A Sad But Unrelated Note

This has nothing at all to do with transplants.
Thursday evening, there was a hit and run at the restaurant (Haiku) across the street from the restaurant that I work at. Michael Rose, a patron at the bar, decided to "dine and dash." He had a bar check for over $100. His server, Rachel Widomski and owner, Julie Liu, followed him out of the restaurant to confront him about his tab. He purposely backed over them twice and also hit another patron of Haiku. Rachel is now in critical condition at Grant Hospital in Columbus, OH. Mrs. Liu is at OSU Hospital in serious condition. The other person was treated at the scene and released.
Ms. Widomski will never walk again because this idiot backed over her twice. She had surgery to repair her liver. She was placed in a drug-induced coma until she is strong enough to handle more surgery. There is blood in her lungs. She was to have back surgery tonight to repair a spine broken in 2 places. Only one break can be repaired, the other cannot be fixed. Then she faces yet another surgery. She is a student, 26 or 27 years old and will have major medical bills.
As part of the server community in the Short North area of Columbus, I feel the need to do something to help Rachel. She is the best friend of one of my coworkers. We are planning on organizing a couple of fundraisers and will have a website set up soon for any donations to help with the medical bills. We will be meeting with a local bank on Monday to set up a fund for her. I will post more info and links as we get it all together. If you can give, please do. In the meantime, please keep Rachel and Ms. Liu in your prayers.
Michael Rose is 43 years old with two DUI convictions. He was awaiting trial for theft charges when this occurred. He turned himself in earlier this evening but this does not bring peace to Rachel and her family. His behavior is an atrocity and hopefully he will pay for this crime.
Here is a link to the story in the Columbus Dispatch: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/05/16/haiku.html?sid=101