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Give disabled cellphones for 911 calls: advocate
9-1-1 in the News, Trends | Greg | March 12, 2010 at 9:02 am
A Winnipeg, Canada advocate for the disabled said it’s about time the government funded prepaid cellphones for all people who use wheelchairs because of the random acts of violence they face.
Laurie Helgason said she’s disgusted by Tuesday’s brutal attack on Heath Proden, a Manitoba man on an extended visit to Sydney, Australia.
But, she said, she’s not surprised that it happened.
Proden, 35, was stomped, beaten and hit with a metal bar stripped from his own wheelchair by two teenaged boys as he tried to leave a train station to escape his attackers, police said.
He remains in hospital in serious condition, but is expected to make a full recovery. The attack has made headlines around the world.
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