It has been a riveting afternoon of television while the second escaped convict was finally taken down. The police officer who shot him saw him in a residential street, recognised him, shouted to him to stop, then shot him when he didn't. As he was a firearms instructor he knew where to shoot without killing him. And although injured and transported to hospital where he had surgery, he will get better and go to another prison where life won't be so cosy. I don't think life is going to be cosy in any prisons from now on. There'll be no television and hotplates in cells for cooking hamburgers, and no sex with civilian employees (!!) And most importantly, there will be lots of questions as to how much help they had to escape. It was said that as he is in prison for life without parole he has no incentive to answer any questions. But he might change his mind when there are things that he wants.
Later in the afternoon the New York Governor held a Press Conference, and I couldn't understand why the Prison Governor - who has been conspicuous by his absence - wasn't there (in this country the prison governor is called the "warden" and the warders are "prison officers" - I think I've got that right). Even more strange is that no one was asking where the Governor was. Undoubtedly heads are going to be rolling, and in prisons across the nation, THERE WILL BE CHANGES.
While watching all this I finished a crocheting project for Kate at the Senior Centre. She is going to give it to someone whose company donated $7500 to the Senior Centre - she said these are their colours, black and gold. If I'd had more gold yarn I'd have made it bigger, but Kate gave me the yarn and I can't get any more.
This evening Bruce and Rosalyn invited me to dinner at the Red Lobster, a popular seafood restaurant here, and it was a very pleasant, enjoyable evening.
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