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    Deaf community outraged after interpreter signed gibberish before Irma

    Deaf community outraged after interpreter signed gibberish before Irma

    By Alex Mendoza


    September 16, 2017 |

    An amateur interpreter for the deaf was tapped at the last minute to provide sign language during a press conference — and things got out of hand.
    Before Hurricane Irma ripped through Florida, Manatee County leaders were preparing to address the public with “crucial” information.
    That’s when, “in a pinch,” they called Marshall Greene to communicate using sign language, according to WFLA.
    Greene, a lifeguard for the county, veered off course when he began signing words like “pizza,” “bear,” and “monster,” among others — words that had nothing to do with the press conference.


    “I knew something went horribly wrong,” Charlene McCarthy told WFLA. McCarthy owns VisCom, a company that regularly provides interpreters for the county.
    “It was horribly unnerving for me to watch that, knowing I could provide a qualified, certified interpreter,” she fumed.

    http://nypost.com/2017/09/16/deaf-co...h-before-irma/






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    McCarthy owns VisCom, a company that regularly provides interpreters for the county.
    “It was horribly unnerving for me to watch that, knowing I could provide a qualified, certified interpreter,” she fumed.
    I hate this woman.

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