A Grammy-nominated violinist has been reunited with a £2million violin he left in the back of a cab.
Grammy-nominated violinist Philippe Quint got out of a cab at New York City's Battery Park early Monday, leaving the 1723 Antonio Stradivari "Ex-Keisewetter" inside. The violin spent the remainder of the night on the seat of the cab, which owner Mohamed Khalil parked on a Newark street.
By the morning, he was still unaware of what he was carrying.
By then, the frantic Quint was calling the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Newark's Taxi Commission, which put the word out that the violin was missing.
Monday afternoon, Khalil checked his taxi while at Newark Liberty International Airport and discovered the violin case with the instrument inside.
Quint soon arrived, dropped to his knees and shed tears of joy.
I'm not surprised!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Good old Christopher Biggins is among the celebs supporting a national campaign to raise money for the development of a new treatment for veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The campaign has been launched by social inclusion charity P3 to raise money to fund the development of a new treatment for combat related PTSD, which in pilot tests delivered an 80% success rate within the first 28 days.
Ex-RAF Officer Steve Bradbury has taken on the challenge to run the London Marathon this week and he hopes to raise the first milestone of £64,000 for P3. This money is needed to complete the final development of the treatment programme and enable P3 to prepare for a larger pilot scheme, which will be independently assessed.
This unique new treatment delivers a six month programme involving 28 days of PTSD Recovery Training followed by five months of social rehabilitation which may include re-housing for homelessness, drug and alcohol rehab and other social inclusion programmes.
The ‘Once is enough’ campaign is supported by ‘King of the Jungle’ Christopher Biggins, ex SAS and TV personalities Bear Grylls and Major Ken Hames (Ken has suffered for many years with PTSD) and Britain’s first female fast jet pilot Jo Salter
Sponsoring Steve Bradbury at the London Marathon is something that everyone can do to make a real difference to those servicemen and women who are affected by the nightmare of PTSD,” adds Christopher Biggins.For more information on the ‘Once is enough’ campaign visit http://www.knuckledownforheroes.com/ or to sponsor Steve Bradley at the forthcoming London Marathon, visit http://www.justgiving.com/ / SteveBradbury
The campaign has been launched by social inclusion charity P3 to raise money to fund the development of a new treatment for combat related PTSD, which in pilot tests delivered an 80% success rate within the first 28 days.
Ex-RAF Officer Steve Bradbury has taken on the challenge to run the London Marathon this week and he hopes to raise the first milestone of £64,000 for P3. This money is needed to complete the final development of the treatment programme and enable P3 to prepare for a larger pilot scheme, which will be independently assessed.
This unique new treatment delivers a six month programme involving 28 days of PTSD Recovery Training followed by five months of social rehabilitation which may include re-housing for homelessness, drug and alcohol rehab and other social inclusion programmes.
The ‘Once is enough’ campaign is supported by ‘King of the Jungle’ Christopher Biggins, ex SAS and TV personalities Bear Grylls and Major Ken Hames (Ken has suffered for many years with PTSD) and Britain’s first female fast jet pilot Jo Salter
Sponsoring Steve Bradbury at the London Marathon is something that everyone can do to make a real difference to those servicemen and women who are affected by the nightmare of PTSD,” adds Christopher Biggins.For more information on the ‘Once is enough’ campaign visit http://www.knuckledownforheroes.com/ or to sponsor Steve Bradley at the forthcoming London Marathon, visit http://www.justgiving.com/ / SteveBradbury
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