tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post3137455551387693985..comments2024-01-03T21:18:04.198-08:00Comments on In Your Neighborhood: Red Ferarri vs. shuttle bus for the disabled: Gravelly Lake Drive fatalitiesHigh School Confidentialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17350238752693393750noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-68911992969854996252010-08-18T10:03:47.276-07:002010-08-18T10:03:47.276-07:00Oh! That's really horrible. My heart goes out ...Oh! That's really horrible. My heart goes out to you. Let's just pray for their soul. Thanks for sharing this story with us. Life is really short.Shuttle Bushttp://www.directconnectcharterbus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-44877257790700297762008-05-30T05:43:00.000-07:002008-05-30T05:43:00.000-07:00Condolences from the West to you and your family, ...Condolences from the West to you and your family, Karen. It matters not how old you are or your relative, losing a family member is heartbreaking especially if it seems so needless.Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-1545883473799984912008-05-28T22:09:00.000-07:002008-05-28T22:09:00.000-07:00I'm also glad your brother wasn't on board. Unfor...I'm also glad your brother wasn't on board. Unfortunately, my elderly aunt was. She has since died from the injuries she sustained in the shuttle bus accident. To have lived for 83 years and then have something so senseless happen has been a shock. Since most of the rest of the family live in the northeast US, we didn't have any details about what happened and searching turned up your post.Karen H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08383307589324138143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-41284572362176550732008-04-24T20:50:00.000-07:002008-04-24T20:50:00.000-07:00Yes, please tell us.Yes, please tell us.Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-33646785050354148462008-04-24T14:31:00.000-07:002008-04-24T14:31:00.000-07:00Tell us about your friend who was killed...Tell us about your friend who was killed...Jaynie Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030744076443715894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-59255628515794825112008-04-23T21:57:00.000-07:002008-04-23T21:57:00.000-07:00I am very saddened by this tragic accident as well...I am very saddened by this tragic accident as well as I knew the driver of the carPatty Cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16658792795439458891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-29246789277159577432008-04-21T19:01:00.000-07:002008-04-21T19:01:00.000-07:00Bray, I am saddened by your loss. It is a heartac...Bray, I am saddened by your loss. It is a heartache that will never completely go away and the questions of 'why' and 'what if' will never be answered. <BR/><BR/>My whole world was shattered and my life put on an entirely different track following the tragic death of my cousin Kenny in a car versus train crash when I was 16. That was more than 40 years ago now and the pain of that loss, all those years ago, still brings tears to my eyes and a tremor to my voice whenever I speak of it. <BR/><BR/>You'll be in my thoughts and prayers. Thank you for writing.<BR/><BR/>Peace...Jaynie Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030744076443715894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-23032142959991577412008-04-21T18:27:00.000-07:002008-04-21T18:27:00.000-07:00hiwe found your blog because we were looking aroun...hi<BR/>we found your blog because we were looking around for information about our friend beth who was in that red ferrari. your page came up in a google search.<BR/><BR/>it's so odd that chance plays the way it does. i am really glad that your brother was not in that van. and that we have no other connection than a web page and some photos. <BR/>peace to you and your family and don't forget to tell folks you love them from time to time.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345114537765533829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-34967565397750390562008-04-20T20:35:00.000-07:002008-04-20T20:35:00.000-07:00For Pierce Transit to have denied your legally bli...For Pierce Transit to have denied your legally blind friend access to the shuttle service is unconscionable, just as it is with my brother. My brother also has profound diabetic neuropathies affecting both of his feet (complete loss of sensation). The nearest bus stop is more than half a mile from where he lives. He can barely walk to his mailbox, let alone another half mile to a bus stop.<BR/><BR/>We have learned that Pierce Transit is in the process of re-certifying all of the disabled who use the shuttle service; chaos is the term being used to describe the in-house machinations.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps a class action lawsuit will become necessary.Jaynie Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030744076443715894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456617944315372118.post-20858021476968238792008-04-20T19:16:00.000-07:002008-04-20T19:16:00.000-07:00I am glad your brother was not on board the shuttl...I am glad your brother was not on board the shuttle, but saddened that he is having trouble getting service. I am concerned about Pierce Countie's criteria regarding who does and does not get shuttle service.<BR/><BR/>I have a friend here in rural Pierce County, outside the city limits of Gig Harbor and far from a bus stop, who has diabetic neuropathy in her legs and feet and is losing her sight to the disease. She is legally blind and can hardly walk, but all Pierce Transit will do is take her to a Park and Ride to ride a regular bus. The routes they create for her to get to doctor appointments take hours and involve a legally blind woman limping painfully across parking lots. She too has reapplied, but even after she was put on disablitiy she was turned down.<BR/><BR/>Certainly your brother and my friend deserve Pierce County's Shuttle service to have something like an independent life.Stephanie Friezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317117338063884811noreply@blogger.com