Fw: THANK YOU!!!
Tony Barr
Description
Collection
Title:
Fw: THANK YOU!!!
Creator:
Tony Barr
Date:
9/19/2001
Text:
The Barr Foundation and the United Amputee Services Association would also
like to thank Eddy Fuentes CPO of Shriner's Children's Hospital of St.Louis
and Ken Crooker BOC of Hanger O&P in Winter Park Florida for their
assistance in this successful effort.
Tony Barr
----- Original Message -----
From: Joy M Murcia < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:30 PM
Subject: THANK YOU!!!
> To the Barr Foundation...
>
> Several weeks ago my brother-in-law was mugged and beaten by several men
> in San Jose, Costa Rica. They threw him in the bushes, and he was left
> for dead..without clothes, the whole night long. Someone found him in
> the morning, and took him to the hospital. His arm was cut-up badly, and
> broken. The doctor had to operate, but while he was in recovery he got
> the flesh-eating bacteria and they had to amputate his arm.
>
> Feeling so burdened for him, I started searching the Internet (using
> dogpile.com) for help. I looked under prosthesis, financial aid. This
> is how i found the Barr Foundation. Jose Murcia, my brother-in-law, has
> been so grateful with the miracle that the Barr Foundation has given him.
> He had been so worried about how he would ever afford a prosthesis.
> (His salary was only $250.00/mnth...as a carpenter.) He has gained hope
> about working, and might even work in the same field again.
>
> God has sent people like you as angels on this Earth!!! Thank you so
> much for the service you give to hurting people like Jose!!!
> Joyce Murcia
>
like to thank Eddy Fuentes CPO of Shriner's Children's Hospital of St.Louis
and Ken Crooker BOC of Hanger O&P in Winter Park Florida for their
assistance in this successful effort.
Tony Barr
----- Original Message -----
From: Joy M Murcia < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:30 PM
Subject: THANK YOU!!!
> To the Barr Foundation...
>
> Several weeks ago my brother-in-law was mugged and beaten by several men
> in San Jose, Costa Rica. They threw him in the bushes, and he was left
> for dead..without clothes, the whole night long. Someone found him in
> the morning, and took him to the hospital. His arm was cut-up badly, and
> broken. The doctor had to operate, but while he was in recovery he got
> the flesh-eating bacteria and they had to amputate his arm.
>
> Feeling so burdened for him, I started searching the Internet (using
> dogpile.com) for help. I looked under prosthesis, financial aid. This
> is how i found the Barr Foundation. Jose Murcia, my brother-in-law, has
> been so grateful with the miracle that the Barr Foundation has given him.
> He had been so worried about how he would ever afford a prosthesis.
> (His salary was only $250.00/mnth...as a carpenter.) He has gained hope
> about working, and might even work in the same field again.
>
> God has sent people like you as angels on this Earth!!! Thank you so
> much for the service you give to hurting people like Jose!!!
> Joyce Murcia
>
Citation
Tony Barr, “Fw: THANK YOU!!!,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 19, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/217295.
