rideofthe heart - mariola's accident

[kcuf_oohay_666]

Yea it's strange. 30 years ago Jane Fonda was calling US soldiers baby killers. Now she stands in the front of the pro choice parade --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Andrus Chesley" wrote:

> > So cool, did you get out of the service in the > 'Nam era? When in California, you didn't want > anyone to know that you were even there because of > the abuse to follow. > Always walk a mile in the shoes before commits. > > > Andy > Louisiana

[Judson D. Jones]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "kcuf_oohay_666 " wrote:

> Yea it's strange. 30 years ago Jane Fonda was calling US

soldiers

> baby killers. Now she stands in the front of the pro choice

parade

> >

Oboy, don't even start to go there.

[RM]

On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Judson D. Jones wrote:

>>Yea it's strange. 30 years ago Jane Fonda was calling US >>soldiers baby killers. Now she stands in the front of the pro choice >>parade >Oboy, don't even start to go there.

I'll bet it would pare down the list membership a lot faster than any oil, chain lube, air potato, or shooting bears thread. RM

[kris.cichon@gsa.gov]

Hello Everyone ... My name is Kris Cichon and I have been coordinating www.rideoftheheart.com for a quite time now. Mariola Cichon still has no direct access to the Internet ... so please let me pass this message. As of January-16-2002 She has been involved in HEAD-ON-COLLISION with a passenger car while ridding ROMA (her KLR650) in Gambia (West Africa). She was on a third leg of her Solo Ride Around The World journey. Accident happened on the outskirts of Banjul which is a major city of Gambia. Incoming passenger car apparently had not have properly functioning brakes and driver just turned into her lane to avoid rear-end collision with a stopped bus. Having maximum 100 feet to decide, she had no chance to avoid accident. She impacted car right in the middle of the front bumper. Impact force was enough for both vehicles to be written-off... Somehow she managed to clear steering bar and only left leg was impacted by the body of the car, and severity broken in a lover part of the leg. Right leg has been broken on lending, since she was thrown away several yards to the soft roadside which prevented further injuries. Accident was witnessed by the fellow motorcyclist ( I apologize here for not having his name handy at this moment), who has secured her at the accident scene and managed to contact Mr. Heinert Hantke muecken@... (fellow German motorcyclist/mechanic living permanently in Banjul/Gambia). Heinert with his friends were able to provide basic medical treatment for Mariola as well as provide a legal help with a police investigation. Guys don't ask us what did it take to organize her evacuation. Well, as You may guess, she did not have MedEvac (some crooked dealer quoted us for some $2400/year .. and it was way over our head ... now we have learned one can have it for about $400/year .. directly from a MedEvac Company .... well life-is-life ... and we are in a constant process of learning ..) Mr. Heinert Hantke was able to secure flight reservation and we were able to put Mariola on a flight to Brussels (Belgium) ... I could not book myself fast enough to go there and flyback with her -(Airlines requires assisting person) - then Heinert offered his assistance - and we were saved again. She had to wait for a only plane whole 2 days !!! ... Well, once we secured this one flight ... we started talking to American Airlines ...and AA finally agreed to take her directly from Brussels to Chicago .. It was A VERY LONG JOURNEY for her ... She has been in sort-of-unstable conditions (developing fever due to ongoing malaria infection) ... Directly form O'Hare airport she has been taken to the Illinois Masonic Hospital ... She has both diagnosed with both legs broken but no other serious injuries are fund to date. Hips are badly bruised but not broken, helmet saved her head. She cleared over a handlebar so it was miracle "in action" out there - literally saving her life. Right leg is in much better conditions but left leg required 4.5 hours long surgery. As of now, surgery has been completed and malaria seems to fade away. However Mariola is very week and tired and needs extensive rehab before she will be able to carry for herself. BUT THIS WILL HAPPENED ... AND SHE IS ALREADY PLANNING GO TO BACK TO AFRICA ... (once she whispers about it , I can't keep my eyes dry .... - what a spirit in that little woman .... what a spirit ..) Well ... it is going to be at least 6 months before she will be able to ride again. And her beloved ROMA (KLR650) needs to be resurrected from the grave ... This time she plans to use to write her story of crossing the Globe from the North to the South ... and organizing her finances which are pretty much nonexistent by now ... We don't even want to see our credit card bills this month ... We will try to take her home a.s.a.p to minimize hospital costs etc ... Even being so close to her for so long ... I am still discovering a wonderfully, amazingly unknown .. strong and beautiful woman in her .. which puts my "super-male ego " to the hardest test ever ... BUT I WILL STAND IT ... and if you decide to stand by my side that will make ... many .. many more ... then one day SHE WILL RIDE AGAIN. Once she makes it back home (expected in a next 6-8 days) she will be able to respond to the e-mails sent directly to mariola.cichon@... ... I will try organize a laptop for her so she would be able to check her mariolacichon@... account from within a rehab center ... Please forgive me personal note of this statement, Sincerely Yours; Kris Cichon //P.S .. To all who ride across Sahara desert .. there is a wonderful place in Gambia to stop by for a bile check-up .. or just to relax a bit ... Heinert Hantke agreed to share his home with everyone traveling in this region ... his e-mail muecken@... ... Some information on her accident have been published by someone on the Africa Grapewine network and was initially incorrect - I have sent corrections already ... please help me and voice this message to others ... I am so terribly busy running to and from a hospital , my work .. and insurance office .. that I can use ANY HELP .... thanks in advance ....KC//