[Magdalen] Urgent Prayers Needed

[Jay Weigel]

Just FYI, I've learned that Sophia's father is an attorney and there is
likely to be a HUGE lawsuit in the future, but that's not the concern at
the present.

On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Prayers for Sophia and everyone involved in this terrible situation.
>
> Ginga
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Marion Thompson <
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Prayers continue here, as they have for some weeks now.  I'm glad that
> > _finally_ there is somewhat increased coverage in the media.
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/22/2016 2:41 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> >
> >> As many of you may have heard, the police have been attacking unarmed
> >> water
> >> protectors at the Standing Rock Camp with water cannons, concussion
> bombs,
> >> and rubber bullets. This kind of violence is uncalled for IMNSHO. One
> >> unarmed person, Sophia Wilansky, was hit in the arm by a concussion
> >> grenade
> >> which exploded. She is in critical condition in a Bismarck hospital and
> >> very likely to lose her arm. Prayers are needed for her and for all the
> >> other protesters who are being attacked. Here is the press release
> >> concerning Ms. Wilansky:
> >>
> >> Prepared by Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council at the Standing Rock
> >> Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance Camps
> >>
> >> On November 21st as a direct result of the violent police response at
> >> Standing Rock towards unarmed people opposing the Dakota Access
> Pipeline,
> >> a
> >> 21 year old woman from New York City, Sophia Wilansky, was severely
> >> injured
> >> when a concussion grenade thrown by police hit her left arm and
> exploded.
> >> Sophia was heading to bring water to the unarmed people who were being
> >> attacked for several hours by Morton County Sheriff forces. The Morton
> >> County Sheriff’s Department has stated that she was injured by a
> purported
> >> propane explosion that the Sheriff’s Department claimed the unarmed
> people
> >> created. These statements are refuted by Sophia’s testimony, by several
> >> eye-witnesses who watched police intentionally throw concussion grenades
> >> at
> >> unarmed people, by the lack of charring of flesh at the wound site and
> by
> >> the grenade pieces that have been removed from her arm in surgery and
> will
> >> be saved for legal proceedings.
> >>
> >> Sophia was safely taken out of North Dakota for emergent surgery and is
> >> currently in stable condition. Below is her statement as conveyed by her
> >> father, lawyer Wayne Wilansky.
> >>
> >> “At around 4:30am after the police hit the bridge with water cannons and
> >> rubber bullets and pepper spray they lobbed a number of concussion
> >> grenades
> >> which are not supposed to be thrown at people directly at protesters or
> >> protectors as they want to be called. A grenade exploded right as it hit
> >> Sophia in the left forearm taking most of the undersurface of her left
> arm
> >> with it. Both her radial and ulnar artery were completely destroyed. Her
> >> radius was shattered and a large piece of it is missing. Her medial
> nerve
> >> is missing a large section as well.  All of the muscle and soft tissue
> >> between her elbow and wrist were blown away. The police did not do this
> by
> >> accident - it was an intentional act of throwing it directly at her.
> >> Additionally police were shooting people in face and groin intending to
> do
> >> the most possible damage. Sophia will have surgery again tomorrow as bit
> >> by
> >> bit they try to rebuild a somewhat functioning arm and hand. The first
> >> surgery took a vein from her leg which they have implanted in her arm to
> >> take the place of the missing arteries. She will need multiple surgeries
> >> to
> >> try to gain some functional use of the arm and hand. She will be, every
> >> day
> >> for the foreseeable future, fearful of losing her arm and hand. There
> are
> >> no words to describe the pain of watching my daughter cry and say she
> was
> >> sorry for the pain she caused me and my wife. I died a thousand deaths
> >> today and will continue to do so for quite some time. I am left without
> >> the
> >> right words to describe the anguish of watching her look at her now
> alien
> >> arm and hand.”
> >>
> >> A fund set up by friends and verified to help with Sophia’s recovery is
> >> set
> >> up here:
> >>
> >> https://www.gofundme.com/30aezxs
> >>
> >> The Standing Rock Medic Healer Council deplores the ongoing use of
> >> violence
> >> by the state of North Dakota to address the concerns of the thousands of
> >> people peacefully assembled at Standing Rock to insist on the right to
> >> clean healthy drinking water.
> >>
> >> Water is Life, Mni Wiconi
> >>
> >>
> >
>