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letter to editor - (3/17/2015)

 

this letter to the editor appeared in Philadelphia Inquirer on 3/17/2015 recognizing and thanking A Lift for a Vet for our good work on behalf of Vets.

 

Quite a lift

You might think of the International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 5 as real-life Spidermen spinning miles of cable strands as they install systems throughout the high-rise world. But I'm grateful that they also stay close to the ground, having helped their fellow man in a simple two-story townhouse.

My dad is 89 and relies on a chair lift (Mom calls it his trolley) to take him from first to second floor. Like all things, it eventually broke and was beyond my limited skills to fix.

I found Local 5, which has a wonderful program called Lift for a Vet. I felt pretty vindicated when two union members stopped by and they couldn't get the trolley working either. But they didn't stop there. Nope, these guys returned and installed a new trolley that runs smoothly, quietly, and safely. My thanks to Local 5.

|Paul G. Stridick, Merchantville, paul.stridick@comcast.net

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/inquirer/20150317_LETTERS_-_March_17.html#BJkho7djHv9C92Hf.99

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