| 词条 | Harry Whittington |
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| name = Harry Whittington | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1927|3|3|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Henderson, Texas, U.S. | occupation = Lawyer, real estate investor, political figure | spouse = Mercedes Baker | children = 4 }}Harry M. Whittington (born March 3, 1927) is an American lawyer, real estate investor, and political figure from Austin, Texas, who received international media attention following an incident on February 11, 2006, when he was shot in the face by Vice President Dick Cheney while hunting quail with two women on a ranch in Kenedy County, Texas, near Corpus Christi.[1] Government serviceOver the years, he has been appointed to several committees and commissions, including the Office of Patient Protection Executive Committee (a committee formed by the governor of Texas to ensure the rights of patients), the Texas Public Finance Authority Board, and the Texas Department of Corrections. In the 1980s, as an appointee of Gov. Bill Clements, he was instrumental in bringing about reforms necessary for Texas to comply with a federal court order that found the state's treatment of its prisoners unconstitutional.[2] Whittington was named presiding officer of the Texas Funeral Service Commission after a major shakeup of the agency in 1999. He was appointed by then-Texas Governor George W. Bush and re-appointed in 2002 by Governor Rick Perry.[3] Land disputeIn 2000, Whittington began fighting a legal case involving the eminent domain seizure of a city block of property he owned in Austin. In 2013, after various court proceedings, a Texas district court awarded the title of the property to the city of Austin and ordered the city to pay Whittington $10,500,000 in compensation for the property.[4]{{primary-inline|date=February 2019}} Hunting incident{{Main|Dick Cheney hunting incident}}On Saturday, February 11, 2006, Whittington was accidentally shot by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during a quail hunting trip, at a ranch in south Texas. Most of the damage from the shotgun blast was to the right side of his body, including damage to his face, chest, and neck, and he had a collapsed lung. He was taken to Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital by ambulance and put into intensive care. The accident was not announced in the news media until the White House confirmed the incident to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times approximately 12 hours after the incident.[5] On February 14, some of the lead birdshot lodged in Whittington's heart caused a minor heart attack.[6][7] Doctors did not remove all the pellets from Whittington's body. They estimated that there were "less than 150 or 200" pellets lodged in his body immediately after the shooting,[7] and about 30 pieces of shot were expected to remain inside him for the rest of his life.[8] On February 17, Whittington made a public statement that "We all assume certain risks in whatever we do. Whatever activities we pursue and regardless of how experienced, careful and dedicated we are, accidents do and will happen."[9] After being released from the hospital, he apologized to the Vice President and his family: "My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this week."[8] Following the incident, Whittington returned to private life and refused many media offers for interviews.[8] In an October 2010 issue of the Washington Post, he broke his silence about the shooting.[8] Whittington told the paper that although many media outlets had described Cheney and him as "good friends", the pair had only met one another three times in 30 years, and had never been hunting before.[10] The Washington Post article also said that Cheney had violated "two basic rules of hunting safety": he failed to ensure that he had a clear shot before firing, and fired without being able to see blue sky beneath his target.[10] The paper also reported that Cheney has still neither publicly nor privately apologized to Whittington for the shooting.[11] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/texas-cops-release-cheney-shooting-report |title=Texas Cops Release Cheney Shooting Report |publisher=The Smoking Gun |date=February 16, 2006}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/politics/13cheney.html?hp&ex=1139893200&en=ef5d2efe3efde24c&ei=5094&partner=homepage |title=Cheney Shoots Fellow Hunter in Mishap on a Texas Ranch |publisher=New York Times |first=Anne |last=Kornblut |date=February 13, 2006}} 3. ^Perry reappoints Whittington to funeral commission Austin Business Journal. 6 August 2002. 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://casetext.com/case/whittington-v-city-of-austin-3|title=Whittington v. Austin|work=456 S.W.3d 692 (Tex. App. 2015)}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1159016,00.html |title=The Man Dick Cheney Shot |publisher=Time magazine |first=Mike |last=Allen |date=February 13, 2006}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11340558/ |title=Cheney shooting accident has political echoes |publisher=MSNBC.com |date=February 14, 2006}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/politics/14cnd-cheney.html |title=Hunter Shot by Cheney Suffers Mild Heart Attack |publisher=New York Times |first=Maria |last=Newman|date=February 14, 2006}} 8. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/13/AR2010101307173.html |title=Since Dick Cheney shot him, Harry Whittington's aim has been to move on |publisher=Washington Post |first=Paul |last=Farhi |date=October 14, 2010 |page=1}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/17/cheney/index.html |title=Man shot by Cheney: 'Accidents do and will happen' |publisher=CNN |date=February 20, 2006}} 10. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/13/AR2010101307173.html |title=Since Dick Cheney shot him, Harry Whittington's aim has been to move on |publisher=Washington Post |first=Paul |last=Farhi |date=October 14, 2010 |page=4}} 11. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/13/AR2010101307173.html |title=Since Dick Cheney shot him, Harry Whittington's aim has been to move on |publisher=Washington Post |first=Paul |last=Farhi |date=October 14, 2010 |page=5}} External links
11 : 1927 births|Living people|American Episcopalians|People from Austin, Texas|People from Corpus Christi, Texas|People from Longview, Texas|American shooting survivors|Texas lawyers|University of Texas at Austin alumni|People from Kenedy County, Texas|People from Henderson, Texas |
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