- From: Gatewood, Joy <jogat@opic.gov>
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:07:50 -0400
- To: wai-ig list <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Yesterday was a terrible day. My heart goes out to all of those who have lost their loved ones. I heard on yesterday's reports that one person who was lucky enough to get out of the WTC reported that there were many disabled people in motorized wheelchairs who could not get out of the buildings. I don't know if the story is true. If it is then our disabled are done quite a diservice by emergency exits. Any comments? Joy Gatewoood www.vrionline.com -----Original Message----- From: David Poehlman [mailto:poehlman1@home.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 2:56 PM To: wai-ig list Subject: Fw: Emergency assistance for stranded disabled flyers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Luebking" <phoenixl@sonic.net> To: <uaccess-l@trace.wisc.edu> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 2:49 PM Subject: Emergency assistance for stranded disabled flyers Hi, An issue has come up about how to help disabled passengers who are standed at airports and might need medical supplies, attendants, etc. I was thinking that many people are on this list are well connected and from numerous locations. What about using this list as some kind of emergency communication mechanism in case of a disabled passenger is identified at an airport? I've started send email to people I know at some airlines to let them know this might be of possible help. If you know of people at airlines, you might also want to let them know there might be some way to assist stranded disabled passengers. Scott
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