Re: Off Topic -- Dave The Cabbie

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 9/15/01 12:40:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

divaman@... writes:

> Anyway, I used what would have been my cab fare to spread some happiness to

> someone else, and I promised Dave that I would spread the good word about a

> yellow cab driver I had met to everyone I could. SO this post is my way of

> keeping my word to him.

>

>

I just got done watching Pay it Forward...I've known what it was but never

actually watched. I sat here sobbing thru the end and then decided to check

my mail one last time and see what the news was saying about NY. Your

email made me cry again....I am so overwhelmed again with the things people

have been doing trying to make the best of a horrible horrible situation.

Thanks for passing that story on Rich...I think every time we hear of

something positive in all this....it helps us stick together and believe all

is not lost.

I'm glad to hear is doing so well!!

~~* AJ *~~

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[Guest guest]

Rich,

Thank you for sharing this story with us......it really touched me and

is lucky to have such a husband as you!

Seems like " Dave " was an angel in disguise, doesnt it? Im sure you will

remember this for the rest of your life!

Tell Im so glad shes home and feeling pretty good. Life gets better

day by day and before she knows it, she will be right back into the swing of

things,

Take care, you two!!

Hugs, Judie

[Guest guest]

This reminds of the movie pay it forward, it made me cry too.

Love and Hugs Penny Kittson

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Age 48 BMI 43 5' 2 "

weight now 238 / weight was 120 1987

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[Guest guest]

Hi Judee,

Thanks. Glad you liked it. It's funny -- here I was thinking the guy

was about to try to rip me off, and instead, like you said, he's this

angel of mercy. When I got out at Penn Station, there he was, back on

line with the other cabs, waiting to pick somebody else up and

surprise them, too!

Anyway, is doing amazingly great -- when I say she's home,

she's actually at her Mom's house, where there are more people around

all day, and where our cat won't be trying to jump on her belly every

ten minutes (he worships ).

She is still sore, but other than that, she is recovering much more

quickly than either of us expected -- so much so, in fact, that if she

keeps going the way she is, by next Friday, I think I might be able to

take her to a movie.

Anyway, I'll pass your encouragement along. Her Mom's Internet access

has been down, but as soon as it comes back up, I'm sure she'll be

back on-list to report on her progress herself.

Rich H.

> Rich,

> Thank you for sharing this story with us......it really touched me

and

> is lucky to have such a husband as you!

> Seems like " Dave " was an angel in disguise, doesnt it? Im sure you

will

> remember this for the rest of your life!

> Tell Im so glad shes home and feeling pretty good. Life gets

better

> day by day and before she knows it, she will be right back into the

swing of

> things,

> Take care, you two!!

>

> Hugs, Judie

[Guest guest]

This is what makes me so proud to me an American. People doing

something extra-ordinary in their corner of the world. We fight and

quarrel amonst ourselves, but like a family, let anyone mess with us

and we fight back. Thanks Rich for the great story. As so many

stories these days, it brought tears to my eyes.

[Guest guest]

Your story was so touching - thank you.

I buy on ebay and saw ebay has 3 organizations people

can donate to. I chose the NY Firefighters. They

have " auctions " up for donations, from $5 to $1,000.

You click on Buy It Now and pay via your Credit Card.

You can also send a check or money order.

dee

divaman@... writes:

Anyway, I used what would have been my cab fare to

spread some happiness to someone else, and I promised

Dave that I would spread the good word about a yellow

cab driver I had met to everyone I could.

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[Guest guest]

Thank you Rich. That really touched me.

Hugs,

Off Topic -- Dave The Cabbie

> Hi everyone,

>

> I posted this to the longislandmusicscene list the other day, and got such

> a strong reaction to it that I decided to post it to some of the other

> lists I belong to also.

>

> The original post was made this past Thursday, Sept. 13. My wife

> had gone into the hospital and been operated on in uptown Manhattan on

> Monday, the day before the attacks took place. Thankfully, I was able to

> take her home today -- she is doing very well.

>

> This is a true story.

>

> Rich H.

>

>

>

>

> I was lucky enough to be able to get into the city yesterday via Long

> Island Railroad. I

> took a cab uptown to 's hospital, and she's doing great after her

> operation -- so well, in fact, that assuming I can get my car into the

> city, I'm taking her home today.

>

> Early in the day, as the cab was going uptown, I was watching New Yorkers

> go about their business, and thinking what a resiliant bunch we are. I

was

> also touched to meet on the train some of the young men coming into the

> city ready to be part of the rescue.

>

> After I was finished visiting , I left the hospital, and hailed a

cab

> downtown.

>

> We drove around the corner, and started heading downtown, when all of a

> sudden, I noticed that there was no meter. There was a sticker up on the

> back, in cab-ese, that said something about a flat fee that I didn't

> understand.

>

> I started thinking that I was about to be scammed (or that the driver was

> going to TRY to scam me, anyway -- I had already determined that I didn't

> care what he asked for, he wasn't getting anything more than the cab I had

> taken uptown had charged, plus the night differential).

>

> " What happened to your meter? " I asked.

>

> " There is no meter, " he explained to me. " There's no charge. Not a

cent. "

>

> I couldn't believe it. " No charge? "

>

> " I've been driving people back and forth for the last few days, " he said.

> " Yesterday, I drove a bunch of rescue workers downtown. For all I know,

> some of them aren't even alive anymore. How can I charge people money? I

> can't. "

>

> He continued " The police and firemen are risking their lives. Yeah, it's

> their job, they're getting paid for it, but still. And so are the other

> rescue workers. This is what I do. I'm a cab driver. This is my small

> way of helping. "

>

> " Lots of people have bad images of what a yellow cab driver is. This is

my

> way of trying to change that. "

>

> We introduced ourselves to one another, His name is Dave. Dave is just

> one of a number of people I've seen finding ways to extend little (and

> sometimes big) kindnesses to one another.

>

> We saw the worst of humanity in the bombing itself -- people who let

> themselves get so blinded by hatred, political causes, religious beliefs,

> or whatever, that they would bring pain to thousands of innocent people

> they'd never met, and end their own lives in the process, just to hurt

> someone they consider an enemy.

>

> But I've also seen the best of us in a thousand different ways, big and

> small, over the last few days -- some of it from fellow listmembers.

>

> Anyway, I used what would have been my cab fare to spread some happiness

to

> someone else, and I promised Dave that I would spread the good word about

a

> yellow cab driver I had met to everyone I could. SO this post is my way

of

> keeping my word to him.

>

> I'm off to the city to pick up now. Stay safe, everybody!

>

> Rich H.

>

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