Jiggs in a trouble-spot

Jiggs McDonald, the longtime radio voice of the New York Islanders and one of the most-respected media people in NHL history, is stranded in Bangkok, Thailand.
His dauther, Susan DeSimone, has written various media outlets as she attempts to bring international attention to the situation involving her mother and father.
“He and my Mom are stranded in Bangkok because of the political situation there,” DeSimone writes. “They were on their last day of their Asian tour and were scheduled to be departing Bangkok, but protesters have taken over the airport and they can’t fly out.
“The tour company is trying to find alternate ways to get their 80-some passenger group out of there, but there aren’t too many safe alternatives.
“At first they were told the conflict would resolve quickly, but it now appears that it will last much longer and there may be violence in the city between the two major groups — or a military coup.
“We are trying to put pressure on the (Canadian) government to get them out of there. Some countries are sending planes into a Thai military base to get their citizens out. So far, there hasn’t been much response from the (Canadian) embassy there.”
DeSimone is posting updates on her Dad’s Facebook page, which is right here.
And the Los Angeles Times, for one, already has a story about the situation on its website. That story is right here.