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Terrible. Who takes care of the trees in central park? I believe thats where it was. Saw it on Drudge
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Google Engineer hit by dead pin oak limb
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Heard from family that there were two people hit by oak trees in Sebastopol, CA. One killed and one injured. My understanding is that they were both riding their bikes and it was two seperate incidents. Killer trees I tell ya'.
Mr. HE
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http://www.sonomawest.com/articles/2009/05/27/sonomawest/news/doc4a1dc0956d917338523188.txt
Sebastopol couple hit by tree faces long uphill battle
TWIST OF FATE — The Taganashi family survived the damage to their SUV (below), but Kiko is still in the ICU at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa. Friends and neighbors have reached out to help. - photos provided
Tragedy brings community together around injured family
by David Abbott
Sonoma West Editor
Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:17 PM PDT
On the night of Tuesday, May 19, Amy Wegener-Taganashi and her husband Kiko Taganashi were driving home from a memorial in Cloverdale for Wegener-Taganashi’s late step-father.
As the couple headed south on Highway 101 with their children, Arthur, age seven, and Fiona, age three, a random event happened which will likely change their lives forever.
A tree fell through the windshield of their car, puncturing Kiko’s chest knocking him out, and breaking two vertibrae in Amy’s neck.
“From the moment (the tree) hit, there were a lot of little miracles,” said Amy, who was conscious throughout the entire ordeal. “After the tree hit us, we crossed the northbound lane twice. It’s a miracle we weren’t killed.”
Mr. HE
Sebastopol couple hit by tree faces long uphill battle
TWIST OF FATE — The Taganashi family survived the damage to their SUV (below), but Kiko is still in the ICU at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa. Friends and neighbors have reached out to help. - photos provided
Tragedy brings community together around injured family
by David Abbott
Sonoma West Editor
Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:17 PM PDT
On the night of Tuesday, May 19, Amy Wegener-Taganashi and her husband Kiko Taganashi were driving home from a memorial in Cloverdale for Wegener-Taganashi’s late step-father.
As the couple headed south on Highway 101 with their children, Arthur, age seven, and Fiona, age three, a random event happened which will likely change their lives forever.
A tree fell through the windshield of their car, puncturing Kiko’s chest knocking him out, and breaking two vertibrae in Amy’s neck.
“From the moment (the tree) hit, there were a lot of little miracles,” said Amy, who was conscious throughout the entire ordeal. “After the tree hit us, we crossed the northbound lane twice. It’s a miracle we weren’t killed.”
Mr. HE
More detailed article here.
http://www.sonomawest.com/articles/2009/06/01/sonomawest/news/doc4a1dc0956d917338523188.prt
Sebastopol couple hit by tree faces long uphill battle
TWIST OF FATE — The Taganashi family survived the damage to their SUV (below), but Kiko is still in the ICU at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa. Friends and neighbors have reached out to help. - photos provided
Tragedy brings community together around injured family
by David Abbott
Sonoma West Editor
Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:17 PM PDT
On the night of Tuesday, May 19, Amy Wegener-Taganashi and her husband Kiko Taganashi were driving home from a memorial in Cloverdale for Wegener-Taganashi’s late step-father.
As the couple headed south on Highway 101 with their children, Arthur, age seven, and Fiona, age three, a random event happened which will likely change their lives forever.
A tree fell through the windshield of their car, puncturing Kiko’s chest knocking him out, and breaking two vertibrae in Amy’s neck.
“From the moment (the tree) hit, there were a lot of little miracles,” said Amy, who was conscious throughout the entire ordeal. “After the tree hit us, we crossed the northbound lane twice. It’s a miracle we weren’t killed.”
Her unconscious husband fell onto the accelerator, so Amy knew she had to do something to get the car stopped.
As they crossed the width of the highway she grabbed the wheel and tried to step on the brake, but couldn’t reach it.
“I think at that point, I unbuckled my seatbelt, but I don’t even know if there were other cars or how close we came to them,” she said. “The kids were freaking out.”
Arthur and Fiona were unharmed, and four teenagers in the car behind them who saw the whole thing, helped calm down the kids while others called for help.
“After it happened, good things started to come along,” Amy said. “People even helped leave messages with my mom.”
The couple was rushed to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for what was expected to be a very long stay for both of them, but while Kiko is still in serious condition at Memorial, Amy returned home on Saturday.
The couple moved to the area five years ago, and have been embraced by the West County community in which they live.
Kiko is originally from the Ft. Bragg area and his father was a famous martial arts master who even appeared in the movie “The Warrior Within” with Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris.
Kiko was a colorist for comic books at one time, but now he’s a graphic designer and works on computers.
Amy is an English Language Learner Specialist teacher at Cinnabar Elementary in Petaluma, who grew up in Cloverdale.
“They’re such a great couple, so positive,” said Michelle Potter a friend and fellow parent at Apple Blossom School. “They really wear their hearts on their sleeves. Everyone wants to reach out to help them.”
According to Potter, friends and neighbors have set up a Facebook page — “Kiko Amy Taganashi” to keep friends updated, and have also created the Taganashi Family Fund at Wells Fargo for donations.
There will be a Mary’s Pizza Shack, “Dine & Donate” Fundraiser on Tuesday, June 2, and 20 percent of dine-in, take-out, delivery and gift card purchases will be donated to the family’s fund.
Participants will need to take in a flyer to ensure a donation to the school is made. Flyers are available at Apple Blossom School or at the school website. The donation is available from the Sebastopol location only.
There will also be a multi-family yard sale Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 7807 Brookside Avenue, Sebastopol.
According to Potter, there will also be a pasta feed with food donated from the Pasta King, and Marylin Olson from Screamin’ Mimi’s has donated freezer space for the event.
“They’re already getting medical bills,” Potter said. “It’s a life changing event for them.”
Amy has been amazed at the amount of support her family has been getting.
On the day she returned from the hospital six people went out to work on her yard, while an army of others checked in to ensure she was alright.
On Monday, she went to see Kiko who was conscious and “starting to feel restless which is good.”
“We’ve been brought to our knees by the support we’ve received from the community,” she said. “We moved here five years ago from Oakland, and this is a reaffirmation that we’re in the right place.”
Mr. HE
http://www.sonomawest.com/articles/2009/06/01/sonomawest/news/doc4a1dc0956d917338523188.prt
Sebastopol couple hit by tree faces long uphill battle
TWIST OF FATE — The Taganashi family survived the damage to their SUV (below), but Kiko is still in the ICU at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa. Friends and neighbors have reached out to help. - photos provided
Tragedy brings community together around injured family
by David Abbott
Sonoma West Editor
Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:17 PM PDT
On the night of Tuesday, May 19, Amy Wegener-Taganashi and her husband Kiko Taganashi were driving home from a memorial in Cloverdale for Wegener-Taganashi’s late step-father.
As the couple headed south on Highway 101 with their children, Arthur, age seven, and Fiona, age three, a random event happened which will likely change their lives forever.
A tree fell through the windshield of their car, puncturing Kiko’s chest knocking him out, and breaking two vertibrae in Amy’s neck.
“From the moment (the tree) hit, there were a lot of little miracles,” said Amy, who was conscious throughout the entire ordeal. “After the tree hit us, we crossed the northbound lane twice. It’s a miracle we weren’t killed.”
Her unconscious husband fell onto the accelerator, so Amy knew she had to do something to get the car stopped.
As they crossed the width of the highway she grabbed the wheel and tried to step on the brake, but couldn’t reach it.
“I think at that point, I unbuckled my seatbelt, but I don’t even know if there were other cars or how close we came to them,” she said. “The kids were freaking out.”
Arthur and Fiona were unharmed, and four teenagers in the car behind them who saw the whole thing, helped calm down the kids while others called for help.
“After it happened, good things started to come along,” Amy said. “People even helped leave messages with my mom.”
The couple was rushed to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for what was expected to be a very long stay for both of them, but while Kiko is still in serious condition at Memorial, Amy returned home on Saturday.
The couple moved to the area five years ago, and have been embraced by the West County community in which they live.
Kiko is originally from the Ft. Bragg area and his father was a famous martial arts master who even appeared in the movie “The Warrior Within” with Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris.
Kiko was a colorist for comic books at one time, but now he’s a graphic designer and works on computers.
Amy is an English Language Learner Specialist teacher at Cinnabar Elementary in Petaluma, who grew up in Cloverdale.
“They’re such a great couple, so positive,” said Michelle Potter a friend and fellow parent at Apple Blossom School. “They really wear their hearts on their sleeves. Everyone wants to reach out to help them.”
According to Potter, friends and neighbors have set up a Facebook page — “Kiko Amy Taganashi” to keep friends updated, and have also created the Taganashi Family Fund at Wells Fargo for donations.
There will be a Mary’s Pizza Shack, “Dine & Donate” Fundraiser on Tuesday, June 2, and 20 percent of dine-in, take-out, delivery and gift card purchases will be donated to the family’s fund.
Participants will need to take in a flyer to ensure a donation to the school is made. Flyers are available at Apple Blossom School or at the school website. The donation is available from the Sebastopol location only.
There will also be a multi-family yard sale Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 7807 Brookside Avenue, Sebastopol.
According to Potter, there will also be a pasta feed with food donated from the Pasta King, and Marylin Olson from Screamin’ Mimi’s has donated freezer space for the event.
“They’re already getting medical bills,” Potter said. “It’s a life changing event for them.”
Amy has been amazed at the amount of support her family has been getting.
On the day she returned from the hospital six people went out to work on her yard, while an army of others checked in to ensure she was alright.
On Monday, she went to see Kiko who was conscious and “starting to feel restless which is good.”
“We’ve been brought to our knees by the support we’ve received from the community,” she said. “We moved here five years ago from Oakland, and this is a reaffirmation that we’re in the right place.”
Mr. HE
Back on topic...
Here is about the google guy.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535618,00.html?test=latestnews
Google Engineer in Coma After Being Hit by Tree Branch in New York's Central Park
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Print ShareThisNEW YORK — A Google engineer enjoying a quiet walk in Central Park yesterday was hit on the head by a large branch that snapped from a tree — a freak accident that left the father of two in a coma.
Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, 33, was alone on a footpath between Central Park West and West Drive near 63rd Street at 8:15 a.m. when the rotting branch suddenly broke and fell on him from 20 feet above.
He was instantly knocked unconscious.
His wife, Rebecca Min, and his family anxiously waited for news at New York Hospital, where he was in critical condition.
An uncle, Marty Goldensohn, 62, said doctors are hopeful.
"He's progressing. He's responding to touch and command, but it'll take time," he said.
He described his nephew as "a brilliant guy with IQ to spare."
Blair-Goldensohn, the father of two girls, was hired by Google in 2007 after earning a Ph.D. in computer science from Columbia.
"This is just horrifying," said his graduate adviser, Professor Kathy McKeown.
When he did not show up for work at Google's Manhattan offices yesterday, his colleagues became concerned.
"Everyone is really upset and shocked," one co-worker said.
Parks officials said the limb on the pin-oak tree was more than four inches in diameter.
The branch was dead wood, rotted out in the interior, and the fall had nothing to do with the bad weather, Parks sources said.
The tree was inspected after the incident, and was found to be sound.
But the branch "was rotted out and it was liable to fall, and, unfortunately, it did," a Parks employee said.
Mr. HE
Here is about the google guy.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535618,00.html?test=latestnews
Google Engineer in Coma After Being Hit by Tree Branch in New York's Central Park
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Print ShareThisNEW YORK — A Google engineer enjoying a quiet walk in Central Park yesterday was hit on the head by a large branch that snapped from a tree — a freak accident that left the father of two in a coma.
Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, 33, was alone on a footpath between Central Park West and West Drive near 63rd Street at 8:15 a.m. when the rotting branch suddenly broke and fell on him from 20 feet above.
He was instantly knocked unconscious.
His wife, Rebecca Min, and his family anxiously waited for news at New York Hospital, where he was in critical condition.
An uncle, Marty Goldensohn, 62, said doctors are hopeful.
"He's progressing. He's responding to touch and command, but it'll take time," he said.
He described his nephew as "a brilliant guy with IQ to spare."
Blair-Goldensohn, the father of two girls, was hired by Google in 2007 after earning a Ph.D. in computer science from Columbia.
"This is just horrifying," said his graduate adviser, Professor Kathy McKeown.
When he did not show up for work at Google's Manhattan offices yesterday, his colleagues became concerned.
"Everyone is really upset and shocked," one co-worker said.
Parks officials said the limb on the pin-oak tree was more than four inches in diameter.
The branch was dead wood, rotted out in the interior, and the fall had nothing to do with the bad weather, Parks sources said.
The tree was inspected after the incident, and was found to be sound.
But the branch "was rotted out and it was liable to fall, and, unfortunately, it did," a Parks employee said.
Mr. HE
irontree
ArboristSite Lurker
I would think Central Park of all places would prioritize dead limb removal. I wonder if some bureaucrat was trying to save money?
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