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From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:10:15 -0400
I am so sorry for your loss Tom.

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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
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Tom Scales wrote:
> To those of you fairly new on the list, this email will likely not make much 
> sense. To those that have been here forever, you will know of my journey 
> with my wife Debbie and I thought you would like to know the latest news.
> 
> Debbie's health has been up and down in the last few years but she continued 
> to improve.  She was on dialysis, but that was going well.  We had taken up 
> riding a tandem (2 seat) bicycle as her eyesight was too bad to ride her 
> bike.  In the last year we rode over 9,000 miles and had great fun doing it.
> 
> Last Thursday we were involved in a very minor accident while riding the 
> tandem.  A truck turned right on red without looking and hit us, knocking us 
> down. It was not a bad accident and we rode on and finished the day with 
> almost 40 miles.
> 
> What we didn't know is that the accident had broken a small blood vessel 
> deep in her brain. Even if we had known, there was nothing that could have 
> been done, so I will treasure that days ride. She slipped into a coma on 
> Friday and passed away peacefully at home early Monday morning in my arms.
> 
> After all she has been through over the last 20 years, it is so sad that 
> such a simple accident is what took her life. As most of you know, we have 
> two teenage daughters who are, of course, stunned, but will learn to go on, 
> as will I.
> 
> One positive is that Debbie has been involved in technology for the blind 
> for many years. She ran a very popular mailing list for the blind and has 
> spent many thousands of hours helping people all around the world with their 
> problems. You can't even imagine how hard it is to help someone that uses a 
> screen reader. Imagine using the computer today, all day, without ever 
> touching the mouse, with your eyes closed, with computer reading everything 
> to you. I let the people in the blind community know of her loss and have 
> received over 400 emails from around the world from people sharing how 
> Debbie had personally helped them with a problem and literally changed their 
> lives.
> 
> Sorry to intrude with a personal note, but there are many here that I 
> thought would want to know.
> 
> Tom Scales
> tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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