LAT Has Front-Page Article on Ripatti
The L.A. Times has a front-page article on heroic LAPD Officer Kristi Ripatti, here.
There is a photo of her holding her 15-month-old daughter.
Good for the L.A. Times.
This is as good a time as any to mention that I am still accepting donations for Ripatti. You can donate by sending money via PayPal to:
patterico *AT* gmail *DOT* com
If you need to pay by credit [or debit] card, send the money to:
patterico *AT* cox *DOT* net
Paying by credit card is discouraged, as PayPal takes a cut — but it’s better than not donating at all. Also, you can donate directly to Kristina and Tim by sending a check to an account specifically set up for that purpose. Make checks payable to Ripatti or her husband Tim Pearce, and send them to LAPFCU, 16150 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA 91410.
We’re up to almost $750 so far.
That’s a really touching story. The injury was devastating but the story was unusually well done for the LA Times. What a shame. I spent 30 years taking care of injuries like that. I take my students to Rancho every year to talk to victims of spinal cord in juries. One year, one of the students met a guy who was 60 and had been left quadraplegic by a diving accident at 16. He was in Rancho to get his wheelchair modified. He had acquired a PhD and taught at a junior college. She sounds like she is capable of that level of rehab but what a shame she has to be.
The other thing is that we are losing Rancho. It is the greatest rehab hospital in the world and LA County is slowing starving it to death.
Mike K (f89cb3) — 6/14/2006 @ 2:52 pm