KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two teenagers were caught on surveillance tape attacking a 65-year-old woman and pushing her off her scooter Tuesday night.Kay Fox had just pulled into the driveway of the Oak Hall condominiums in Kansas City when she felt someone push her."All of a sudden, I felt the scooter go over," Fox said.Surveillance video showed two kids push and punch Fox and wrestle her scooter away from her."I was down on the ground, and I reached over and I grabbed the tire, and I thought, 'I'm not going to let go,'" Fox said.The video showed the kids pulling the scooter and Fox along the driveway while the garage door closed, narrowly missing Fox.Fox said after the garage door closed, the kids became even more violent."I just definitely was not going to let go, and that's the end of it. He came around as the garage door was closing and then he started stomping on my head," Fox said. "It was the helmet that really saved me."The kids got away with the 2006 Honda Metropolitan scooter, Fox's keys and garage door opener.Workers changed out the locks and codes on Wednesday.Oak Hall Property manager Sandy Bodner said she was in a board meeting when a doorman came into the meeting and said someone had been mugged."This makes me very angry because this isn't the first time this has happened," Bodner said. "If it's shown on television, maybe someone will recognize them and maybe they can be caught."After hearing her story, radio station 101 The Fox rallied behind Fox and contacted Gail's Harley Davidson, which gave Fox a new scooter."I just want to thank everyone for being so nice. This is all I had was a scooter, and so now, I have wheels again. It just means everything to me. Thank you," Fox said. Fox said she would like to see the pair who robbed her caught."I want to see them and I want to talk to them. They're forgiven, you know, I totally forgive them. But I need to sit down and talk with them and ask them why," Fox said.Fox said she hopes the pair can be helped.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two teenagers were caught on surveillance tape attacking a 65-year-old woman and pushing her off her scooter Tuesday night.Kay Fox had just pulled into the driveway of the Oak Hall condominiums in Kansas City when she felt someone push her."All of a sudden, I felt the scooter go over," Fox said.Surveillance video showed two kids push and punch Fox and wrestle her scooter away from her."I was down on the ground, and I reached over and I grabbed the tire, and I thought, 'I'm not going to let go,'" Fox said.The video showed the kids pulling the scooter and Fox along the driveway while the garage door closed, narrowly missing Fox.Fox said after the garage door closed, the kids became even more violent."I just definitely was not going to let go, and that's the end of it. He came around as the garage door was closing and then he started stomping on my head," Fox said. "It was the helmet that really saved me."The kids got away with the 2006 Honda Metropolitan scooter, Fox's keys and garage door opener.Workers changed out the locks and codes on Wednesday.Oak Hall Property manager Sandy Bodner said she was in a board meeting when a doorman came into the meeting and said someone had been mugged."This makes me very angry because this isn't the first time this has happened," Bodner said. "If it's shown on television, maybe someone will recognize them and maybe they can be caught."After hearing her story, radio station 101 The Fox rallied behind Fox and contacted Gail's Harley Davidson, which gave Fox a new scooter."I just want to thank everyone for being so nice. This is all I had was a scooter, and so now, I have wheels again. It just means everything to me. Thank you," Fox said. Fox said she would like to see the pair who robbed her caught."I want to see them and I want to talk to them. They're forgiven, you know, I totally forgive them. But I need to sit down and talk with them and ask them why," Fox said.Fox said she hopes the pair can be helped.
AMHERST, N.H. -- An Amherst woman plans to travel from New Hampshire to Georgia at a painstaking 35 mph to raise money for breast cancer research. Barbara Landry said she will ride 1,100 miles on her scooter in honor of her sister-in-law, Dale Burns Golinski, who died from breast cancer last year. Landry and her mother are also both cancer survivors. If everything goes as plans, Landry's "Trails For Dale" will end on Aug. 9, the anniversary of the day Golinski passed away."Part of it was about bringing Dale with me, journeying with her and spreading joy," Landry said.Because of the scooter's slow speed, the trip will be made on back roads. A friend joined Landry to the Massachusetts border, and Landry's mother, aunt and, eventually, two children will ride nearby in a minivan, communicating by walkie-talkie.On the back of the scooter is a flag and a photo of Golinski."Whether it's hot, whether it's cold -- it's all about staying joyful and appreciative every day," Landry said. "It's the inspiration Dale gave us."
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