That's awful, I am very sorry for your friend. I suggest you subscribe to the silver off topic list and post it there. Someone may have a helpful tip or two. More info here: http://silverlist.org/
Cheers, indi On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:01:41PM +0000, [email protected] wrote: > I know this is not the forum for this but you are some of the smartest > people I know so I appeal to you for any suggestions???? My friend is > 65 years old and has stomach cancer. And he may not make it. I am afraid > his last days might be spent in an alley somewhere in the cold. So I sent > his story to the NY Times, Daily News, NY Post and all the TV stations. > Not one single person has gotten back to me. So again I ask for any > suggestions?????? > > > > > VIETNAM WAR HERO TO BE THROWN INTO THE STREET ON THANKSGIVING DAY! > > > > Medals----Silver Star, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Armed > Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, > Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, W/60 Device, Overseas Service Bar. > > > > Sp4 Armondo Leguillow, now 65, proudly served his country in Vietnam and > was shot in the face, patched up and sent back to the war. The next time > it was much worse. He was shot in the head back and leg and ended up in a > coma. His estranged wife was sent a letter that he was MIA. He woke up > in a hospital in Japan with partial amnesia. He was shipped to a hospital > in Korea, then discharged in 1972 from the Veterans hospital in St. > Albans, NY. > > > > He went home to his elderly mother, where she cared for him as he battled > a crippling case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and severe > depression. He did not leave his room for over a year. > > > > Unable to work, he filed for Disability Benefits which he had earned with > his own blood. To his surprise the Army had no record of his service. He > called, wrote and fought for over 20 years to no avail until a letter to > President Clinton in 1996 finally unearthed his long lost records. > > > > By that time he had a flourishing acting career and did not need > Disability Benefits. Tragedy struck once again and his mother now 81, and > disabled, her sister 84, and a mentally handicapped cousin, 67, were left > with no one to care for them. He abandoned his acting career and returned > to New York to care for them. His mother died at age 94, 5 months ago. > > > > Now, he himself has severe health problems which hamper his ability to > work. With no food, and his rent overdue by several months he was forced > to apply for Welfare and Food Stamps. However, he never stopped looking > for a job. The VA came through with a job. But Welfare told him he would > not be eligible for help if he was working. So he did not take the job. > After five months of application after application, day after day, after > day spent on the hard chairs in the welfare office, they refused to help > him. > > > > So now this WAR HERO, who was so willing to give his life for his country > is being evicted; thrown into the street on the day most of us will be > celebrating, eating turkey, and giving thanks. We all have something to > thank him for, but will we? Is this the way we treat our HEROES? > > > > By: Gladys Williams- 718 829-2122 > > > > > > Contact: Armando Leguillow- 347-851-5571 > > > > -- WARNING: This message may contain sarcasm, dark humor, disagreement, and honesty. In case of headache, elevated blood pressure, violent thoughts and/or rage, please discontinue use. -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
