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Thursday, January 1, 2009

New year resolution number two: providing safe, accessible transportation to people with disabilities

A 22 year old man with CP was left on a school bus new year's eve in New York city and spent the night alone, while temperatures dropped under 20 degrees.

Authorities said police found Edwin Rivera in a bus yard Thursday morning. He had been on the bus for 19 hours while the temperature outside dropped below 20 degrees.

Rivera, who cannot speak, was being evaluated at a hospital. He was expected to recover

via foxnews.com

See also Cold over at Dave's award winning blog, Chewing the Fat.

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