".and neglect from the Trump administration has created a perfect storm of death, disease and decay
across an island of 3.4 million American citizens."
The Trump Administration Is Letting Americans Die in Puerto Rico, Nurses Say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/b9e3bbdb-c853-3710-bb26-20e1cae3fb6b/ss_puerto-ricans-are-being.html
An elderly woman in Puerto Rico is helpless as her husband's body becomes a patchwork of ulcers and sores from Parkinson's disease. Another woman risks respiratory disease from a mold-infested bedroom and destroyed roof.
The snapshots come from American volunteers on the devastated island who are working with the American Federation of Teachers. The union has sent 40 nurses to Puerto Rico, where the natural disaster of Hurricane Maria and neglect from the Trump administration has created a perfect storm of death, disease and decay across an island of 3.4 million American citizens.
"This disaster is caused by neglect by the federal government," union president Randi Weingarten told Newsweek. "That's why this is such a tragedy. For President Trump to say they're safe is cruel and an abstention of responsibility."
Puerto Ricans are fighting to live with that failure. The elderly woman is in her 70s and caring for her grandchildren while also trying to relieve her wheelchair-bound husband’s pain. There are wounds covering his body and an infection that's festering on his foot. The couple lives in Yabucoa, on the southeast edge of Puerto Rico, and hopes to join family on the U.S. mainland soon.
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mind journalists reporting on the awful conditions, but surely they've been in contact with officials who can rescue the grandfather with festering wounds all over his body? 
