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Originally Posted by LynnKrause1
Prefer to be called by my name and nothing else. My brother in law and his dog were mowed down as they were walking in Woodstock, Illinois. Dog died instantly and my brother in law was airlifted where he had a craniotomy and was placed on feeding tube and ventilator. Both were removed on Saturday (happened on Memorial Day) and he passed. What pisses us all off is that all news accounts referred to him as an "elderly" man. He was 70 and a very in shape 70, I might add. What difference would it make? A little less dead if he was 40 or 50? I think not. A drunk driver hit him in a crosswalk at 2:10 in the afternoon. The fact he was a man walking his "puppy" was missed. Our family will not be the same.
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I’m so sorry. Generally I don’t care but being called elderly has Implications in how we are viewed and treated. Seeing a vital active person like your brother in law be described as elderly has to be very jarring.
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