D*****r
发帖数: 6791 | 1 报导引警察报告说，是先向左偏，然后向右上粗糙的路肩带，然后再向左偏，撞树。
http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/11/msu_el_help_visiting_scholar_heal_after_car_accident
MSU, E.L. help visiting scholar heal after car accident
By Emily Wilkins (Last updated: 11/29/10 11:32pm)
When Judy Schmidt volunteered to drive a teacher from her daughter’s school
to a doctor’s appointment — a three-hour round trip — she pictured her
own daughters attending a school on the other side of the world. She
imagined the pain she would feel if they were in a car accident, rushed to a
hospital and operated on by doctors whose language was not their own.
So Schmidt agreed to take Linling Cai, a visiting scholar with MSU’s
Confucius Institute who survived a car accident that killed two others on
Oct. 16 near West Branch, Mich.
“I immediately adored both her and her mother,” Schmidt said. “They’ve
been through a very tough time but they’ve just kept positive about it and
kept going forward.”
After several long car trips, Schmidt began doing other favors for Cai. She
called her dentist and set up an appointment to have Cai’s teeth, some of
which were damaged in the accident, examined. She is looking into
occupational therapy for Cai. And on Thursday, Cai and her mother sat down
with Schmidt and her family for a Thanksgiving meal.
Schmidt’s generosity is only the tip of the iceberg of the community’s
response to Cai’s plight, and the overwhelming commitment has affected Cai
deeply.
“My home is thousands of miles away, so it just makes me feel at home, the
things they do for me,” Cai said. “(Because of) the injury my body makes
me feel painful, but at least I think my heart — I have got so much —
which makes me strong enough to get through all of these things.”
The accident
The first thing Cai remembers is hanging by her seat belt in a flipped car.
Seconds before, the red Subaru Forester had zipped down I-75. The four other
passengers were University of Michigan students. Like Cai, they were from
China. None had been in the U.S. for more than a few months.
Somehow, control of the car had been lost. According to the accident report
from the Michigan Sate Police, the car swerved to the left, then the right,
running over the rumble strips on the sides of the road. Then it swerved
left again — but didn’t stay on the road.
Cai remembers the vehicle flying off the road, crashing into a tree and the
moment she went unconscious. When she woke, she didn’t know her arm was
broken or her neck was fractured in four places. Her attention was focused
on the front seat. There, in the driver’s seat, not moving, was Ran Xu, Cai
’s friend and former schoolmate from China. Now, she did not respond as Cai
and the two other passengers in the backseat frantically called her name.
Trapped in the wreckage, Cai had to wait for the Michigan State Police to
arrive at the scene to be removed from the vehicle. She was transported to
St. Mary’s of Michigan Standish Hospital, where she was told Xu and the
other front seat passenger, Zhangqin Xie, had died.
Cai remembers Xu as a bright student, full of potential.
“She is very talented and really organized, she knows (what) she wants to
do,” Cai said. “She really is a hardworking girl.”
Michigan State Police, which handled the investigation, narrowed the cause
of the accident down to driver error, Michigan State Police Sgt. R. Taylor
said. But why Xu lost control of the car will never be known. Her parents
did not request an autopsy.
In America
Through MSU’s Confucius Institute, which works to spread Chinese language
and education, Cai came to teach at Lansing’s Post Oak Elementary in
September and formed a bond with the students there, Post Oak Principal
Camela Diaz said.
“For elementary children, they really look up to and admire their teachers,
” Diaz said. “They miss Linling.”
When parents and students at Post Oak were informed of Cai’s accident, they
were shocked. And then they mobilized. Diaz donated a sturdy mattress and
box spring to give Cai proper support while recovering. Students flooded Cai
’s hospital room with brightly decorated cards, many containing Cai’s name
carefully written in complicated Chinese characters, wishing her well in
her native language.
“We are ultimately a family,” Diaz said. “When someone in the family is
hurt, … you just pull together because you’re family.”
The Confuscius Institute ensured Cai had visitors every day of her hospital
stay. But the biggest gift it gave Cai was her mother, Ling Hong.
Across an ocean in Lianyungang, China, Hong saw pictures of the car twisted
around a tree, only able to imagine her daughter — she had neither a
passport or a visa to travel to America. The program worked to secure both a
passport and visa for Hong, and in a week and a half the mother and
daughter were reunited.
“I don’t want to make the moment we met so sad,” Cai said, “But my mom
cried so I cannot help crying. We are so happy to see each other.”
When Hong first saw her daughter, she was startled by the neck brace and
cast, but when she heard about the numerous people who helped her daughter,
she was reassured.
“At first, she worried — she was so worried,” Cai said, translating her
mother’s Mandarin Chinese. “When (Hong) got to know that so many people
offered help, she calmed down and felt better because she knew that her
daughter was not alone.”
Future
From appearance alone, Cai doesn’t look like the survivor of a fatal car
crash. There are no cuts and bruises on her face, her long brown hair falls
past her shoulders. Her neck brace will be gone in a few months and the only
other outward sign is the missing tooth, the single flaw in a large white
smile that accompanies her frequent laughter. The accident still is with her
, though. She can’t carry her own laundry or chop vegetables and even
showering is difficult. At night, images of the crash still taunt her in her
sleep. She wakes up screaming.
But then she sees her mother sleeping on the bed next to hers and she
instantly feels comforted. She’s reminded of the strangers who have become
her friends and feels deeply grateful to have them. And she’s felt the need
to keep the spirit of giving alive.
“When they give me so much love and care in such a kind of situation, when
I recover I just want to continue this kind of love,” Cai said.
Originally Published: 11/29/10 11:31pm | R***a
发帖数: 41892 | 2 还是孔子学院的访问学者啊
school
a
【在 D*****r 的大作中提到】
: 报导引警察报告说，是先向左偏，然后向右上粗糙的路肩带，然后再向左偏，撞树。
: http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/11/msu_el_help_visiting_scholar_heal_after_car_accident
: MSU, E.L. help visiting scholar heal after car accident
: By Emily Wilkins (Last updated: 11/29/10 11:32pm)
: When Judy Schmidt volunteered to drive a teacher from her daughter’s school
: to a doctor’s appointment — a three-hour round trip — she pictured her
: own daughters attending a school on the other side of the world. She
: imagined the pain she would feel if they were in a car accident, rushed to a
: hospital and operated on by doctors whose language was not their own.
: So Schmidt agreed to take Linling Cai, a visiting scholar with MSU’s
| w*******y
发帖数: 513 | 3 主要是在post oak 做中文老师，外加在msu读个教师资格证。
【在 R***a 的大作中提到】
: 还是孔子学院的访问学者啊
:
: school
: a
| p******1
发帖数: 1388 | 4 我知道我很MEAN, 但请那些张狂的新司机们看看我的签名档, 因为....我们这疙瘩又有
一对年轻伴侣, 没正式驾照, 为了去赶DEAL, 半夜车进沟里了, 还好, 虽然车TOTAL了,
但人的命保住了, 虽然女的还在医院里, 腿保不住了,具体信息我不贴了, 认识我的应
该都知道这事...
school
a
【在 D*****r 的大作中提到】
: 报导引警察报告说，是先向左偏，然后向右上粗糙的路肩带，然后再向左偏，撞树。
: http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/11/msu_el_help_visiting_scholar_heal_after_car_accident
: MSU, E.L. help visiting scholar heal after car accident
: By Emily Wilkins (Last updated: 11/29/10 11:32pm)
: When Judy Schmidt volunteered to drive a teacher from her daughter’s school
: to a doctor’s appointment — a three-hour round trip — she pictured her
: own daughters attending a school on the other side of the world. She
: imagined the pain she would feel if they were in a car accident, rushed to a
: hospital and operated on by doctors whose language was not their own.
: So Schmidt agreed to take Linling Cai, a visiting scholar with MSU’s
| v********7
发帖数: 426 | 5 不知道为什么一开始向左偏的时候，导致驾驶员那么激烈的向右打方向，以至于到了右
边的提示带，接下来彻底慌了神。如果路面没有冰的话，第一次的向左偏应该是比较缓
慢的并且可控制的。 | p******1
发帖数: 1388 | 6 新司机,而且是女司机,而且是在美国拿了驾照才一周的女司机!!!
请参考我的签名档,死者拿了驾照后在网上最后的欢呼...很残酷!!!
路面非常干净, 笔直的两LANE大路, 周围没有任何车辆.
【在 v********7 的大作中提到】
: 不知道为什么一开始向左偏的时候，导致驾驶员那么激烈的向右打方向，以至于到了右
: 边的提示带，接下来彻底慌了神。如果路面没有冰的话，第一次的向左偏应该是比较缓
: 慢的并且可控制的。
| w*k
发帖数: 196 | 7 什么deal，这么有吸引力？
了,
【在 p******1 的大作中提到】
: 我知道我很MEAN, 但请那些张狂的新司机们看看我的签名档, 因为....我们这疙瘩又有
: 一对年轻伴侣, 没正式驾照, 为了去赶DEAL, 半夜车进沟里了, 还好, 虽然车TOTAL了,
: 但人的命保住了, 虽然女的还在医院里, 腿保不住了,具体信息我不贴了, 认识我的应
: 该都知道这事...
:
: school
: a
| p******1
发帖数: 1388 | 8 感恩节啊, 很多人都去捡便宜货.
【在 w*k 的大作中提到】
: 什么deal，这么有吸引力？
:
: 了,
| m*****d
发帖数: 1613 | 9 女的遇到这种情况这反应太正常了。我都知道两起因为偏离主道把车开翻的，都是生手
国女。
【在 v********7 的大作中提到】
: 不知道为什么一开始向左偏的时候，导致驾驶员那么激烈的向右打方向，以至于到了右
: 边的提示带，接下来彻底慌了神。如果路面没有冰的话，第一次的向左偏应该是比较缓
: 慢的并且可控制的。
| f******8
发帖数: 172 | 10 BlackFrdiay我们两口子去买东西，有小本要求“跟着我们开” 我老公问他们有驾照没
。人家回答“在国内上过驾校，开得不错”
OMG，于是赶紧委婉拒绝。这货要跟着我们开，搞不好还把我们弄进车祸里去了。
后来还真出事了，超速了15MPH. 没有驾照没有保险还是新手居然有勇气开车，不得不
赞美“90后就是牛鼻啊” | | | l**s
发帖数: 20567 | 11 都怪deal太便宜
路修的不过宽
了,
【在 p******1 的大作中提到】
: 我知道我很MEAN, 但请那些张狂的新司机们看看我的签名档, 因为....我们这疙瘩又有
: 一对年轻伴侣, 没正式驾照, 为了去赶DEAL, 半夜车进沟里了, 还好, 虽然车TOTAL了,
: 但人的命保住了, 虽然女的还在医院里, 腿保不住了,具体信息我不贴了, 认识我的应
: 该都知道这事...
:
: school
: a
| l**s
发帖数: 20567 | 12 若为自由故二者皆可抛
真的有人做到了
【在 p******1 的大作中提到】
: 新司机,而且是女司机,而且是在美国拿了驾照才一周的女司机!!!
: 请参考我的签名档,死者拿了驾照后在网上最后的欢呼...很残酷!!!
: 路面非常干净, 笔直的两LANE大路, 周围没有任何车辆.
| d******y
发帖数: 11545 | 13
这个太冤了，black friday没啥好抢的，我在家里一夜睡到天亮。
【在 p******1 的大作中提到】
: 新司机,而且是女司机,而且是在美国拿了驾照才一周的女司机!!!
: 请参考我的签名档,死者拿了驾照后在网上最后的欢呼...很残酷!!!
: 路面非常干净, 笔直的两LANE大路, 周围没有任何车辆.
| d****2
发帖数: 6250 | 14
俺来米第一年连BF都不知道，还抢啥deal？真是一代胜一代阿。
【在 l**s 的大作中提到】
: 都怪deal太便宜
: 路修的不过宽
:
: 了,
| c*******r
发帖数: 6971 | 15 BF很多deal并不咋地，好deal都出现在平时不经意间
【在 d****2 的大作中提到】
:
: 俺来米第一年连BF都不知道，还抢啥deal？真是一代胜一代阿。
| d****2
发帖数: 6250 | 16
当年还是有egghead，newegg还没影的纯真年代阿。
【在 c*******r 的大作中提到】
: BF很多deal并不咋地，好deal都出现在平时不经意间
| l**s
发帖数: 20567 | 17 啥都不知道，未必是坏事哈
健康平安滴活着比啥都好
【在 d****2 的大作中提到】
:
: 当年还是有egghead，newegg还没影的纯真年代阿。
| l**s
发帖数: 20567 | 18 经典。。。
呵呵。。。
【在 c*******r 的大作中提到】
: BF很多deal并不咋地，好deal都出现在平时不经意间
| l**s
发帖数: 20567 | 19 DA地主，你是悠悠滴
“咂”出生活的滋味哈
【在 d****2 的大作中提到】
:
: 当年还是有egghead，newegg还没影的纯真年代阿。
| y*****n
发帖数: 11251 | 20 估计是见了周公了吧.
【在 R***a 的大作中提到】
: 还是孔子学院的访问学者啊
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