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Texas Boy loses service dog
A San Antonio deaf boy is looking for his missing service dog. WOAI-TV has a video report posted below on DeafNewsToday.com. No captioning, but you can read the story here.
Man Hit by Airplane
A Texas man was killed in Northern California by the propeller of a crop duster as it was landing last Thursday. Willie Valdez Suarez is deaf and could not hear the small plane approaching the Biggs, California, runway, just north of Sacramento. Suarez was working on the private landing strip as part of a construction crew hired to repair it. The pilot circled the runway before making an approach but Suarez didn't see the plane coming and no one warned him. The FAA is investigating.
mom of baby who died of abuse
More on the deaf couple accused of killing their baby because it was crying. The mother says she didn't hurt the child--it was her husband, who hurt the baby while she was asleep. Watch her explain in this video report from WFAA-TV (with captions).
Parents Confess to Killing Child
A deaf couple admitted through an interpreter to beating their five-month-old child to death because she wouldn’t stop crying, according to police in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, Texas. Hector Rene Cupich-Quinones and Maria Guadalupe Zuniga told police they got into an argument over the crying after a night of drinking. Cupich-Quinones confessed to shaking the baby, hitting her head against a counter, and sliding her across the counter until the infant fell head first on the tile floor. Prosecutors have charged Cupich-Quinones with capital murder.Related Blogs
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Apology for Captioning Mistake
Caption Solutions says it "deeply regrets" identifying celebrity Zooey Deschanel as one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. The mistake happened during KDFW-TV's coverage of the attack. During the broadcast, the Dallas station's captioning briefly read "Marathon Bomber. He is 19-year-old Zooey Deschanel."
Looking Back… Deaf Smith in Texas
One of the heroes in Texas' fight for independence was Erastus Smith. Better known as Deaf Smith, he lost his hearing to a childhood disease, but that did not prevent him from playing a pivotal role in Texas' history. He carried messages from Colonel William Travis out of the Alamo, led a company of Texas Rangers and at one point was wounded in battle. Most importantly, Smith destroyed a bridge during the Battle of San Jacinto, preventing the Mexican army from retreating. That's why Deaf Smith County is named after him and still pronounced "Deef" in honor of the way Smith's name was pronounced. Travis called him the "bravest of the Brave" and on hearing about his death, Sam Houston wrote, a "man, more brave, and honest never, lived."The painting you see here is called the Surrender of Santa Anna. Artist William Henry Huddle painted the scene of the morning of April 22, 1836, the day after Texas' victory over Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto. The painting shows various important people in the war, including Smith, who is seated on a log with his hand cupped around his ear.
Read more about Smith here.
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