<p>Turns out he's got a tumor in his heart and lungs. Hope he's going to be okay out of this.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 2012-01-30 9:25 AM, "Muhammad Naseer Bhatti" <<a href="mailto:nbhatti@gmail.com">nbhatti@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
This is sad new, what happened to him?<br>
<br>
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Michael Collins <<a href="mailto:msc@freeswitch.org">msc@freeswitch.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello FreeSWITCH Community,<br>
><br>
> We wanted to let everyone know that Brian West is in St. Francis Hospital,<br>
> Tulsa, OK. He is checked into room 4325. At this point it looks like he will<br>
> be there for at least a week.<br>
><br>
> I think it's safe to say that Brian is a dynamo not just for FreeSWITCH but<br>
> for open source VoIP and telephony. My guess is that there's not a person<br>
> who's worked with Asterisk or FreeSWITCH in the past 10 years who hasn't<br>
> been aided in one way or another by Brian. Personally I can say that in the<br>
> past five years Brian has helped me immeasurably. I think I have literally<br>
> asked him thousands of questions and he has patiently answered them all.<br>
><br>
> We would like to have everyone keep Brian in their thoughts and prayers.<br>
> Please feel free to send him cards and well wishes at the hospital. Also, if<br>
> you wish to send gifts and such to his home address you may do so:<br>
><br>
> Brian West<br>
> 714 Osage Ave<br>
> McAlester, OK<br>
> 74501-6638<br>
><br>
> For those who are interested in helping in more practical ways, such as<br>
> helping to defray the considerable medical costs that no doubt will be<br>
> incurred, we will have more information shortly.<br>
><br>
> Please spread the word via Facebook, Twitter, and any other medium you have.<br>
> Let's all let Brian know just how much we value him as a colleague and<br>
> friend!<br>
><br>
> -Michael Collins<br>
><br>
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