's just no excuse for what happened," he said.  "No
> excuse."
>
> Christensen and a friend had to pay SpokAnimal $27 to get
> Justice's remains
> so they could bury him.  Justice's silver chain collar hung on
> the inside of
> Christensen's front door Friday.
>
> Many of the friends at the memorial cried.  Meanwhile, several
> guide dogs and
> puppies in training laid in the shade of chairs.
>
> One friend joked that Justice wasn't the only guide dog who
> recognized bus
> signs, but he was the only one who recognized liquor stores.
>
> "I don't know where he learned that," Christensen said with a
> smile.
>
> Justice led Christensen on a trip through the Grand Canyon and on
> a cruise
> to Mexico.  They would walk for miles together on the Centennial
> Trail.
>
> Savanas Xavier, a trainer at Northside Fitness, where Christensen
> would
> exercise with Justice at his side, called Justice an "amazing,
> amazing dog"
> who led Christensen through the maze of machines.
>
> "He's an inspiration," Xavier said of Christensen.
>
> Christensen, who previously owned two other guide dogs, pledged
> during the
> ceremony never to replace Justice.  He and the dog were a
> "perfect match," he
> said.
>
> http://www.spokesmanreview.com/tools/story_pf.asp?ID=140312
>
>
>
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