They chose Atlanta because it is the closest city to Raleigh with a rapid rail system. Shaw, a graduate of the Carroll School for the blind in Boston, often returns there to visit friends and family. He uses the subway and wants Cuddles to experience a similar environment. Besides riding on the subway, Cuddles will guide Shaw through the vast airport terminals and lead him onto elevators, escalators and people movers. As Shaw moves along a concourse of Hartsfield International Airport, his left hand grasps the little horse's reins and metal harness.
People turn to stare.
Cuddles looks straight ahead, sure-footed in the white leather baby shoes she wears for traction on the slippery floor. I haven't seen any of those in Ohio. But hey, if it works, it works. Its mission is to deliver trained guide horses at no cost. One woman says she walks four miles to work each day, and the trek makes her dog's paws bleed.