Monday, July 14, 2014

After An Injured Vet Waits 2 Years For A Wheelchair, These Lowe’s Employees Do What The VA Won’t



After An Injured Vet Waits 2 Years For A Wheelchair, These Lowe’s Employees Do What The VA Won’t
By Caroline Schaeffer
Veteran Michael Sulsona had been waiting on a new wheelchair from the VA for years. After receiving no help, his broke down inside a Lowe’s.

That’s when three strangers stepped in to help. Sulsona wrote this letter to the Staten Island Advance to share the story and express his gratitude.

In 1971, I stepped on a land mine in Vietnam and lost both legs above the knee.

For the past two years, I have been waiting to receive a new wheelchair from the Veterans Administration. In addition, I have been told that I am not entitled to a spare wheelchair.

On the evening of July 7, my wheelchair fell apart again, while shopping at Lowe’s Home Improvement Center in on Forest Avenue in Mariners Harbor.

Three employees, David, Marcus, and Souleyman jumped to my assistance immediately. They placed me in another chair while they went to work.

They took the wheelchair apart and replaced the broken parts and told me, “We’re going to make this chair like new.”

I left 45 minutes after closing hours in my wheelchair that was like new.

I kept thanking them and all they could say was, “It was our honor.”

The actions of these three employees at Lowe’s showed me there are some who still believe in stepping to the plate.

They didn’t ask any questions, didn’t feel the need to fill out any forms or make phone calls. Someone needed help and they felt privileged to be given the opportunity.

When the federal government failed this man, ordinary individuals took the lead. There is hope for humanity after all – we just have to believe in the power of the human spirit.

Veterans Administration
Chuck Hagel was a deputy administrator for the U.S. Veterans Administration, the chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Defense for the Barack Obama administration.

Note: Eric K. Shinseki was the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Togo D. West Jr. was the secretary for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, an attorney for Covington & Burling LLP, and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Covington & Burling LLP was the lobby firm for Goodwill Industries International.
Eric H. Holder Jr. was a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, a board member for the American Constitution Society, and is the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration.
Joseph W. Ralston is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the American Constitution Society, and the Catholic Relief Services.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member for the International Crisis Group, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt Institute, the Committee for Economic Development, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Kenneth F. Hackett was the president for the Catholic Relief Services, and is the U.S. ambassador for the Holy See.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was the U.S. envoy for the Holy See, and the U.S. ambassador for South Vietnam.
Fidel V. Ramos was a board member for the International Crisis Group, and is an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Wheelchair Foundation
Q: Are all of the wheelchairs going to countries other than the United States?
A: No. The Salvation Army, Goodwill Industries, Catholic Charities, and other relief organizations are working with us here in the U.S. to distribute wheelchairs to people that need one but cannot afford one. Some groups and organizations do sponsor 280 wheelchair containers to the US, at a cost of $42,000 per container.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt is the president & CEO for the Goodwill Industries of Northern New England, the chair for the Roosevelt Institute, and an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Carl A. Anderson was an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, is a trustee at the Catholic University of America, and a supreme knight for the Knights of Columbus.
Catherine B. Reynolds is an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
Donna S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Charles E.M. Kolb is the president for the Committee for Economic Development, and a director at the National Coalition on Health Care.
William A. Roberts is a director at the National Coalition on Health Care, and the national commander for the Salvation Army.
Mikhail Gorbachev is an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, was the general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Robert S. Strauss was the U.S. ambassador for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), and a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for the Goodwill Industries International, and the Lowe's Companies Inc.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a trustee at the Third Way, and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Thomas R. Carper is an honorary co-chair for the Third Way, and a member of the Vietnam Veterans of America.
R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Sidley Austin LLP was the lobby firm for Vietnam.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, and Obamacare is his signature policy initiative.
CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Barbara G. Fast was a VP for the CGI Group Inc., and a VP at the Boeing Company.
W. James McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director at the Procter & Gamble Company.
Procter & Gamble Company is a U.S. investor in Vietnam.
Donna S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
Catherine B. Reynolds is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.
Charles E.M. Kolb is the president for the Committee for Economic Development, and a director at the National Coalition on Health Care.
William A. Roberts is a director at the National Coalition on Health Care, and the national commander for the Salvation Army.
                                            











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