Kathleen Bomford:  

After graduation, I attended Hofstra for 1 & 1/2 years then went to work for an Insurance company. I left there when I had my second knee operation - I was on crutches for 7 months - and then worked at a mid-town insurance agency for 4 years. In 1979, I moved to Queens and by the end of 1983 decided I couldn't stand commuting to the city. I went to work as a bookkeeper for a plumbing contractor in Queens and was there for 7 years. I took some time off - had my son in 1992 - and worked for several construction firms until 1998. On 12/10/98 I was rear-ended in a 5 car chain-reaction crash on Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont, The crash messed up a couple of disks in my back and totally blew-out my surgically- repaired knee. I get around with a cane but can't sit or stand for any length of time and obviously can't walk too far which pretty much has made it impossible to go back to work. The S...Expand for more