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      Help My Daughter Terri Schiavo!

         NewsMax.com

     Dear NewsMax Reader:

     Please find below an important message from Terri Shiavo's father, Bob

     Schindler Sr. They have some important information to share with you
     regarding new attempts to starve his disabled daughter to death.
     Please
     take action right away on this important issue.

     Thank you.

     NewsMax.com

     Urgent Letter Below from Terri Schiavo's Father

     Help Save My Daughter From Starvation!

     Dear Friend of Life,

     By now you have probably heard about a young woman who is threatened
     with starvation in Florida.

     That young woman is my daughter, Terri. In 1990, through circumstances

     which are shrouded in mystery (and may involve a criminal act by
     Terri's estranged husband), my daughter was left severely
     brain-damaged.

     But before I go any further, I must put an end to the lies and
     misinformation that are circulating around the country through the
     media concerning my daughter's condition.

     Contrary to anything you may have heard, Terri is NOT brain dead;
     Terri
     is NOT in a coma; she is NOT in a "persistent vegetative state;" nor
     is
     she on ANY life-support system.

     Terri Schiavo responds to her mother's touch Terri laughs, Terri
     cries,
     she moves, and she makes child-like attempts at speech with her mother

     and me. Sometimes she will say "Mom" or "Dad" or "yeah" when we ask
     her
     a question. When I kiss her hello or goodbye, she looks at me and
     "puckers up" her lips.

     This may not seem like much to you, but it means everything to Terri's

     mother and me. It tells us she is still here, she still knows us, and
     with therapy and time she can have some level of recovery.

     I know that there are some hard hearted people who believe that due to

     my daughters condition, she is better off dead. Words cannot describe
     the pain and anger such sentiments cause us. This is our daughter, our

     little girl, and even in her disabled condition, she still has the
     right to life and the right to be loved and cared for by her family.

     Why, you may ask, is Terry in danger of death by starvation?

     It is a long and outrageous story, but I'll give it to you as briefly
     as I can.

     After the "incident" that left Terry in this condition, her husband
     Michael Schiavo sued various members of the medical community for
     money, saying that they did not treat or diagnose her properly at an
     early stage, and that he needed this money to provide for Terri's
     therapy and rehabilitation and care.

     After lengthy court battles, he finally won upwards of $1.7 million
     under the guise of caring for our daughter, and then to our horror, he

     immediately began spending the money on himself and his Playboy
     lifestyle.

     Terri's estranged husband Michael Schiavo has been living with another

     woman for years, and has two children by her. He is determined to see
     Terri dead. Why? We believe it's because he gets to keep whatever
     money
     is left... and he may have even darker motives than that.

     To add insult to all of this injury toward my daughter, Michael
     Schiavo
     is still her "legal husband" and therefore is her "guardian." And
     since
     they are not legally divorced, he controls whatever health care she
     will and will not get. We are not even allowed to know if she is
     getting aspirin.

     In 1993 my family initiated litigation against Michael Schiavo solely
     for the purpose of acquiring medical, physical and neurological
     assistance for our daughter Terri. The litigation escalated in 1998
     when Michael Schiavo petitioned the court to stop Terri from receiving

     food and water, thereby starving her to death.

     In filing this legal action, he retained the services of a high
     profile
     euthanasia attorney and the financial backing of powerful euthanasia
     organizations. He also used Terri's medical rehabilitation money to
     underwrite much of the legal expenses associated with his effort to
     starve our daughter to death.

     We know that he has spent nearly $500,000 of Terri's money in
     attorney's fees for just one attorney trying to obtain a court order
     to
     have Terri starved to death. The very money that was supposed to be
     used for Terri's rehabilitation is being used to have her killed.

     We very quickly discovered it was impossible for us to compete with
     the
     abundance of financial and legal resources the pro-death organizations

     were providing Micheal Schiavo in their effort to kill Terri. They are

     pouring time and effort into her starvation because they want to use
     this case to further the agenda of legalized euthanasia.

     My wife and I are not wealthy people. Throughout those years, we did
     not have any large organizations trying to help rescue our daughter.
     Consequently, we had to rely on the generosity of attorneys who were
     willing to offer their legal expertise at no cost or at reduced fees.

     The bottom line is that we are in the final weeks or months [note:
     March 18th 2005 is the date for removal of food and water] of our
     struggle to rescue our daughter from an untimely death by starvation.
     Death by starvation is very slow, and extremely painful. As you must
     know, it is against the law to deliberately starve an animal to death.

     There are members of the Florida court who would not treat a dog the
     way they plan to treat my daughter.

     At this point we must pull out all the stops in our fight to rescue
     our
     daughter.

     As parents, we are desperate to save our daughter's life. As people
     who
     love life, we are determined to deprive the euthanasia advocates of
     successfully legalizing this form of homicide. We believe that their
     efforts to kill Terri are designed to set a precedent for the future
     eradication of defenseless disabled human beings. I was alive when
     Americans fought the Nazis; I do not want my daughter to meet the same

     fate of thousands of disabled people in Nazi Germany, and I do not
     want
     our country to go down that same dark path.

     Friend, though we have never met, I'm asking you for your help. We
     desperately need your financial assistance to help our family continue

     the battle to keep our daughter from being starved to death. There are

     so many expenses in a case like this it is mind-boggling and
     overwhelming. Please click below to make a contribution now:

     https://secure.cartlight.com/merchant/terri/?afid=maxb

     Our adversaries believe that by our family's financial attrition and
     difficulties, they will attain their objective of killing our
     daughter.
     Presently, Terri's starvation may only be a few weeks away, unless we
     find the financial resources to prevent this atrocity from becoming a
     reality.

     I implore you to please help us. We are writing to you, because we
     believe you have a heart for justice and mercy. I'm asking you to put
     yourself in my shoes, and then do whatever you can to help our family.

     Whether it is $10 or $1000, we are desperate for the resources to
     fight
     this battle for our daughter's life at this critical juncture.

     Please do whatever you can, and forward this e-mail to any friends or
     family that you have who you think might be interested in saving
     Terri's life.

     I thank you for your time, your concern, and I solicit your prayers
     for
     Terri and our entire family. These have been very trying times for us
     all.

     Sincerely,

     Bob Schindler Sr.

     CLICK HERE TO CONTRIBUTE NOW!

     https://secure.cartlight.com/merchant/terri/?afid=maxb

     To submit a donation by check, please make check payable to "Terri
     Schinler-Schiavo Foundation" and send to:

     The Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation c/o NewsMax PO Box 20989 West
     Palm Beach FL, 33416

     http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/2/24/81237.shtml
  1. I sure wish I'd seen that letter two weeks ago!