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Sign language interpreter used gibberish, warned of bears, monsters during Hurricane Irma update [View all]
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Sign language interpreter used gibberish, warned of bears, monsters during Hurricane Irma update
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Sign language interpreter used gibberish, warned of bears, monsters during Hurricane Irma update
Updated on September 15, 2017 at 10:42 PM Posted on September 15, 2017 at 10:07 AM
By Leada Gore
lgore@al.com
Officials in Manatee County, Florida are under fire after an interpreter for the deaf warned about pizza and monsters during an emergency briefing related to Hurricane Irma.
The interpreter, Marshall Greene, a lifeguard for the county, has a brother who is deaf, according to the DailyMoth, a video news site that provides information via American Sign Language. Greene was used as the interpreter for a Sept. 8 press conference regarding the incoming storm and possible evacuations.
Members of the deaf community said Greene mostly signed gibberish, referencing "pizza," "monsters," and using the phrase "help you at that time to use bear big," during the event. Other information signed to viewers was incomplete, experts said.
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Several videos online show the press conference with transcripts of Greene's signing.
Updated on September 15, 2017 at 10:42 PM Posted on September 15, 2017 at 10:07 AM
By Leada Gore
lgore@al.com
Officials in Manatee County, Florida are under fire after an interpreter for the deaf warned about pizza and monsters during an emergency briefing related to Hurricane Irma.
The interpreter, Marshall Greene, a lifeguard for the county, has a brother who is deaf, according to the DailyMoth, a video news site that provides information via American Sign Language. Greene was used as the interpreter for a Sept. 8 press conference regarding the incoming storm and possible evacuations.
Members of the deaf community said Greene mostly signed gibberish, referencing "pizza," "monsters," and using the phrase "help you at that time to use bear big," during the event. Other information signed to viewers was incomplete, experts said.
....
Several videos online show the press conference with transcripts of Greene's signing.
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