I lost a leg and need help getting back on my …”feet”
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Hi my name is Chris Autrey, 55 years old, from Oklahoma City Oklahoma. I am experiencing something I wasn’t prepared for and would really appreciate any help it all because right now I have nothing. I am an amputee, BTK, below the knee of my left leg due to a motorcycle accident that ensued back in May of 2018.
This might be a little long-winded but let me set the stage. I Am by profession a licensed through the state of Oklahoma professional tattoo artist since 2006 until covid. I was doing some remodeling on the inside of my tattoo studio and needed some Sheetrock screws, so I jumped on my motorcycle at around 5:00 p.m. to venture just a couple of miles to an Ace hardware. Upon leaving that parking lot at an intersection that was busy I was t-boned on my motorcycle by a 17 year old inattentive, texting girl that would change my life forever. My ankle who was pulverized, Achilles tendon torn into and eight compound fractures before the leg was basically torn from my body. I had a foot connected by a piece of skin to my knee. Mean it was Rush hour the ambulance took 45 minutes to arrive at the scene, leaving me incoherent and blind due to the lack of blood from bleeding out at that intersection. Not aware that I was even cited, wrongfully, for failure to yield stating it was my fault. Being a motorcycle advocate for the down bikers association for years and being an enthusiast for over 40 years, I am aware of my immediate surrounding when on a motorcycle. I was hospitalized for 4 months, trying to save the leg, which in tailed 54 full sedation surgeries in that time period. I was told I would never walk again, released in a wheelchair to return to find out that my business had become a trap house in my absence. So unable to stand up I proceeded to try to save my business’reputation as one of Oklahoma city’s premiere tattoo studios. I was vulnerable and became a mark to many of the ne’r-d0-wells, much like a wounded gazelle on the Serengeti… That my studio was basically a cash business with an ATM on site and a guy in a wheelchair they can’t stand up to protect it, I had to bring a firearm to keep in the business to protect myself and others from thugs. During this time. Covid ensued and without even knowing that I had a warrant for a misdemeanor failure to your yield ticket, due to all the courts being closed, a raid was done on my establishment prompted by his statement of somebody setting me up by placing another firearm I didn’t know existed inside my studio and calling the police. Before I was able to bond out said people broke in and robbed me of everything in my business in Oklahoma, my car’s outside of my business, and my home and businesses in Colorado. I bonded out to find nothing left in either state only the last 2 weeks before a violent arrest putting me in the hospital before booking me to sew me up, put me in a CT scan for a major concussion and without my permission wow sedated removed my leg and amputated it below the knee. Then booked me in the county jail where I had to serve almost 5 years in prison for something I didn’t do. I have been out since May of this year, at which time I applied for SSI, SSDI, food stamps, emergency financial assistance, etc. At which time I have been awarded less than $300 in food stamps and nothing else, no help whatsoever! I have been lucky enough to be able to stay on the couch of a friend, it is in a small town suburb an setting of the city so hard to get anywhere when you only have one leg. I was given a partial prosthetic while in prison that was not made for me so it does not enable me mobility. I got out with no clothes or anything else that’s necessary for survival on a day-to-day basis. So anything that you can help with is a blessing that I hope you receive abundant blessings if you can help me with this. I can’t afford to bring my professional license up to date, a car, clothes, toiletries and hygiene items, etc, so any donations are life changing for me. Thank you! My pay.pal/me is chrisautrey690 and my cashapp is $capone4i0n5k.
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dmark44001 –
Your story has deeply moved us, and I’m pastor David Mark, a dedicated helper of those in need. As part of our church’s outreach program, we visit cyber begging sites to provide financial support to individuals who require assistance. We allocate 20% of our church’s income every month to this cause. If you’re in need of help, please don’t hesitate to contact me with your full name, current home address, cellphone number, and the amount needed via email. [email protected] or +1 325-307-4587