Stabbed cabbie out of work, worries about feeding family

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Source: CNN

"Ahmed is a strong man, but mentally he has limits," said Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance. "The trauma he's experienced will last for a long time."

Desai spent time this weekend with Sharif. She said his most pressing worry is how he'll provide for his wife and four children -- including a 10-month-old --without a job. Sharif is receiving 2/3 of his salary, about $30,000 a year, in workers' compensation. Union members do not get health insurance or disability payments, Desai said.

"My guess is that he'll be unable to work for at least four months," Desai said. "He can't even pick up his baby because of the wounds to his arms. He can't turn his neck."

There's been so little money raised over the past few days for Sharif that it would "barely cover baby formula," said Desai who, along with Sharif, held a widely publicized press conference Friday announcing the union was creating a fund for the family. The union's website indicates how to mail a donation or give online.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/29/cab.driver.attacked/index.html?hpt=T2

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Here's where one can go to make a donation - http://www.nytwa.org/

I gave a few dollars. My way of helping out this man and his family, and also my way of saying up yours to all the right wing hate merchants out there who are partially responsible for this.