Or at least I assume it is a JR.

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This is a pretty strong piece, if maybe a bit too morbid for the entrance to a grade school. They look like a childs crutches, especially with the big pink flowers decorating them. He was leaving a Community Board meeting at the school when he was struck and killed.

I do remember him navigating the neighborhood on his crutches, I was sad when I recognized his face here.

Harry Wieder, an LGBT rights, transportation, and disabilities advocate, was run down and killed by a taxi last night in the LES. Weider, 57, described himself on his Facebook page as a “disabled, gay, Jewish, leftist, middle aged dwarf who ambulates with crutches.” He was crossing Essex Street after leaving a Community Board 3 monthly meeting at P.S. 20 when he was struck by the cab. Gothamist, April 28.

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