I found this in the local newspaper recently (December 2001)
I am seldom entirely lost for words.......
But this child's determination to hold onto life........
Is surely an an inspiration and an example for anyone who feels that way. My own first lucid, thought having seen this was that : I had imagined that I knew something of what humble meant and all I could then think, was what arrogant folly this was and that I really had no idea.......
There has been a relatively high profile appeal fund (by the standards of quiet rural Suffolk) with the long term care of this most unfortunate victim of outrageous misfortune and I suppose I shall have to get around to placing the details on this page having been so rash as to partially reproduce the tale of someone else's misfortune : though the child's courage and determination to face up to her 'situation' has been what has astounded so many in the local community.
It is possible to witness unmentionable atrocity every day in the News, Babies dying of starvation, political prisoners being tortured and mutilated, AIDS victims denied drugs : recently I have seen some especially vile facial disfigurations of female victims of Pimp acid throwings on one of my cable tv channels from somewhere outside of Europe, I can't quite recall where.
What is unquestionable here is that it cannot easily be reckoned possible to torture any living thing to a greater extent in any casually imaginable way than the fate this poor toddler has suffered. Without pausing to trouble the Editor of the local Rag for the immediate details which I daresay I'll acquire very soon but as I do surf the Net a lot, given the nature of the particular medium in question and the sort of audience that such an article might be likely to incur, that if you are perhaps for example any of the present generation of gifted young orthopedic surgeons and so forth that this Family of very ordinary means are quite likely to be genuinely grateful for any possibly useful views, contributions, ideas on the subject that anyone might care to volunteer.
Thank You
For an interesting perspective on implementation of Borough Council safety regulations click
But give the browser a little time to find the spot as it's a on a large document !