ABC Nightline to feature ALS
Posted by: "Chuck Hummer" gamboachuck@yahoo.com gamboachuck
Date: Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:54 pm ((PDT))

ABC's Nightline is scheduled to feature one of our friends and people
with ALS. Aimee Chamernik and her husband Jim report that they went
through many hours of taping for what will probably a short segment on
Aimee's battle with ALS. You can find out more about Aimee and her
strong advocacy at her website, www.askaboutaimee.com. The segment is
scheduled to air on Nightline on Wednesday, August 22.

Gamboachuck

Thursday, August 23, 2007 - The Natural Disasters Just Keep On Coming

ALScounts was disappointed that ABC didn't run the Nightline piece last night on the young family dealing with ALS. Yesterday seemed like a slow news day with good possibilities for some time to talk about ALS.

In retrospect, it wasn't a slow news day (or a slow news week for that matter). Natural disasters were rampant. The earthquake in Peru took over 500 lives and caused such terrible devastation and sorrow for people who have not been given a lot of material means. Hurricane Dean roared through the Caribbean and Mexico upsetting lives and destroying people's homes and livelihoods. Floods in Ohio gave new meaning to the concept of feast or famine when it comes to Mother Nature.

Oh, in the last week well over 100 Americans got the ALS diagnosis and right now are scurrying about trying to find out about the treatment or cure that their neurologists didn't know about.

Also in the last week, there were over 100 funerals for PALS who fought the fight but weren't given much help by medical science. If we knew the numbers worldwide, it would surely qualify as a huge, ongoing natural disaster.

We pray for everyone affected by these natural disasters, and we hope that ALS can stay in the fronts of our minds and and be addressed as a natural disaster that we can actually prevent with some research and some answers.

We look forward to the segment on Nightline on a future date.