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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAt Least Five Homeless People Froze To Death Last Week
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/01/24/3200211/homeless-deaths/A woman in Maine stands out in the cold to collect change from passing cars.
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They include:
Willie Mae White, 55, of Joliet, who died in sub-zero wind chills Tuesday morning.
Glenn Donovan, 53, of Highland Falls, New York. He was found in the woods near the Hudson River on Friday night.
A Philadelphia man in his 30s. His body was found in the freezing cold Thursday morning. Officials have not been able to determine his name yet.
A Jersey City man in his 40s. Even the people who saw him on a daily basis said they did not know his name, wrote The Jersey Journal. He slept in abandoned junk cars. His body was found Wednesday morning as the temperature hit 5 degrees.
A Chicago man who remains unidentified after dying from hypothermia on Tuesday.
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At Least Five Homeless People Froze To Death Last Week (Original Post)
xchrom
Jan 2014
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warrant46
(2,205 posts)1. Disgusting isn't it
The government is more interested in spending its treasure to blow the crap out of some goat herder in the middle east.
USA USA USA
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)2. This shouldn't happen.
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)4. there is a ton of govt waste
My local govt is installing wheel chair cutouts on corners where there are no sidewalks (and no plans to install them )or passage for wheelchairs.. and the list goes on.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)5. America certainly has its priorities straight.
I would like to have every member of Congress live in abandoned junk cars in the North for the month of January. Might give the bastards a different perspective on life!