Word: wheelchairs
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...meant the world to James, 52, to strut his independence: he insisted on living by himself in a small, green cinderblock house in the working-class section of Biloxi, Miss., called Point Cadet. And whenever hurricanes approached the Gulf Coast, James adamantly refused suggestions that, given his wheelchair-bound vulnerability, he should evacuate. Says his brother Robert, "He had a big, brave heart...
...gone; authority was all but absent. Most of the people left to cope were least equipped: the ones whose Social Security checks were just about due, or those who made for the Greyhound station only to find it already closed, or those confined to bed or who used a wheelchair. "We're seeing people that we didn't know exist," declared Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director Michael Brown in a moment of hideous accidental honesty. Rescue workers could hear people pounding on roofs from the inside, trapped in attics as the waters rose. The lucky ones were able...
...Love Won't Let Me Wait. But he longed for a chart-topping crossover, which he achieved in 2003 with the starkly intimate Dance With My Father, a homage to the parent he lost at age 7. When accepting four Grammy Awards last year via videotape, a wheelchair-bound Vandross said: "Remember, when I say goodbye, it's never for long...
...Chinese fire drill. "About 3½ years later, a motorcycle accident paralyzed Karl Kassulke's legs. Recalling only that the Chiefs had an intricate offense, he says, "Certain memories have been lost, but I've got my normal thinking back," and he has been "fending very well in a wheelchair." Able to drive a special car, Kassulke, 44, works for Broken Wing, a Christian outreach to the handicapped. He teaches the various transferring techniques, such as from wheelchair to bed. "And did you know I married my nurse?" As a matter of fact, they have a son who is six. "When...
...state of suspended recognition, and a response to too much useless and complicated factuality." Not a good state for a sportswriter. But as a fictional character dealing with loss and solitude, Bascombe accounts for many affecting moments. His attempt to interview a former football player confined to a wheelchair is every journalist's nightmare: a hostile subject who undermines the project. The breakup with Nurse Vicki reveals that chilling instant when involved parties realize they have little in common. The sad truth about one's limits of interest and sympathy unfolds when a man Bascombe hardly knows insists on confessing...