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Blind man who fell on subway tracks thanks guide dog, gets to keep him as pet
Williams tears up recounting the story of how his guide dog Orlando stayed by his side after he fell into the path of an oncoming train. Andrew Savulich/New York Daily News
Cecil Williams, who fell into the path of an oncoming A train at the 125th St. station on Tuesday, tearfully thanked Orlando, the guide dog who stuck by him after the two fell onto the tracks. Thanks to donations, Williams will be able to keep Orlando, having thought he would have to give the dog up after he retired from service because he couldn’t afford to keep both him and another guide dog.
Florida Store Specializes in Zombie-Related Items
Commentary By: Gordon King
My purpose for posting this article and video is not for the content relating to zombies, but rather as a warning sign of what is happening in America and throughout the earth. Evil is pervading our society and our culture. The world is becoming increasingly more evil and wicked as time marches on. This is a sign of what is happening in the spiritual dimension. Of what these demonic forces look like and their true nature. What happens on earth many times happens first in another dimension. Do not be fooled, do not be deceived. This is real folks, it’s not a game. These people do not know what they are messing with. This is Satan worship.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 27 (UPI) —
The owner of the newly opened Zombie Survival store in Florida said the shop carries everything a customer could need for an undead apocalypse.
Kurt Josephs, owner of the store in an Orlando strip mall, said the store’s wares include surplus supplies from the U.S. Army and Navy such as gas masks, books, camouflage gear, backpacks, machetes and MRE rations, the Orlando Sentinel reported Friday.
“Zombies get people excited,” Josephs said. “It’s a craze right now.”
The store offers zombie-related merchandise including zombie shooting targets that bleed when hit, zombie-related books, severed zombie heads, table cloths featuring fake blood-spatter and zombie garden gnomes.
“If you like zombies, we got zombie stuff for you,” Josephs said.
Weapons, explosives found in dorm on Fla. campus
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities investigating the apparent suicide of a college student discovered weapons and explosive devices in a dorm on the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando early Monday, and hundreds of students were evacuated, though the school said there was no immediate threat.
University police were called to the dorm around 12:20 a.m. after a fire alarm went off, UCF spokesman Grant Heston said. While they were on their way to the scene, a 911 call came in about a man with a gun.
Arriving officers found a man dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a residence at the Tower 1 dorm. Heston said the man was a student at the university.
Heston said the dorm has suites, with a main kitchen and living area, along with four bedrooms. The dead man was inside one of the rooms. Inside the room, Heston said, police also found what they described as an assault weapon, a handgun and incendiary devices. Florida law prohibits the possession of guns on state university campuses.
“Obviously you never want somebody to commit suicide, but knowing what we know about what was in his room, we feel better at least that no one else was hurt,” Heston said.
He said the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI are helping with the investigation. The sheriff’s bomb squad was examining the explosive devices Monday morning. Heston said they would remove the devices from the building once it’s safe to do so — which they hoped to be around noon.
About 500 students were evacuated from the dorm, and Heston said it would remain closed until authorities give an all-clear on the building.
Morning classes were canceled Monday but were to resume at noon, Heston said. Flashing signs around the campus alerted students and staff about the canceled classes. Campus shuttle buses were lined up about a half-mile from campus, with drivers standing by once the campus opens. The university’s main campus in Orlando has about 51,000 students.
Antonio Whitehead, 21, a junior from Hollywood, Fla., said he heard the fire alarm go off after midnight and thought it was a routine alarm. He headed outside where he saw a crowd already heading across the street from the dorm.
“All of a sudden, I felt the crowd move a little faster. And a police officer with a machine gun or something told everyone to start moving a lot faster,” he said.
Whitehead, who has lived in the dorm for two years, said the students were moved to an open area about 1,000 feet from UCF Arena. The area is a busy section of the campus, with restaurants and shops nearby.
Grant Hernandez, 20, a sophomore from Orlando who also is a resident at the dorm, said he woke up sometime after midnight when police were evacuating the building.
“We weren’t allowed to get our cars. We weren’t allowed to get our personal effects,” Hernandez said.
“All we saw were people running, and they were not telling us what was going on,” he added. “We were left unsure of things. It wasn’t till about 6 o’clock that we got more information and a clearer picture of what was going on.” He said officers on the scene began providing more information, and students checked updates on the university’s website.
A statement there said the UCF Arena would open to accommodate displaced students. Counselors would be available to talk to students who need assistance.
The Tower 1 dorm is part of the school’s popular Towers at Knight Plaza apartment building complex, according to UCF’s website. Tower 1 has seven floors. The typical apartment layout has four bedroom and two bathrooms, the website says. Heston said the student who died had three roommates.
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Associated Press writer Freida Frisaro in Miami contributed to this report.
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