DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, April 22, 2015
-- deaf at the Oklahoma City Bombing
We are mourning the victims of the Oklahoma
City Bombing in this 20th anniversary week.
It was just learned that one of the emergency people
was Ken Brown III, a deaf 20-year old volunteer
fire fighter. After the bombing his fire
department asked him to rush to the scene.
He was everywhere - helping people, kids
and victims. Twenty years later, he is
employed by the state Bureau of Investigation.
Because of his deafness he couldn't become a
full time firefighter.
-- three deaf drivers in one car race!
Long time deaf car racer Greg Gunderson was
written up in a newspaper story today. It was
learned that last year, he raced against
two deaf racers in one race - Ricky Beebe,
of Illinois and Lucas Hanning, of
Missouri! They plan to race against each
other again sometime this year. Gunderson is
fortunate. After being on his own for a long
time, the Krulls Racing Team, of Sioux Falls,
SD, accepted him as a new team member in 2010.
This allowed him to race without worrying about
finding sponsorship funds. Every day he is
at the Krull garage, working on his car.
-- the deaf in Luxembourg
DeafDigest editor is vacationing right now in
Luxembourg, one of the world's smallest nations.
To be deaf in Luxembourg? He bumped into a young
deaf woman on a street in Luxembourg and chatted
briefly with her. She is a native of Croatia, but
moved to Luxembourg to escape Deaf Oppression;
deaf employment in Croatia is impossible. She has her
own apartment and works as a full time babysitter.
She loves the city. The deaf in Luxembourg? None, she
said. Her deaf friends are from Germany and she goes
there often to socialize with them. Why not live
in Germany? She prefers Luxembourg. A picture of her
with DeafDigest editor is at:
http://deafdigest.com/deaf-croatian-young-woman/
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