My father was struck by a car Saturday night while crossing the street from his motel to go to get a bite to eat at a near by pub. He is now in critical condition in the Surgical ICU of Albany Medical Center where I have spent all week. As of Friday when I left he had a broken right arm, broken neck, compound open fracture of the right leg, broken left leg, and multiple lacerations including a tear to the flexer tendons in his right hand. He has undergone multiple surgeries to stop and check for more internal bleeding in the abdominal area, along with multiple x-rays, cat scans, and an MRI (which I do not know the result of as of yet). He has a long long road of recovery and recuperation ahead. I will most likely be spending weekends in the Albany area so I can see him as much as possible.
Right now I am more upset by the article in the Post Star (which is the local paper for the Glens Falls, NY area) which makes it sound like it is my father's fault he was hit.
Background behind the accident. My father is a traveling contractor. He goes from town to town where they send him for work and for the last few years has spent winters at the Town & Country Motel on Route 9N in the South Glens Falls/Fort Edward area. This is located on the West side of Route 9N. He was crossing the street with his friend Jennifer to get something to eat at Johnnie O's which is a pub located on the East side of Route 9N. To get struck in the North bound lane (as they were) they would have almost been completely across the street. Yet it's their fault they were hit? I am sorry but I just don't think so. My father raised my siblings and myself on his own, this is just not something he would do. He always led by example. Not to mention the fact that he was hit by a 70 yr old woman. Was her driving impaired, is she able to see correctly, etc? Typical of the State Troopers here in NY we may never know. They just called it a "No Fault" accident and left it at that. We have no idea what they did for an investigation and may never know.
http://www.poststar.com/articles/2008/10/28/news/local/14040501.txt is the link to the article in the Post Star if anyone would like to take a look at it.
