Go Pia Go!
Here's the latest on my former colleague, the awe-inspring Maria Pia Sass,
And of course, these stories always have a laugh-line:
Pia and I attended the same law school and were law clerks together at the Minneapolis City Attorney's office back in the early 90's. She was amazing back then. My favorite story was that despite Pia's rather left-ward political leanings, she arranged for a shooting lesson with the office's resident second-amendment expert (some would say gun-nut). Perhaps she wanted to understand where he was coming from a little bit better.
Pia showed up on a Saturday morning, apparently having never fired a weapon before. She proceeded to nail the targets - impressing even the gun-guy.
She was in a coma through the summer of '04. She suffered a broken leg, a shattered hip and lung, and arm and shoulder injuries. And that was the mild stuff.
Most frightening, a tendon was all that was keeping her skull connected to her spine. Coming out of the coma in September 2004, she would discover her speech, sight, taste, mobility and memory all had been shattered by the crash.
And of course, these stories always have a laugh-line:
"Pia tells our friends about how she woke up and thought, 'Oh, my God, all of this and I'm with the least nurturing person in the world.' "
Pia and I attended the same law school and were law clerks together at the Minneapolis City Attorney's office back in the early 90's. She was amazing back then. My favorite story was that despite Pia's rather left-ward political leanings, she arranged for a shooting lesson with the office's resident second-amendment expert (some would say gun-nut). Perhaps she wanted to understand where he was coming from a little bit better.
Pia showed up on a Saturday morning, apparently having never fired a weapon before. She proceeded to nail the targets - impressing even the gun-guy.
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