How a Local TV Station Lifted Her Spirits 
The old woman was on her way to the grocery store. She wanted to make sandwiches later that day for her grandchildren. The green arrow on the cross-walk light told her it was her turn to go. She was halfway across the street when the dark blue Suburban hit her. The driver of the car was distracted and didn’t see her. We’ll let the police sort that out. The left side mirror of the SUV clipped this woman on her head. It missed her eye or she might have been blinded. The front tire ran over her left leg. The tread marks still show up as bruises. The hit spun her around and knocked her to the ground. Her head concussion left her unconscious and she didn’t come to until later in the hospital.
Brunt force trauma on the body is a terrible thing so I won’t include those photos here. We’ll leave them for the privacy of her file. The concussion and brain swelling kept her in the hospital for almost a week.
Who should pay for that hospital stay and the doctor’s appointment next week to see if she needs surgery on her left leg? Let’s hope the driver’s car insurance company pays without being forced into court to do what’s right.
Our attorneys visited her in the hospital. She’s a strong woman, maybe even a little bit feisty and doesn’t want to waste time being angry about the accident. What’s done is done she says and hopes to get better in time. Now she walks with a cane. She may always walk with a cane, we don’t know yet.
But this is what most upset her, the emergency personnel at the hospital had to cut off her favorite jacket in order to treat her. This wasn’t just any jacket. It was her prize possession. Dan Rascon had autographed this one a year ago!
What was left of the jacket was in pieces lying under her hospital bed. She had refused to let it go. 
Frankly, it was all she could talk about. Dan had signed it when he was out on assignment last year at an Orem apartment fire. We knew she needed a new jacket and told her so. She said that would be okay as long as we could get Dan Rascon to sign the new one.
We sent an email to Dan Rascon at KUTV2News a few days ago about this woman. He responded immediately saying he would be glad to help. In fact, he offered a KUTV jacket for our client. (They have really nice jackets, by the way.) Not only did he sign it but the whole team signed it; Mark Koebel, Mary Nichols, Brian Mullahy, Shauna Lake, Fields Mosley and Sterling Poulsen. Mary Nichols even drew a little picture so cute, see below.
I’ve included some photos of the jacket as well as a photo of Dan Rascon. We think he’s a really good guy to go out of his way to help this woman. Thank you KUTV2News!
